Last updated on 22 October 08
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The Master-of-Fishing Nets Garden

4.0/5 (1 ratings)

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This was a scholar's garden, named after its Fisherman's hermitage. Entrance is through the dwelling. The garden was famous for its peonies in the eighteenth century and restored in the twentieth century. It is small but highly intricate with two main sections and the Courtyard of the Jade Spring Abode (used as a model for a Chinese court in New York's Metropolitan Museum. The garden centres on a pond surrounded by buildings, including a Pavilion for the Advent of the Moon and Wind and a Ribbon-Washing Pavilion. It is one of the four Suzhou gardens listed by Unesco.

Address - Suzhou, China
Website - Visit the The Master-of-Fishing Nets Garden website

Local Hotels

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Gusu Hotel (0km away)
From 348.00 CNY to 394.00 CNY
Bamboo Grove Hotel (0km away)
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East International Hotel Suzhou (0km away)
From 210.00 CNY to 526.00 CNY
FX Hotel Guan Qian Suzhou (0km away)
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Suzhou Shuitiantang Hotel (0km away)
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Starway Premier Suzhou Garden View Hotel (1km away)
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Sofitel Suzhou (1km away)
From 441.00 CNY to 1888.00 CNY
Suzhou Pingjiang Lodge (1km away)
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The Lingering Garden (Liu Yuan) (2km away)
The Humble Administrator's Garden (Zhou Zheng Yuan) (2km away)
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Reviews and Comments

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over 5 years ago Haroko said
My guide book said Master-of-Fishing Nets is the best garden in Suzhou, which would make the best garden in China. I couldn't see this. Nor could the crowd of high school kids in red hats. They just wrecked the place for me - and were smoking and climbing over the rockery too.

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