Inner Design

As I said in the last post that you have to walk along the path to discover the garden piece by piece, that is because another important feature of Chinese gardens is that no one point gives an overall view of the garden, that it is made up of more or less isolated sections which are connected by stone bridges(as u can see in the first photo) or pavilions (also can see behind those trees).
This introduction is far from comprehensive, should u have any questions, leave it here. I'd be glad to help.^^
PS: Next post will be about Soul's Retreat Temple and you will see the photos on Saturday.
Have a nice weekend

Where Does It Lead?

Remember the two photos yesterday? Ok, I just think it might be needed to introduce you the typical structure of a Jiang-nan garden.
This is one of its lead-in pathes, normally 20-50 meters stretch and as you walk along the path, you'll discover the mystery of this garden piece by piece.
I still remember my trip in Suzhou, and the gardens there are really exquisitely designed, typical of Jiangnan Garden. No wonder everytime I walk past this garden I feel kind of deja vu.
The interior structure will be posted tomorrow.

Can't Stop The Sun

"Can't stop the sun from shining

down and down and down..."

"Nothing is certain except death and taxes",ok, here's one more: spring has gone even before we noticed, 37 celsius today, 34 yesterday. Where is my spring...

This is a corner of a typical Jiangnan garden (gardens in the southern reaches of the Yangtze river), actually it's one of my favourite haunts. Located in the Gong-shu District, it's always the best place for me to get away from the endless sunshine.. and you see the green duckweed floating on the pond that creats the effect of a green blanket? I love it..but I gotta tell u that never try to stare at them for more than 1 minute, because u'll get dazzled and then everything u see turns red.*.* They are really on a rampage growth recently..probably because there's no duck around, ahaha..