The Master-of-Nets Garden
The
garden has earned its fame as a masterpiece of classical residential garden.
The architectural device of the embankment along the pond is the most successful
along Suzhou's gardens. Buildings of varying sizes are carefully erected by
the water.
The Master-of-Nets Garden covers 5,400 sq.m. and is divided into two parts:
the eastern house and the western garden.Half enclosed by a screen wall with
a row of iron rings for tethering horses,and two alleyway side entrances,the
front door faces south,having a pair of var. pendula
in
front ,and hairpin-like door ornaments above ,and two huge blocks of stone carved
in the shape of drums kept fast with the hands,placed one by its left side and
another by its right side.