The Lingering Garden is located 338 of Liuyuan Road outside Changmen Gate in Suzhou. It was listed as National Key Cultural Relics Protection Unit by the State Council in 1961, and in 1997, it was recorded on the list of the world cultural heritages by UESCO.
Occupying an area of 23,310 square meters, the garden was first built during the Ming Dynasty (1368 - 1644). The buildings accounted for one third of the total area of the garden. It is most known for the exquisite space design of the buildings. The halls are the most spacious and magnificent in Suzhou gardens, which are large but exquisite, elegant despite the pursuit of exquisiteness. The garden can generally be divided into four parts: the central, eastern, western and northern parts. The southern parts are ancestral temple and houses in two roads and three yards, the front is hall and the rear is building, high and spacious. From the bird's-eye view of the whole garden, one can see all kinds of rare trees and flowers, strange-shaped rocks and clean creeks, cool wind blowing terrace and warm rooms, wind- and moon-inviting pavilions in different heights and one follows another. The whole landscape is connected to a long corridor leading to a secluded spots, turning according to the shape of surroundings. When one walks along the corridor, they are greeted by beautiful views everywhere. In the Qing Dynasty, the scholar Yuyue wrote "Record of the Lingering Garden", which is carved on the wood panel of hallway.