The Humble Administrator's Garden (another of China’s official UNESCO World Heritage Sites) was originally built in 1509 during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644).  It is one of the four most famous gardens in all of China.

It was initially a private garden of a former government servant named Wang Xianchen. It was said he intended to build a garden after he retired and just do some gardening work like planting trees and vegetables there - to live the of a humble man by him. Hence that is the name of the garden.



Love love love that in China (and also most of Asia) you find couples and families that dress alike.  You never know...if we live in Asia long enough Kingsley and I may just become "one of those couples".

The garden contains 48 different buildings with 101 tablets, 21 precious old trees, and over 700 Suzhou-style bonsai. It was also bursting with people. Many who were more interested in snapping our photo then the landscape but overall it was beautiful.


Kingsley and I don't typically have a huge attention span for museums or gardens but we found the ancient trees, rockeries, waterways, pagodas and pavilions, to be peaceful and calming despite the Chinese paparazzi.