{"id":2432,"date":"2012-11-12T09:36:50","date_gmt":"2012-11-12T16:36:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thejohnsonsjournal.com\/?p=2432"},"modified":"2012-11-27T02:45:54","modified_gmt":"2012-11-27T09:45:54","slug":"canals-and-gardens-in-suzhou","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thejohnsonsjournal.com\/?p=2432","title":{"rendered":"Canals and Gardens in Suzhou"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just to get out of the big city for a few days we took the high-speed train to the small town of Suzhou, which has a\u00c2\u00a0meager\u00c2\u00a09.2 million people. \u00c2\u00a0The area is know for it&#8217;s Chinese classical gardens, canals, silk making, and who could forget the Squirrel-Shaped\u00c2\u00a0Mandarin\u00c2\u00a0Fish.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/photos.thejohnsonsjournal.com\/albums\/316\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Squirrel Shaped Mandarin Fish\" src=\"http:\/\/photos.thejohnsonsjournal.com\/photos\/8828\/medium.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"675\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">About to devour our Squirrel Shaped Mandarin Fish.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We spent the day wandering along Ping Jiang Road, an ancient road lined with shops maintaining traditional architectural styles on one side and a canal on the other.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/photos.thejohnsonsjournal.com\/albums\/316\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Boat on Canal\" src=\"http:\/\/photos.thejohnsonsjournal.com\/photos\/8818\/medium.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Some tourists being serenaded (if you can call it that) by the singing of the lady rowing the boat.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>There were a surprising amount of western style coffee shops in the area, but there were also some interesting street vendors and boutique to look at.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/photos.thejohnsonsjournal.com\/albums\/316\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Trinkets for sale\" src=\"http:\/\/photos.thejohnsonsjournal.com\/photos\/8819\/medium.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">There were lots of these cute trinkets for sale.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We also went to the\u00c2\u00a0The Humble Administrator&#8217;s Garden, which is the largest and probably the most famous of the classical gardens in Suzhou.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/photos.thejohnsonsjournal.com\/albums\/315\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Courtney at the Administrators Garden\" src=\"http:\/\/photos.thejohnsonsjournal.com\/photos\/8811\/medium.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"675\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">As you can see, it was very popular<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The garden was divided into three sections with tons of pagodas, rock features, lakes,\u00c2\u00a0bonsai\u00c2\u00a0(and tourist). \u00c2\u00a0I imagine it was much more peaceful when it was not opened to the public for tours.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/photos.thejohnsonsjournal.com\/albums\/315\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Pagoda\" src=\"http:\/\/photos.thejohnsonsjournal.com\/photos\/8810\/medium.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"675\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">This side of the garden was relatively quiet.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the link to more photos of the <a title=\"Garden\" href=\"http:\/\/photos.thejohnsonsjournal.com\/albums\/315\">Garden<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0or <a href=\"http:\/\/photos.thejohnsonsjournal.com\/albums\/316\">Canal Streets<\/a> in Suzhou.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just to get out of the big city for a few days we took the high-speed train to the small town of Suzhou, which has a\u00c2\u00a0meager\u00c2\u00a09.2 million people. \u00c2\u00a0The area is know for it&#8217;s Chinese classical gardens, canals, silk making, and who could forget the Squirrel-Shaped\u00c2\u00a0Mandarin\u00c2\u00a0Fish. 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