{"id":10444,"date":"2021-12-12T19:30:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-12T11:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/?p=10444"},"modified":"2021-12-13T08:55:30","modified_gmt":"2021-12-13T00:55:30","slug":"how-to-visit-canglang-pavilion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/jiangsu-travel\/suzhou-travel\/how-to-visit-canglang-pavilion","title":{"rendered":"How to Visit Canglang Pavilion (Tips, Photos & Map)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Plan your Suzhou tour<\/a>? Suzhou has four most famous classical gardens listed as World Cultural Site which includes Canglang Pavilion (\u6ca7\u6d6a\u4ead). Canglang Pavilion is typical of the classical gardens in Song Dynasty (960\u00a0\u2013 1279), the oldest private garden in Suzhou. The other three world-heritage crowned gardens are Humble Administrator\u2019s Garden<\/a>, Lingering Garden<\/a> , and Lion Grove Garden<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

ABC of Canglang Pavilion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Canglang Pavilion literally means \u201cSurging Waves Pavilion\u201d. The garden was built in the year 1044 by the famous poet named Su Shunqing (1008\u20131048) in Song Dynasty. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The garden features the Song Dynasty layout and design. The name Canglang\u00a0originates from\u00a0a\u00a0verse\u00a0in a poem written by Qu Yuan (340 BC-278 BC). Qu Yuan wrote\u00a0the verse to allude to an honest\u00a0 official who rather resign from his office than do in a corrupt way. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Su Shunqing (\u82cf\u821c\u94a6) used the verse to express his emotion after his removal from office. In Northern Song Dynasty (\u00a0960 -1279). In 1044, He was removed from office and and settled down in Suzhou. He later bought the abandoned the land and built a garden named “Canglang Pavilion”. He often sailed a boat for playing. Often with Ouyang Xiu, Mei Shengyu and so on to write poems. Since then the name of Canglang spread.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ownership of the garden changed many times and went through a bunch of renovations and revamping. The garden was opened to the public in 1955 and in 2000 it was listed the UNESCO world cultural heritage site together with other three classical gardens in Suzhou.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How to get to Canglang Pavilion <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Surging Waves Pavilion is located at No.03 Cangang Pavilion Street, Renmin Road, Gusu District in the south of the ancient city of Suzhou. Canglang Pavilion is often put together with Master of the Nets Garden<\/a> on a same day trip since the two gardens are within walking distance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The major classical attractions are located the old area, or particularly within the ancient city moat in Suzhou, as you see the Google Map below. And Canglang Pavilion is just a 16-minute way to the west of Master of the Nets Garden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Location of Canglang Pavilion <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Public transport: <\/strong>
Bus lines going to Canglang Pavilion:
1) Tourist Bus 2, Tourist Bus 4 and Tourist 5;
2) Bus 1, Bus 5, Bus 7, Bus 30, Bus 39, Bus 101, Bus 102, Bus 103, Bus 218, Bus 261, Bus 308 and Bus 309.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Entrance fees: <\/strong>
RMB 20 (April 16 \u2013 October)
RMB 15 (November \u2013 April 15)
Enquiry Tel: 0512-65293190<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How to visit Canglang Pavilion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The garden art of Canglang Pavilion is unique. Before entering the garden gate, there is a pool of green water set on the northern entrance to the garden and people have to walk across a bridge to enter the main gate (the north gate). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The garden is set on a hill in the centre topped by\u00a0the famous Canglang Pavilion after which the garden is named.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The hill is surrounded by the small lake lined with rockeries and the old trees. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The garden lacks the northern wall, which gives people an illusion of space by borrowing scenes from the lake outside the north of the\u00a0garden. \u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The wave-type long corridor with leaky windows frames beautiful views from the outside of the garden. The verdant bamboo garden is one of the highlights in Canglang Pavilion. The bamboo garden boasts of over 20 kinds of bamboos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The largest building in the garden is Mingdao Hall (\u660e\u9053\u5802) with in the southeast of the garden. The hall has some impressive furniture made from the gnarled roots of Banyan trees.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ming Dao Hall was created by Zhang Shusheng (\u5f20\u6811\u58f0), the governor of the twelfth year of Tongzhi in the Qing Dynasty. Used to be the venue for meetings and lectures. Now it is an open venue for religious activities attached to a temple.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Virtual Tour of Canglang Pavilion <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Follow me to have a virtual tour of Canglang Pavilion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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There is a pool of green water set on the northern entrance to the garden.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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A stone bridge spans the lake leading to the northern gate to the garden<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The north of the garden has no wall, but a long corridor with leaky windows framing the outside lake views.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A long corridor with leaky windows framing the outside lake views in the north<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The garden is set on a hill in the center topped by the famous Canglang Pavilion<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Cuilinglong Pavilipn or the Bamboo Pavilion in the garden has three rooms and several side rooms of different sizes. It was given its name by Han Shizhong (\u97e9\u4e16\u5fe0) in the early shaoxing period of the Southern Song Dynasty, and he took the name from a poem written by Su Zi (\u82cf\u5b50) that “The autumn color enters the forest and becomes dark and red, while the sunlight shines through the green and emerald bamboos”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The bamboo back yard of the Bamboo Pavilion <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The moon gate in the bamboo garden<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The leaky window frames a pretty view.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Ming Dao Hall was created by Zhang Shusheng (\u5f20\u6811\u58f0), the governor of the twelfth year of Tongzhi in the Qing Dynasty. Used to be the venue for meetings and lectures. Now it is an open venue for religious activities attached to a temple. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ming Dao Hall was created by Zhang Shusheng <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Tip:  Hassle-free Jiangsu Guided Tours<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

If you don\u2019t want to do a self-guided tour and prefer the hassle-free escorted tours,  here are some options for organized tours to Jiangsu Province:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Suzhou Tour<\/a>
Nanjing Tour<\/a>
Jiangsu Tour<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Further Readings<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Top 10 Attractions in Suzhou<\/a>
How to Visit Tongli Water Town<\/a>
How to Visit Zhouzhuang Water Town<\/a>
How to Visit Pingjiang Road in Suzhou<\/a>
How to Visit The Garden of the Master of the Nets<\/a>
How to visit Humble Administrator\u2019s Garden<\/a>
How to Visit Lion Grove Garden<\/a>
How to Visit Canglang Pavilion<\/a>
How to Visit Guanqian Street in Suzhou<\/a>
4 Amazing Short Trip Ideas from Shanghai<\/a>
Wuzhen Pictures \u2013 Wuzhen Photo Gallery<\/a>
Zhouzhuang Pictures \u2013 Zhouzhuang Photo Gallery<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Top 10 Attractions in Nanjing<\/a>
How to Visit Nanjing Massacre Memorial Hall<\/a>
How to Visit Nanjing Confucius Temple-The Qinhuai River Scenic Area<\/a>
How to Visit Zhonghua Gate Nanjing<\/a>
How to Visit Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge<\/a>
How to Visit Linggu Temple Scenic Area<\/a>
Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum Music Stage<\/a>
How to Visit Dr. Sun Yat-sen\u2019s Mausoleum<\/a>
How to Visit Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum<\/a>
How to Visit Nanjing Presidential Palace<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nanjing South Railway Station<\/a>
Nanjing Taxi: Nanjing Taxi Fares, Tips and Phones<\/a>
Suzhou Railway Station<\/a>
Suzhou Taxi: Suzhou Taxi Fares, Tips and Phones<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Any questions, just drop a line.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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