The Lingering Garden

The Lingering Garden

Covering 2.3 hectares, the Lingering Garden, one of the four most famous gardens in China, was constructed in the 11th year of Wanli reign under the Ming Dynasty (1593 AD). It is divided into the central, eastern, northern, and western sections. The eastern part features a delightful group of elaborate buildings and garden courts, the central part the marvelous landscape garden with age-old trees, the western part the natural wilderness of a woody hill, and the northern part idyllic scenes of humble huts enclosed with bamboo fences. The lingering Garden is celebrated for its artistic way of handling the spaces between various architectural forms and garden courts, which have successfully created the feeling of depth. It boasts a good number of very attractive limestone peaks from Lake Tai with imposing shapes.