Garden of Pleasance

The Garden of Pleasance (Chinese: 怡园; pinyin: Yíyuán; Suzhou Wu: Yi yoe, Wu Chinese pronunciation: [ɦi ɦyø]), or Yi Yuan is a classical Chinese garden located in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, China.

The garden was built in the late Qing Dynasty in late 19th century, and is the most recently built Suzhou gardens.^[1] The garden was originally a private garden built by Go Wenbin, an official of the early years of the Guangxu Reign of the late Qing Dynasty.^[2]

It has been described as one of the most representative Suzhou gardens, comprising a garden, a lotus pond, residences, artificial villages and ancestral halls.^[1] Because the garden incorporates all the elements of the various Suzhou gardens, it is sometimes regarded as an agglomeration of Suzhou's garden culture.^[2]

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