Couple’s Retreat Garden
Couple's Retreat Garden located in Suzhou city, Jiangsu province, China is a famous classical Chinese garden. It is recognized with other classical Suzhou gardens as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.Photo: MYSHEROS, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Garden
- Description: part of the Classical Gardens of Suzhou, China
- Also known as: “Ou Garden” and “The Couple’s Retreat”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include China Kunqu opera museum and Humble Administrator’s Garden.
China Kunqu opera museum
Museum
Photo: Ohtashinichiro, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Suzhou Museum of Opera and Theatre or China Kunqu Museum is a theatre museum in Suzhou, China. The museum was established in 1986. It is located in a Ming dynasty theatre of latticed wood and has display halls with old musical instruments, hand-copied books, lyrics and scores, masks and costumes. China Kunqu opera museum is situated 430 metres southwest of Couple’s Retreat Garden.
Humble Administrator’s Garden
Garden
Photo: Zhangzhugang, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Humble Administrator's Garden is a Chinese garden in Suzhou, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the most famous of the gardens of Suzhou. The garden is located at 178 Northeast Street, Gusu District. Humble Administrator’s Garden is situated 1¼ km northwest of Couple’s Retreat Garden.
Lion Grove Garden
Garden
Photo: Jakubhal, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Lion Grove Garden is a garden located at 23 Yuanlin Road in Gusu District, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China. The garden is famous for the large and labyrinthine grotto of taihu rocks at its center. Lion Grove Garden is situated 1 km northwest of Couple’s Retreat Garden.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pingjiang Road and Pingjiang.
Pingjiang Road
Suburb
Photo: Zhangzhugang, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Pingjiang Road, historically known as Shiquan Li, is a street and historic district in Gusu District, northeastern Suzhou, Jiangsu, China. It is a well-preserved area and is part of the so-called Old Town of Suzhou.
Pingjiang
Suburb
Photo: kevinmcgill, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Pingjiang Subdistrict is a township-level division of Gusu District, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China.
Shuangta Subdistrict
Suburb
Shuangta Subdistrict is a township-level division of Gusu District, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China. The subdistrict spans an area of 7.95 square kilometres, and a population of 93,778.
Couple’s Retreat Garden
- Categories: Chinese garden, tourism, recreation area, and tourist attraction
- Location: Suzhou, Jiangsu, East China, China, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
31.31837° or 31° 19′ 6″ northLongitude
120.63406° or 120° 38′ 3″ eastOpen location code
8Q328J9M+8JOpenStreetMap ID
way 492151336OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=gardenOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q3372384
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Thai—“Couple’s Retreat Garden” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Xardín Ouyuan”
- Chinese: “耦园”
- Chinese: “耦園”
- French: “jardin de la Retraite du couple”
- French: “Jardin de la Retraite du couple”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Couple’s Retreat Garden”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Ou Yuan”
- Norwegian: “Ou Yuan”
- Spanish: “Jardin Ouyuan”
- Spanish: “Jardín Ouyuan”
- Thai: “สวนโอ่ว”
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