Five Gardens of Suzhou

About Heritage

　　

  

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Suzhou gardenscan be traced back to the 6th century BC garden of the Spring and Autumn when the king, first found in private gardens is recorded in the Eastern Jin (4 century) Pijiang Park, ancient garden flourished, were the growing garden. Ming and Qing Dynasty, Suzhou became one of the most prosperous areas, private gardens throughout the city and outside .16 - 18th century heyday, there are gardens of Suzhou are more than 200, still good to have saved dozens and, therefore, Suzhou is known as "human paradise ".

Attractions

Classical Gardens are: Humble Administrator's Garden, Lingering Garden, Nets Garden, Mountain Villa,Lion, Yiyuan, Canglang Pavilion, coupled Park, Arts garden.^[2]

As a typical example of classical gardens of Suzhou Humble Administrator's Garden, Lingering Garden, the Nets Garden and the Mountain Villa, resulting in the development of private gardens in Suzhou heyday, with its artistic conception, build a sophisticated, artistic elegance, rich cultural connotation and become many in Suzhou example of classical gardens and representatives.

Suzhou Classical Gardens dwelling unity, and can enjoy, can travel to home, this architectural form, occurs in densely populated cities and the lack of natural beauty, the human attachment to nature, seeking harmony with nature, beautify and improve their own create a living environment. Humble Administrator's Garden, Lingering Garden, the Nets Garden, Central Park, which shows four classical gardens, construction type is complete, intact, systematic and comprehensive demonstration of the layout of Suzhou classical garden building, structure, shape, style, color and decoration, furniture , furnishings and other various aspects, is the 14-20 century (Qing Dynasty) Southern representatives of civil construction works of this period reflected a high level of living of Chinese civilization in Southern China, have affected the city's architectural style throughout the South to bring civil architectural design, concept, layout, aesthetics and construction techniques to move closer to him, embodies the science and technology at the level of urban development and artistic achievements.

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6 Huangshan

Attractions Introduction

　　

  

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HuangshanScenic Area (Huangshan Mountain), located inAnhuiprovince, south of Huangshan City, east longitude 118 ° 1 'degrees north latitude 30 ° 1', north and south about 40 km, 30 km from east to west, an area of about 1,200 square kilometers, of which the essence of scenic 154 square kilometers. Huangshan Mountains east Jixi great mountain peaks west flock Ling Yi county, north Taiping Lake, south of Huizhou mountainous area. Main peak Lotus Peak, elevation of 1864.8 meters. Huangshan is one of China's famous scenic spot, the world's attractions.

Scenic Features

Huangshan in the subtropical monsoon climate zone, a high mountain and deep valley, vertical changes in climate. At the same time as North Slope and the southern slope by the difference of the sun's radiation, local topography plays a dominant role in its climate, the formation of more clouds, humidity, precipitation over the climate. Set the length of Huangshan mountain. The majestic Mount Tai, the steep Mountain, Hengshan the smoke, Lushan of the waterfall, the Qiao Shi Yan Dang Mountain, Emei Mountain of the beautiful Huangshan Mountain are all a combination. Ming traveler, geographer Xu two tours in Huangshan, praise, said: "A World Without Huangshan Mountain View stop now!" Has left "the saying fell down the mountain, Huangshan Guilaibukan Yue past." More "best in the world Church Hill," said. No peak can be no stone, no stone is not loose, no loose not surprising and to pines, rocks, clouds, hot springs known to the world must Huangshan 4. Second Lake, three waterfalls, 16 springs, 24 River Xiangying Zheng-hui. Spring, summer, autumn and winter varied scenery. Huangshan is also both "natural world zoo and botanical garden," the name, there are nearly 1,500 kinds of plants, animals, 500. Huangshan climate, is unique summer resort, is a scenic area and summer resort convalescence.

Huangshan complex natural environmental conditions, ecosystem stability and balance of plant with apparent vertical, community integrity, but also the preservation of alpine and alpine meadow marsh each one is a green plant meets West, 56% forest cover, vegetation cover 83%. Huangshan has 1452 kinds of wild plants, which is a national first class protected Metasequoia, Ginkgo, etc. Type II protection are 4, 8 categories of protection, there are 10 species of Dendrobium are endangered species, six kinds of Chinese endemic species, unique to two kinds of Huangshan, Huangshan found or the first time in Huangshan named 28 species of plants, especially in tea, "Huang Shan Mao Feng", name of medicine, "Huang Shan Lingzhi" world famous. Huangshan more than 300 kinds of animal species, there are deer, black deer, deer, Su Ling, Pheasant and other 14 kinds of state-level protected wild animals in China.

Honor

In 1985, selected the top ten attractions;

December 1990 was listed by UNESCO as "World Cultural and Natural Heritage List", is the same as the first cultural and natural heritage included in the directory of double;

February 2004 was selected world geological park;

May 8, 2007, Huangshan Scenic Area formally approved by the China National Tourism Administration for the state 5A grade scenic spot.