Suzhou | classic garden

I was enamoured with this classic Chinese garden, and you would too if you were here.

It felt like you are walking in a secret garden with the cultivated plants and classical landscape in Couple's Retreat Garden (Ou Yuan). Definitely a must visit to this classical Chinese garden as it is recognised as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

After the visit to Jinji lake and Bird Nest, we were driven to this place. It was getting colder in the evening.  In previous post, I did not posted on canals although Suzhou is a water town. I have included some canal photos in this post as it was around Ou Yuan.

Lovely and clean right?? The sombre winter air and the evening hue slowly embraced us while we were here.

We were greeted by our Suzhou tour guide there. We were briefed on some history of this place. Used to be owned by an official and his wife many many years ago. They were very loving couples, and every evenings, they would had a walk around their garden. A loving gesture among the couple.

Most furniture and structures were still intact, and the garden was maintained.

There was 2 cherry blossom trees in the garden. No leaves but there were cherry bloosoms on the trees. First time seeing a real tree!!