Comments on: Hangzhou to Suzhou…real horrorshow…then Humble Administrator’s Garden

By: Lily

Lily — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 12:27:03 +0000

Again! This is my favorite one! When I lived in Shanghai, I went to Suzhou 3 times, just for this garden! Actually, ‘zhuo’ doesn’t mean ‘humble’. It means ‘clumsy, stupid, or slow’…but the person who use this word to define themselves are humble. Anyway, in Chinese culture, clumsy isn’t a 100% bad thing.
I love Chinese gardens, because they combine nature and human habitat together, as if we are in the arms of nature. Unlike Japanese gardens, Chinese ones are more natural, because the artificial gardens won’t make people feel really relaxed.

By: scott

scott — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 19:39:10 +0000

Thanks, Ann. The gardens are definitely peaceful and relaxing, even when they are filled with tourists! I can just imagine how they were when they were private gardens…

By: ANN

ANN — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 12:43:40 +0000

I’VE ALWAYS LOVED GARDENS AND FOUNTAINS, THEY GIVE ME A FEELING OF PEACE AND SERENITY. THE CHINESE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN MASTERS OF CREATING BEAUTY FROM ALMOST EVERYTHING. I’M SO GLAD THAT YOU HAVE ENJOYED THIS EXPERIENCE.

By: Scott

Scott — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 14:15:46 +0000

Yes, the gardens are beautiful. I’m staying here an extra day and hope the weather cooperates to go to Huangshan. If not, I might add grain alcohol to the rainwater, as General Ripper suggests…

By: ANN

ANN — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 13:58:36 +0000

THE GARDENS ARE LOVELY AREN’T THEY? I KNEW IF YOU GOT THERE YOU WOULD LOVE THEM………GLAD THE WEATHER COOPERATED!

By: Dennis

Dennis — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 12:56:37 +0000

You sound like you need a drink of grain alcohol and rainwater.