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	Lingering Garden in Suzhou
	This garden was founded in the Ming Dynasty, and was opened to the public in 1955 after repairs. It occupies an area of about three hectares. Its name means survival from warfare. Its fine springs, rockery, trees and buildings attract much admiration. ¡¡¡¡The garden may be divided into three parts. The eastern part features the buildings and the yards interspaced with grotesques stones. The central part features a pond surrounded by rockeries. The western part features natural scenery. What impresses the visitor the most is that he has to walk past a fifty-meter long passageway to go from the street to the entrance of the garden. As the garden architects used ingenious methods of winding, concealing, etc., so the visitor entered the garden unknowingly. ¡¡¡¡The scenery in the central part includes hills in the northwest and waters in the southeast. On the waters are two bridges and an islet called Penglai . There is a pavilion, where the visitor can stop here to take a view of the surroundings.     In the northeast corner of the central part is a building with the lengthy name Get the rope of a pitcher to draw water from the well of ancient lore studio, derived from a verse by the Tang Dynasty poet Han Yu. The main buildings in the eastern part of the garden are called Five Peaks Halls. The Guanyun Peak in the front, rivaled by an upright pine tree, has a steep profile, nicknamed Towering-Into-Clouds Peak. The northwest part of the garden consists of hills in the north and a rivulet in the south. Buildings stand lively at the north of the rivulet.
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