Dragon Pond (LongChi), Suzhou New District
Saturday, 09 June 2007 12:27 | 
Written by Linda Ho | 
LongChi Scenic Spot (Dragon Pond)
Huashan South Road, Fengqiao Town, Suzhou New District
Tel： 0512-66658111 0512-66658711 0512-66657027
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The Ecological Park of White Horse Brook in Suzhou (June 9, 2007) Just as we thought we have seen most of Suzhou's scenic areas, we found the Dragon Pond, the best kept secret in Suzhou New District. We went with a group of youth from Suzhou International Fellowship exploring the park. There's plenty of activities for the entire family from hiking, water balloon surfing, boatrides, obstacle course, spongy cord bounce... There's a picnic area where you can bring your own food or buy skewers of meat to be cooked on barbecue grills. The smell of barbecue food is enough to keep you there for hours. Of course, you can bring your own meat for barbecue too. Though the hot weather of summer is here, there are plenty of shaded area in the park where you can rest and refresh. 512-6665-8111. Summer hours: 8:15 - 18:00.
Last Updated (Wednesday, 27 January 2010 10:28)
Master of the Nets Garden, SuzhouSaturday, 16 December 2006 13:53 | Written by Linda Ho |
(www.suzhou.gov.cn) The Master-of-Nets Garden covers 5,400 sq.m. and is divided into two parts: the eastern house and the western garden. Half enclosed by a screen wall with a row of iron rings for tethering horses, and two alleyway side entrances,the front door faces south, having a pair of var. Pendular in front , and hairpin-like door ornaments above, and two huge blocks of stone carved in the shape of drums kept fast with the hands, placed one by its left side and another by its right side. This type of front door showing owner's rank at the court has become very rare now. On a north-south axis there are four successive buildings separated by garden courts, namely the front door hall, the sedan-chair hall, the grand reception hall and the two-story tower. Constructed in accordance with the strict regulations of feudalism, they are magnificent buildings with extraordinary furnishing and interior decoration. In front of the grand reception hall is a door with richly carved earthen ornamentation. The two-story tower at rear is the place where the family used to stay, and the hall in front is chiefly for reception, public celebrations and ceremonial observances. Every hall has a door or walk-way leading to the garden. It is a typical example of combining living quarters with a landscape garden in Suzhou. Last Updated (Thursday, 28 January 2010 12:30) |
