We spent a bit of time here, admiring the structure, the construction, the layout as well as the entire floor plan of this well-preserved big mansion. It was beautiful. Very well-thought out layout in that era of 1600s. History revealed that the leaders of the Taiping Rebellion league stayed here. Simply take a look at this map of the mansion, you can see there are a few entrances. Do check your entry & exit properly. Anyway, we came out at the back gate but there were many streets selling herbs. Also lots of things that we could buy:)) Tickets must be purchased. It took us an hour to admire the mansion. By camera-ready please.

This garden does not begin to compare to the gardens of Suzhou and area, but it is a very nice garden in its own right. It does give a good introduction to the Chinese garden style, as it has the mandatory elements of water, pavilions, interesting stones and shaped trees/shrubs, as well as a moon gate and an area of bonsai. Plus, it is close to the Confucius Temple/Imperial Academy area, so a visit there can easily be combined with a visit here. Not sure why the location on the attached map is currently in the wrong location . . . the actual location is right by the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom museum, and is shown as Zhanyuan park on Google maps.