Lion Forest Garden

With the arrival of spring, Suzhou welcomes the season of magnolia blossoms in full bloom. Walking through the streets of this ancient city, you will encounter the heralds of spring—magnolias—by chance. The blooming period is fleeting; miss it and you'll have to wait until next year. Now is the best time to appreciate them. Lion Grove Garden—Two magnolia trees stand like clouds and snow, their blooming period may be short but it's heart-stirringly beautiful. The pristine flowers set against the weight of history make the beauty of this landmark indescribable.📍Address: No. 23 Garden Road, Gusu District, Suzhou 🚇Transport: Walk 1.3 kilometers from Beisita Station on Metro Line 4 to reach. Twin Pagodas—Here, you will encounter the most spectacular magnolia sea in Suzhou. With ancient pagodas from the Song dynasty as the backdrop, their beauty is infinitely magnified. Even from outside the gate, you can capture this touching scene.🚇: Reachable by walking from Lindun Road Station on Suzhou Metro Line 1. Cou Garden—Viewing magnolias through the exquisite flower windows offers a unique charm. One pink and one white magnolia tree complement each other, creating a breathtaking view that leaves one in awe.🚇: Reachable by walking from Xiangmen Station on Suzhou Metro Line 1. Qu Garden—This little-known and free garden hides two huge magnolias, quietly awaiting your discovery.🚇: Reachable by walking from Chayuanchang Station on Suzhou Metro Line 4. Humble Administrator's Garden—Near the VR pavilion, the magnolia flowers are like ancient beauties, with a variety of species dazzling to the eye, yet they are somewhat aloof and not easily approached.🚇: Reachable by walking from Beisita Station on Suzhou Metro Line 4. Yi Garden—Here, you can find the unique waterside magnolias, close to the rockery and plum grove, offering a pleasant scenery.🚇: Reachable by walking from Leqiao Station on Suzhou Metro Line 4. Lingering Garden—Magnolias here have a long history, once praised by Wang Guowei as 'gracefully leaning against the sky'. When these spotless white flowers are set against the pink walls and black tiles, they resemble a naturally perfect ink painting.🚇: The nearest metro station is on Metro Line 2. In the bright spring light, Suzhou's magnolias await your appreciation. Don't let the brief blooming season slip away quietly, set off on your flower-seeking journey now!

Every year, when the late cherry blossoms flourish, I am always reminded of the combination of the colored glaze windows and the late cherry blossoms here at the Yan Yu Hall of the Lion Grove Garden. The collision of the colorful colored glaze glass and the enchanting late cherry blossoms, This is the most authentic portrayal of the dazzling spring of the Lion Grove Garden... 🏠Address: No. 23, Garden Road, Gusu District, Suzhou City ⏰Hours: 7:30-17:00

Visiting Suzhou without exploring its classical gardens would be a wasted trip. However, if you're short on time and can't visit all four major gardens, locals recommend just one—the Lion Grove Garden. Lion Grove Garden is already exquisitely delicate, and it's currently hosting a chrysanthemum exhibition, serving as the main venue. A variety of chrysanthemum bonsais compete in beauty, the garden's ginkgoes have turned yellow, the maple leaves red, and with the recent crystal-clear blue skies, it's simply a feast for the eyes, perfect for taking photos📸 with great results. When visiting Lion Grove Garden, you must climb the most famous rockery, which is like a three-dimensional maze, so interesting. But be careful when it's crowded! Visiting Lion Grove Garden is recommended to book in advance, especially during holidays when visitor flow is controlled. p.s. The Humble Administrator's Garden is very close to Lion Grove Garden, just a 10-minute walk away. However, after visiting the exquisite Lion Grove Garden, you might find the Humble Administrator's Garden a bit dull.

The upcoming Suzhou can be described as the ceiling of romantic travel‼️||- Hi, I'm Chen I want to share the beauty under the lens with everyone🍃 - "On the side of the city of He Lu, a thousand flowers bloom on the island of Baihua" After the Spring Festival🌿Suzhou has come to the flower viewing season again Magnolia Camellia Rosewood Osmanthus The palette from nature🌈 It's as beautiful as in an oil painting! Looking forward to the spring in Suzhou very much🌸 - Share a few good shooting locations - 🔸Osmanthus (April) 📍Kuo's Head Lane No. 5, Couple's Garden - 🔸Wisteria (April) 📍Master's Garden, Lion Grove, Taiping Old Street - 🔸Camellia (March) 📍Lingering Garden, Couple's Garden - 🔸Hydrangea (March, April) 📍Xiangcheng District Government, Canglang Pavilion - 🔸Rose (April, May) 📍Yipu, Jingu Art Museum - 🔸White Magnolia (February, March) 📍Master's Garden, Shizi Street - 🔸Tulip (April) 📍Shangfang Mountain, Suzhou Park - 🔸Cherry Blossom (March, April) 📍Equinox Street, Hanshan Temple, Binhe Road Subway Station - 🔸Late Cherry (April) 📍Copper Guanyin Temple, Suzhou Avenue - 🔸Trumpet Creeper (June) 📍Behind the Kendame Art Museum, Tiger Hill South Gate - Hello, I am Chen, romance is everyone's yearning, I hope the joy I share can also bring you joy! As a photographer, I want to see more beauty in the world, travel on the road, keep updating~

The Lion Grove Garden is a classical garden in Suzhou, Jiangsu, China, located at No. 23 Yuanlin Road in the northeastern corner of the Suzhou city area, covering an area of 11,120 square meters. The Lion Grove Garden is one of the four famous gardens in Suzhou and represents the Dai garden style. It is also the only remaining example of China's early grotto-style rockery groups and is known as the "Kingdom of Rockeries". The Lion Grove Garden not only has the cultural landscape of pavilions, terraces, towers, attics, halls, and galleries that are typical of Suzhou classical gardens but is also world-famous for its lake and mountain rocks and deep and secluded grottoes, earning the reputation of the "Kingdom of Rockeries". The rockeries of the Lion Grove Garden are both numerous and exquisite, with the lake rocks being delicate, the grottoes winding, and the paths twisting and turning as if entering a maze, known as the "Eighteen Scenes of the Peach Blossom Land". The tops of the grottoes are lined with strange peaks and rocks, all resembling dancing lions, with famous peaks such as Huanhui, Tuyue, Xuan Yu, and Ang Xia. "The best place in the city is the Lion Grove, where one seeks the light rain and gentle breeze." Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty visited Jiangnan six times and held the Lion Grove Garden in high esteem, inscribing poems to praise its beauty and twice bestowing the words "True Interest", reflecting his unique fondness for the Lion Grove Garden. Although the Lion Grove Garden is small, only 16 acres, roughly one-fifth the size of the Humble Administrator's Garden, it is world-famous for its lake rockeries. The rockeries in the garden are majestic, with ingenious designs and cleverly winding grottoes. In the rockery forest, one can clearly see the pavilion ahead, but after turning around, it seems impossible to find the way out, as if entering a labyrinth, which is really interesting! The garden, which is over 600 years old, has been visited by so many people that the rocks have been polished smooth and shiny, and the stone steps are slippery. Elderly people and children must be careful when visiting on rainy days.

This time, I really have to praise Suzhou, even a parking lot is so beautiful... Right at the parking lot of the Lion Grove Garden, you don't need to buy a ticket, and you can still enjoy the garden-style magnificent magnolias! · 🏠 Address: No. 23, Garden Road, Gusu District, Suzhou City ⭐ Ticket: 30. 🚗 Transportation: Drive to the Garden Road parking lot/Subway to Beisita Station and walk ⏰ Time: 7:30-17:00 ·

Lion Grove Garden is one of the four famous gardens in Suzhou, located in the western part of Suzhou city. The garden's scenery centers around a pond, blending mountains and water harmoniously, with lush flowers and trees, and pavilions and towers scattered in an orderly fashion. The magnolia trees are a major feature of the Lion Grove Garden. Every early spring, the magnolias bloom at their best, exuding a fragrance that attracts many tourists to come and admire. In the Lion Grove Garden, magnolia trees are distributed in every corner, some beside rockeries, some by the pond, and some next to pavilions. When spring arrives and the magnolia flowers bloom, the entire garden is enveloped in their fragrance, as if one has stepped into a fairyland. In the Lion Grove Garden, there are many different varieties of magnolia flowers, such as the white 'Suxin' and 'Xuetao', with their delicate and soft petals emitting a strong fragrance. These magnolias vie for beauty under the spring sun, becoming a major highlight of the Lion Grove Garden.

This was the time that I visited the beautiful classical garden in Suzhou called lion grove or lion forest garden. it’s a gorgeous place and one of the reasons why many tourists visit Suzhou is to experience the classical gardens. therefore this is definitely a place to go. this Garden features beautiful scenes ponds and the traditional Chinese architecture. making you feel like you might have traveled back in time. it’s also an amazing location for photography, as it is an extremely photogenic spot. there are also a number of temples, and the rich history is also something you can look forward to. #momentsmission #scenicspotguide #travelinspiration #nationalpark #mapletrees

A city of Gusu, half a poem of Jiangnan🌷 Take advantage of the good season in Jiangnan and make a trip to Suzhou. Listen to the soft Wu dialect, see the ancient gardens and relics, and fulfill a dream in Jiangnan💛 · 🌟 Itinerary DAY 1: Lion Grove Garden→Suzhou Museum→Humble Administrator's Garden→Pingjiang Road→Shuangta Market DAY 2: Tiger Hill→Lingering Garden→Xiyuan Temple→Shantang Street · 🌟 Attractions Guide 📍Lion Grove Garden The largest existing ancient rockery group in China, the rockery maze is a place of childlike fun, the flower windows🎋 and bamboo groves are full of ancient charm, ✨admiring the ancient garden art · 📍Suzhou Museum Mr. I. M. Pei's dearest little daughter💕, a perfect fusion of geometric lines and the essence of Suzhou architecture · 📍Humble Administrator's Garden The foremost among the four famous gardens of Jiangnan, 🌟 acclaimed as the 'Mother of Chinese Gardens', with its interesting layout of mountain islets, 🎋 bamboo groves, pine mounds, and meandering streams · 📍Pingjiang Road 'Half the history of Gusu on one Pingjiang Road.'✨ Following the urban pattern since the Tang and Song dynasties, it is a microcosm of the ancient city, with a tune of Pingtan and a scene of Jiangnan · 📍Shuangta Market A very popular cultural and creative market in Suzhou, a new gathering place for foodies🌱, full of the atmosphere of human life · 📍Tiger Hill 'Without visiting Tiger Hill, one has not truly been to Gusu,'✨ because Tiger Hill encapsulates the history of Gusu, with stories everywhere · 📍Lingering Garden In March and April, the begonias💐 and camellias of Lingering Garden take turns to appear, making one indulge in the beauty of 'red plump and green slender' · 📍Xiyuan Temple Praying and blessing at the Buddha, eating vegetarian noodles, counting Arhats, petting cats😻, feeding pigeons... The yellow walls and black tiles of Xiyuan Temple have a unique sense of story · 📍Shantang Street Shantang Street is most enchanting at night, with pink walls, black tiles, red lanterns🏮, the sound of oars echoing through the years, making one feel as if they are in a painting ·

Among the fallen flowers, it alone blooms in warmth, monopolizing the charm as it faces the small garden. The sparse shadows slant across the shallow waters, a faint fragrance drifts in the moonlit dusk. The photo was taken at the beginning of January 2024 in the Lion Grove Garden in Suzhou, as one of the four famous gardens in Suzhou, Lion Grove Garden has never been outdone in terms of seasonal flowers, whether it's the plum blossoms and magnolias of spring, the pomegranates of summer, the ginkgoes of autumn, or the wintersweets of winter, of course, the beauty of Lion Grove Garden is not just the garden scenes and seasonal flowers, it's the undying ultimate aesthetic deeply rooted in our ancestors, the window scene aesthetics here can be regarded as a model of garden art, combined with the garden flowers and the play of light and shadow, it fully reveals the elegant charm of Suzhou. - 📷 January is the viewing period for wintersweets, and there are several spots in the Lion Grove Garden where the wintersweets are located in small corners of the courtyard, paired with the unique window scenes of the garden, which greatly showcase the charm of Suzhou. When taking photos, it is recommended to step back and use a medium telephoto lens to prevent distortion of the window scenes, which can more accurately express the geometric aesthetics of the garden. - 📍Lion Grove Garden 🎫Ticket: 30 yuan 🈺️Opening hours: 7:30-17:00, no entry after 16:30 Ⓜ️Transportation: About 1.2 kilometers from Exit 3 of Beisita Station on Subway Line 4, there is a parking lot at the entrance and exit for those driving. ⏰Within a few hundred meters, there are attractions such as the Suzhou Museum, Humble Administrator's Garden, Lotus Garden, and Pingjiang Road, which are worth visiting together.

🎢【Suzhou Gardens Day Portrait Guide】 【Cheongsam Portrait Shooting Guide】 🗓Itinerary: Choosing the location Cheongsam is suitable for shooting in the Republic of China style streets or Ming and Qing Dynasty style grey tile white wall garden buildings. So this time we chose Suzhou Gardens for shooting. Suzhou Gardens are famous for their unique classical architecture and exquisite garden landscapes. However, there are many tourists, so you can choose relatively less popular gardens. Suitable gardens: Liu Garden, Canglang Pavilion and Ke Garden are just across the street, Yipu, etc. When choosing a shooting location, you can decide according to the style and scene you want. For example, Humble Administrator's Garden is famous for its exquisite architecture and waterscape, suitable for shooting elegant portraits; while Lion Grove has a unique rock landscape, suitable for shooting portraits with a certain wildness. 🕙Shooting time: One hour before the opening and closing of the garden, avoid the crowd, you can enjoy a truly quiet garden. 📝Tips: Make full use of the light in the garden, find the time near sunset. Create rich shadows and light and dark effects. For example, when shooting portraits, you can choose where the sunlight shines through the leaves, using the tree shadows to add a sense of layering to the picture. 🧳Composition techniques Use garden elements: Suzhou Gardens are famous for their unique architecture and garden elements, these elements can serve as the background or props for portrait shooting. For example, when shooting portraits, you can choose to shoot in the garden's corridors, pavilions or stone bridges, using these buildings as the background for the portraits, enhancing the artistic sense of the picture. Capture the moment: There are often some unique moments in Suzhou Gardens, such as ripples on the water, petals falling, etc. Pay attention to composition and posture: When shooting portraits, the choice of composition and posture is very important. You can try different angles and shooting methods to create unique picture effects. At the same time, pay attention to the model's posture and expression, let them relax naturally, showing their best state. The most important thing is to make good use of the various shapes of door frames and stone windows in the garden: The background of Suzhou Gardens is often exquisite architecture and landscapes, which can echo with the portraits. When shooting portraits, you can use the garden background, interact with the model, and create interesting picture effects. For example, when shooting portraits, you can let the model and the flowers and plants in the garden complement each other, adding a sense of liveliness to the picture.

The gardens of Jiangnan, including the Lion Grove Garden, are also exquisitely beautiful. Every door, window, wall tile, table, chair, and plant in the garden has its own beauty, and the Taihu rocks are stacked layer upon layer, with strange shapes and full of charm. The lake water reflects the blue sky and white clouds, the lotus leaves seem to grow in the sky, and the fish appear to swim in the heavens. I love to watch the slowly shifting light and shadows in the garden and the gently trembling bamboo forest; time seems to slow down at this moment. 'Garden days are spent in delight,' once you have seen the gardens of Jiangnan, it's easy to become fascinated, addicted.