Suzhou Municipal Administration of Landscaping and Landscaping, Suzhou Garden, began in the Spring and Autumn Period, the world cultural heritage, the national intangible cultural heritage, the representative of Chinese classical garden culture, mainly private gardens, it has a number of 4A, 5A scenic spots, has the reputation of "rebuilding the world within a stone".
Suzhou Garden, unique in Han architecture, has a significant achievements in the classical garden architecture. Suzhou Gardens, also known as "Suzhou Classical Gardens", are mainly private gardens. It began in the Spring and Autumn Period when Wu built the capital of Gusu, formed in the Five Dynasties, matured in the Song Dynasty, and flourished in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. By the end of the Qing Dynasty, there were more than 170 gardens of various colors in Suzhou, more than 60 of which are now intact, and 19 gardens that are open to the outside world. In 1997, Suzhou classical gardens were included in the "World Heritage List" as a representative of Chinese gardens, and were one of the earlier demonstration sites of national civilized scenic tourism areas.
As typical examples of Suzhou's classical gardens, the Humble Administrator's Garden, the Lingering Garden, the Master-of-Nets Garden and the Huanxiu Villa were born in the heyday of the development of Suzhou's private gardens, and have become the models and representatives of many classical gardens in Suzhou with their far-reaching artistic conception, exquisite construction, elegant art and rich cultural connotation.
Suzhou Municipal Bureau of Landscaping and Landscaping (with the sign of the Office of Suzhou Municipal Greening Committee) is the administrative department in charge of gardens, scenic spots and urban greening in Suzhou. There are 20 grassroots units, of which 13 are landscape architecture management institutions.
13 landscape architecture management institutions are in charge of 18 landscape scenic spots, namely: Huqiu Mountain Scenic Area Management Office (Wufeng Garden), Lingering Garden Management Office (Art Garden), Humble Administrator's Garden Management Office, Lion Forest Management Office (Yi Garden), East Park Management Office (Coupling Garden, Zoo), Suzhou Park Management Office, Master of Nets Garden Management Office (Canglang Pavilion), Tianping Mountain Scenic Area Management Office, Shihu Scenic Area Management Office (Shihu Scenic Area Management Office, Shangshan National Forest Park), Osmanthus Park Management Office, Fengqiao Scenic Area Management Office.
The Humble Administrator's Garden is an AAAAA-level tourist attraction (point), Tiger Hill, Lingering Garden, Lion Forest and Master of Nets Garden are all AAAA-level tourist attractions (points), and the Tiger Hill Mountain Scenic Area has been rated as one of the first batch of national civilized scenic tourism demonstration sites by the Central Civilization Office, the Ministry of Construction and the National Tourism Administration.
The Humble Administrator's Garden, the Lingering Garden, the Master-of-Nets Garden, the Canglang Pavilion, the Lion Forest, the Art Garden, and the Coupling Garden are world cultural heritages.
The institutions directly under it also include the Youth Astronomical Observatory, the Greening Management Station, the Landscape and Greening Supervision Institute, the Greening Quality Supervision Station, the Garden Museum, the Garden Archives, and the World Cultural Heritage Classical Garden Protection and Supervision Center.
Suzhou landscape landscaping business, conscientiously implement the national policy of "good protection, good planning, good construction and good management" of Suzhou landscape architecture, and great progress has been made in the protection, construction and management of garden scenic spots, with an average annual reception of more than 8 million tourists, including more than 600,000 overseas tourists; There has been a breakthrough in urban greening, with a greening rate of 34.6%, a green coverage rate of 40.2%, and a per capita public green space of 9.8 square meters.
Suzhou has been named a provincial garden city by the Jiangsu Provincial Government, a national garden city by the Ministry of Construction, and won the title of national advanced greening city and international garden city.
Suzhou Municipal Bureau of Landscaping and Greening has been rated as an advanced city industry in Jiangsu Province in the creation of civilized industries, a civilized industry in Jiangsu Province, an advanced unit in the construction system of spiritual civilization in the national construction system, and an advanced unit in the creation of a civilized industry in the country.