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Couple's Retreat Garden
Couple's Retreat Garden (; Suzhou Wu: Ngeu yoe, ) located in Suzhou city, Jiangsu province, China is a famous classical Chinese garden. It is recognized with other classical Suzhou gardens as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. History The original garden was built by Lu Jin, prefect of Baoning district, in 1874. It was purchased by Shen Bingcheng, the magistrate of Susong. who rebuilt it in its current form. He also changed the name to the Couple's Garden Retreat. This name refers to the garden's two parts and alludes to a couple. It is recognized with other classical Suzhou gardens as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Design The 0.33 ha garden is divided into an east and west section by the residential core in the middle; an unusual composition for a classical garden.Suzhou, 2009 The eccentric design is continued in the form and details of many of the garden buildings, especially the Taoism Tower. The garden is located in the intersection of canals and is surrounded by water on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suzhou
Suzhou is a major prefecture-level city in southern Jiangsu province, China. As part of the Yangtze Delta megalopolis, it is a major economic center and focal point of trade and commerce. Founded in 514 BC, Suzhou rapidly grew in size by the Eastern Han dynasty, mostly due to emigration from Northern and southern China, northern China. From the 10th century onwards, it has been an important economic, cultural, and commercial center, as well as the largest non-capital city in the world, until it was overtaken by Shanghai. Since Chinese economic reform, economic reforms began in 1978, Suzhou attained GDP growth rates of about 14% in 35 years. In 2023, Suzhou had 5 million registered residents. Suzhou is listed as the 48th List of cities by scientific output, cities by scientific output according to the Nature Index 2022. The city is home to universities, including Soochow University (Suzhou), Soochow University, Suzhou University of Science and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong–Liverp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Couple Garden Library Tower
Couple or couples may refer to: *Couple, a set of two of items of a type *Couple (mechanics), a pair of force which are equal in magnitude but opposite in direction and separated by a perpendicular distance so that their line of action do not coincide that cause a turning effect *Couple (relationship), two people in an intimate relationship Arts and entertainment * ''Couples'' (novel), by John Updike, 1968 * "Couples" (''Duty Free''), a 1984 television episode Films * ''Couples'' (2011 film), a South Korean film * ''Couples'' (1999 film), a Spanish comedy film *''Couples'', a 1994 American television film directed by Betty Thomas *'' The Aryan Couple'', a 2004 drama film released in the U.S. as ''The Couple'' *'' A Couple'', 2022 French film Music *''Couple'', a 2004 album by Kim Yeon-woo * ''Couples'' (Pizzicato Five album), 1987 * ''Couples'' (The Long Blondes album), 2008 *"Couples", a song by Pizzicato Five from the 1998 album ''Bellissima!'' *Le Couple, a Japanese band ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
