Blue Wave Pavilion takes its name from a waterside pavilion built in 1044 by the poet Su Shunqin. It is the oldest garden in Suzhou; with a wilder design than the others; with rockeries and artificial hillocks decorated with bamboo.
Suzhou; the city of canals and gardens; was called the 鈥榁enice of the East' by Marco Polo. An ancient Chinese proverb states: 鈥業n Heaven there is Paradise; on Earth there is Suzhou'.
The city's love affair with gardens dates back 2;500 years and continues still. At the time of the Ming dynasty (1368-1644) there were 250 gardens; of which about a hundred survive; although only a few are open to the public. Pictures From Asia David Henley
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