Lion Grove Garden

While my mom was with us, I managed to take her to the Lions Grove Garden. This garden is one of the four most famous gardens in Suzhou. For your information, the other four famous gardens are the Humble Administrator's Garden, Blue Wave Pavilion, and the Lingering Garden.

The Lion Grove Garden was built during the 14th Century. The garden was built by a group of Buddhist monks to honor their master. The most important part of the garden is the rocky labyrinth which twists and turns about different parts of the garden. The labyrinth is made out of limestone form Taihu Lake. This labyrinth is something all the kids love to visit. They love to run around and get lost in the maze. No kids today, just the three of us visiting the garden. Below is my mother inside the maze.

One beautiful site we were able to see were all the fall colors. It is now closer to winter, but we can still see all the yellows, reds, and greens from the different trees.

It was a truly beautiful site to see and actually quite relaxing. We had managed to go during the week when few people were around. Suzhou actually offers its residents a garden card to be able to enter all the gardens and a very low price. Many Chinese spend the weekend and holidays visiting the gardens in their free time. They will have a picnic in the garden, get in some walking exercise, and enjoy the scenery. Something that us westerners should probably get out and do more often. They say that we should all try to walk 5 km a day.

There are also many different flowers around the garden and even though winter is close, you can still see the beautiful colored flowers. The flower and stone mixture is quite a beautiful site to see.

Every season the gardens have a different experience to offer. The colors change, the scenery changes, and our clothing changes. It is all about life and the changes that happen. Next year we will be have many changes as the world economy changes. We should all look at these changes as an opportunity. The winter will be hard and cold, but the spring will bring new life.