Liu Yuan of Suzhou . This garden was founded in the Ming Dynasty , and was opened to the public in 1955 after repairs . It occupies an area of about three hectares . Its name means survival from warfare . Its fine springs , rockery , trees and buildings attract much admiration .

　　The garden may be divided into three parts . The eastern part features the buildings and the yards interspaced with grotesques stones . The central part features a pond surrounded by rockeries . The western part features natural scenery . What impresses the visitor the most is that he has to walk past a fifty-meter long passageway to go from the street to the entrance of the garden . As the garden architects used ingenious methods of winding , concealing , etc ., so the visitor entered the garden unknowingly
　　The scenery in the central part includes “hills” in the northwest and “waters” in the southeast . On the “waters” are two bridges and an islet called Penglai . There is a pavilion called Keting , which means homophonously “can stop” , the visitor can stop here to take a view of the surroundings .
         In the northeast corner of the central part is a building with the lengthy name “Get the rope of a pitcher to draw water from the well of ancient lore studio” , derived from a verse by the Tang Dynasty poet Han Yu .
The main buildings in the eastern part of the garden are called “Five Peaks Halls” . The Guanyun Peak in the front , rivaled by an upright pine tree , has a steep profile , nicknamed “Towering-Into-Clouds Peak” .
The northwest part of the garden consists of “hills” in the north and a rivulet in the south . Buildings stand “lively” at the north of the rivulet .