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The Lingering Garden, Suzhou, China
The Lingering Garden is regarded as a masterpiece of classical Chinese garden style and is one of China’s four most famous gardens. The garden was named a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1997. It is said that when you visit the garden you linger between heaven and earth. Within a space of six acres there are 42 rooms and halls and 700 meters of covered walks connecting them. There is a Small Fairly Isle by a lake that … Read entire article »
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Hong Kong, Asia’s ‘World City’
Hong Kong is a city of skyscrapers situated on the South China Sea. It was once a British colony but on June 30, 1997 it was returned to China under the principle ‘One country, two systems’. The premise is that socialism and capitalism can co-exist within a unified China. The territory is more than Hong Kong Island and also includes Kowloon Peninsula, the New Territories and about 250 other islands. It has long been wedged between … Read entire article »
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The Master of Nets Garden, Suzhou, China
Who wouldn’t love a garden that has a pavilion named “Moon Comes with Breeze”? Or the “Watching Pines and Appreciating Paintings Studio” where you go to watch evergreen trees during the wintry season. The garden’s oldest and tallest tree is here, a Sabina chinensis that is said to be a survivor from the Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279); the top of the tree is withered but foliage is growing from branches in the middle of its … Read entire article »
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