Introduction

   Hongyinshanfang was the private landscape garden of a scholar named Xu Shiyuan who lived during the Qing Dynasty. It is made up of two small gardens of Ming Dynasty--Xiaoyin Garden (Privacy Garden) and Xiuye Garden (Beautiful Field Garden).In contrast with other gardens in Suzhou

   Suzhou falls within north subtropical monsoonal climate zone with abundant rainfall, clear seasons and temperate and humid climate. The four seasons are suitable for travel, especially from April to October.

Highlights

   The Hongyinshanfang Garden combines the characteristics of a delicate southern landscape and a grand northern royal garden. In the eastern part of the Xiaoyin Garden, old trees, remarkable rocks and bamboo shows people a charming but peaceful natural scenery. In the western part of the Xiuye Garden, which is now a museum, 20 Decrees of the Emperors and the papers of imperial examinations in Qing Dynasty are exhibited. During the Qing Dynasty, the Emperor Qianlong visited the gardens to listen to opera every time when he traveled south of the Yangtze River. Now, many relics of this emperor, such as a tablet carved with a poem written by him remain in the garden.