Couple’s Retreat Garden, Suzhou 苏州耦园

Location: China, Jiangsu, Gusu District, Suzhou Google Maps Amap
Part of: Classical Gardens of Suzhou, Suzhou, National Key Cultural Relics Protection Unit
Nearby: Twin Pagodas of Luohan Temple, Suzhou, Jiangsu ↓︎1km, Sanqing Hall, Xuanmiao Temple, Suzhou, Jiangsu ←︎1km, The Humble Administrator's Garden, Suzhou ↖︎1km, Jinji Lake, Suzhou →︎5km, Tiger Hill Pagoda (Yunyan Temple Pagoda), Suzhou, Jiangsu ←︎6km, Zhouzhuang ↘︎30km, Wuxi ↖︎36km, Lake Tai ←︎43km, The Three Hills of Lake Tai ↙︎48km, Shanghai →︎83km

The Couple’s Retreat Garden is in Gusu District, Suzhou, Jiangsu, in the northeast of the old city near Pingjiang Road. In the late Qing the official Shen Bingcheng bought an older garden here, enlarged it and retired to it with his wife Yan Yonghua; the character ou (耦), “pair”, stands for husband and wife. The residence is in the middle, with an east and a west garden on either side; the yellow-stone rockery of the east garden is especially famous. Canals bound the garden on three sides and a street on the fourth. It is part of the World Heritage Classical Gardens of Suzhou.