France

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France

Merci beaucoup à tous pour vos gentils commentaires et favoris!!

Thanks a lot for your faves and comments

Thanks to the group Administrators

France

Merci beaucoup à tous pour vos gentils commentaires et favoris!!

Thanks a lot for your faves and comments

Thanks to the group Administrators

France

Merci beaucoup à tous pour vos gentils commentaires et favoris!!

Thanks a lot for your faves and comments

Thanks to the group Administrators

France

Merci beaucoup à tous pour vos gentils commentaires et favoris!!

Thanks a lot for your faves and comments

Thanks to the group Administrators

France

Merci beaucoup à tous pour vos gentils commentaires et favoris!!

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France

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Inside humble administrator's garden (Zhuozheng Yuan). It is an UNESCO world heritage site

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The Humble Administrator's Garden in Suzhou is one of four Chinese gardens in Suzhou that have attained UNESCO World Heritage Site status, and the most famous and visited among them. Its beautiful gardens and huge size makes it a good place to walk an afternoon stroll.

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" The Long View on the Rising Ground [ 2] "

This is the 2nd version of this photo that I have put up here. However, I am not putting this up to promote my photos or look for comments or faves. I already have a version of this photo on here [2nd last photo back] that is not in any groups and I am more than happy with it, thanks. I am putting this up to show people on here how to work around the 30/60 group maximum rule that Flickr introduced over a month ago!

People who have PRO status on here can only now put there photos in 60 groups and those with non Pro status in only 30 groups. This is not enough for many of us!

However, there is a way around it in which we can put each of our photos in hundreds of groups or as many as you like by following these instructions and not breaking any rules.

There are lots of administrators of groups on here who do not want to accept Flickrs ruling as it is affecting their viewing figures so they have decided to allow us to add as many photos as we want to their groups,

but you must do this in the correct order or Flickr will block you when you have added only 60/30 photos maximum!

From tomorrow morning, Tuesday [9/1/2017] I will start adding this photo to groups and will by the end of the week, Friday,[ 12/1/2017 ] have this photo in over 100 groups.

If you drop by between tomorrow and next thurday I will have put the instructions on how to do the first stage, and then on Friday I will put up on ,how to do the 2nd/3rd final stage.

I know that lots of people dont understand how to do this as English is not there first language so please, if you are there friends and can translate for them, please do. Flickr translate is worse than useless!!! Others dont understand how to do this this because of the complications of modern technology { Im one of those who struggle with modern stuff too!} so this is why Im doing it step by step to help people understand. Its easy once you do it the first time!

Please do join the "OPT OUT GROUP"

[www.flickr.com/groups/2982691@N21/ ] where my good frends, i LOVE NatureiLOVEnature's Photography Inspiration and SaffyH SaffyH have compiled a list of the groups that have opted out of the 30/60 maximum rule and you can use as many of these groups as you like but only when stage one is complete!!!!!!! Thank you to them for explaining to me how to do his! They will also help you in any way they can including assisting administrators who wish to opt their groups out of the 30/60 restrictions!

Hopefully I will catch you here between tomorrow and Thursday and if you have any queries do message me as I will be more than pleased to help you if I can!

P@t.

TUESDAY 9/1/2018

Hi all! I said Id come back this morning and start adding this photo to opt in grops { groups that have stayed with the 30/60 maximum ruling! }

I am adding the photo to 30 of these froups today and I will add it to a further 30 [total 60} on friday}

I could add it to 60 now in one hit but it is better to do it in 2 or more sections. The reason for this is as follows;

When you put up say one of your phoos and add it to one group, it immediatly goes on the first page of the group site and can be seen by all who visit that group. However as the day progresses, more people will add their photos to the group and your photo will go onto the 2nd, 3rd or 4th page etc and will disappear from public view as most people only look at the first webpage on a group site! By splitting the sixty groups into smaller sections of say 30+30 or 15 +15+15 +15 or whatever way you want to do it, your photo is getting more exposure to the public view. You could of course if you have lots of time, put your photo into 60 opt in groups today, remove it from these groups tomorrow and then add it to 60 new opt in groups. Its your choice.Just do remember that 60 is the total maximum you can leave up!!

Im now adding my photo to my 30 groups.

I will drop back on Friday next to complete step one and do step 2 [opt out groups }and step 3 if any!

By the way, to find out if a group is opt in or opt out, open the groups main page. Scroll down to the bottom and its written in the first paragraph!! Do remember to choose only opt in groups at this stage!!

This photo has 77 Faves overnight which I didnt really want but thats how good people are on here!

We will see how many extra faves, if any, it has by Friday!!

Hope your day is good and thank you for joining me!!!!

P@t.

Friday 12/1/2018

Hiya!

The photo has done quite well since I put it up last Tuesday.

1250 Views! If only 25% of the people here, read this and use the "Workaround" as suggested, that would be really great!

I checked back 6 hours later, on the groups[ 30 ] I had put he photo in, and it had disappeared of their front pages. Mostly it was on the third page. This means that the photo loses interest very quickly as it is pushed further back as other members add their photos. It might be better to add the 60/30 opt in groups over a longer period of time, say 5 per day over 12 days. If course, the larger the group the photo is added to, the quicker it disappears off the front page. In smaller groups it would stay visible for longer.

Im now going to add it to the remaining 30 {Opt In } groups.

Now I have reached the maximum. I can still remove some at this stage and add other ones in but Im leaving it as is.

Im now going to add the opt out groups that I have colected. Approximately 40. { Stage 2 }

Ive finished that and including admin approval on 6 of the photos, I have now put the photo in over 100 groups. I will add more opt out ones as I find them.

It is at this point that any group invites that you have should be added. { Stage 3 }

I do hope you may find this helpful and If you have any questions, please ask and Ill do my best to answer them.

Thanks for all your Faves, comments and your kindness!

P@t.

Close-up of a small spider painstakingly repairing it's wind-damaged web on a bush in my garden. I had many failed shots as I was using a slow shutter speed and the spider would not stop moving it's tiny "hands" as it feverishly repaired it's web.

c3-DSCO1779-2

Shot at f/11 but as lens does not talk to camera, not recorded in Exif.

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France

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El Jardín del administrador humilde (chino: 拙政园|t=拙政園; pinyin: Zhuōzhèng Yuán) es un destacado jardín chino de la ciudad de Suzhou. El jardín se encuentra en el número 178 de la calle Dongbei (东北街178号). Con 51 950 m², es el mayor jardín de Suzhou y muchos lo consideran uno de los más bellos del sur de China. En 1997, Zhuozheng Yuan, junto con otros jardines clásicos de Suzhou, fue proclamado Patrimonio de la Humanidad por la UNESCO.

es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jard%C3%ADn_del_administrador_humilde

Los jardines clásicos de Suzhou son un conjunto de jardines en la ciudad de Suzhou de la provincia de Jiangsu (China), están considerados como Patrimonio de la Humanidad por la Unesco desde el año 1997 y fueron ampliados en el 2000.

En 1997, el Jardín del administrador humilde, Jardín Liuyuan, Parque y jardín Wangshi Yuan, el más famoso de Suzhou, y la Villa de la montaña abrazada por la belleza fueron incluidos en la lista de la Unesco Patrimonio de la Humanidad. En 2000, el Pabellón Canglang, el Jardín de los leones, el Jardín de cultivo, el Jardín Ouyuan y el Jardín Tuisiyuan fueron añadidos a la lista.

Suzhou es la ciudad de China que más jardines conserva. La mayoría de estos jardines pertenecían a casas particulares. La arquitectura clásica de los jardines chinos incluye siempre cuatro elementos: rocas, agua, pabellones y plantas.

es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jardines_cl%C3%A1sicos_de_Suzhou

The Humble Administrator's Garden (Chinese: 拙政园; pinyin: Zhuōzhèng yuán; Suzhou Wu: Wu Chinese: [tsoʔ tsen ɦyø]) 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 (东北街178号), Gusu District. At 78 mu (亩) (5.2 ha; 13 acres), it is the largest garden in Suzhou and is considered by some to be the finest garden in all of southern China.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humble_Administrator%27s_Garden

The Classical Gardens of Suzhou (Chinese: 苏州园林; pinyin: Sūzhōu yuánlín; Suzhounese (Wugniu): sou-tseuyoe-lin) are a group of gardens in the city of Suzhou, in Jiangsu, China, which have been added to the UNESCO World Heritage List.

Spanning a period of almost one thousand years, from the Northern Song to the late Qing dynasties (11th-19th century), these gardens, most of them built by scholars, standardized many of the key features of classical Chinese garden design with constructed landscapes mimicking natural scenery of rocks, hills and rivers with strategically located pavilions and pagodas.

The elegant aesthetics and subtlety of these scholars' gardens and their delicate style and features are often imitated by various gardens in other parts of China, including the various Imperial Gardens, such as those in the Chengde Mountain Resort. According to UNESCO, the gardens of Suzhou "represent the development of Chinese landscape garden design over more than two thousand years," and they are the "most refined form" of garden art.

These landscape gardens flourished in the mid-Ming to early-Qing dynasties, resulting in as much as 200 private gardens. Today, there are 69 preserved gardens in Suzhou, and all of them are designated as protected "National Heritage Sites." In 1997 and 2000, eight of the finest gardens in Suzhou along with one in the nearby ancient town of Tongli were selected by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site to represent the art of Suzhou-style classical gardens.

Famous Suzhou garden designers include Zhang Liang, Ji Cheng, Ge Yuliang, and Chen Congzhou.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_Gardens_of_Suzhou

El Jardín del administrador humilde (chino: 拙政园|t=拙政園; pinyin: Zhuōzhèng Yuán) es un destacado jardín chino de la ciudad de Suzhou. El jardín se encuentra en el número 178 de la calle Dongbei (东北街178号). Con 51 950 m², es el mayor jardín de Suzhou y muchos lo consideran uno de los más bellos del sur de China. En 1997, Zhuozheng Yuan, junto con otros jardines clásicos de Suzhou, fue proclamado Patrimonio de la Humanidad por la UNESCO.

es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jard%C3%ADn_del_administrador_humilde

Los jardines clásicos de Suzhou son un conjunto de jardines en la ciudad de Suzhou de la provincia de Jiangsu (China), están considerados como Patrimonio de la Humanidad por la Unesco desde el año 1997 y fueron ampliados en el 2000.

En 1997, el Jardín del administrador humilde, Jardín Liuyuan, Parque y jardín Wangshi Yuan, el más famoso de Suzhou, y la Villa de la montaña abrazada por la belleza fueron incluidos en la lista de la Unesco Patrimonio de la Humanidad. En 2000, el Pabellón Canglang, el Jardín de los leones, el Jardín de cultivo, el Jardín Ouyuan y el Jardín Tuisiyuan fueron añadidos a la lista.

Suzhou es la ciudad de China que más jardines conserva. La mayoría de estos jardines pertenecían a casas particulares. La arquitectura clásica de los jardines chinos incluye siempre cuatro elementos: rocas, agua, pabellones y plantas.

es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jardines_cl%C3%A1sicos_de_Suzhou

The Humble Administrator's Garden (Chinese: 拙政园; pinyin: Zhuōzhèng yuán; Suzhou Wu: Wu Chinese: [tsoʔ tsen ɦyø]) 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 (东北街178号), Gusu District. At 78 mu (亩) (5.2 ha; 13 acres), it is the largest garden in Suzhou and is considered by some to be the finest garden in all of southern China.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humble_Administrator%27s_Garden

The Classical Gardens of Suzhou (Chinese: 苏州园林; pinyin: Sūzhōu yuánlín; Suzhounese (Wugniu): sou-tseuyoe-lin) are a group of gardens in the city of Suzhou, in Jiangsu, China, which have been added to the UNESCO World Heritage List.

Spanning a period of almost one thousand years, from the Northern Song to the late Qing dynasties (11th-19th century), these gardens, most of them built by scholars, standardized many of the key features of classical Chinese garden design with constructed landscapes mimicking natural scenery of rocks, hills and rivers with strategically located pavilions and pagodas.

The elegant aesthetics and subtlety of these scholars' gardens and their delicate style and features are often imitated by various gardens in other parts of China, including the various Imperial Gardens, such as those in the Chengde Mountain Resort. According to UNESCO, the gardens of Suzhou "represent the development of Chinese landscape garden design over more than two thousand years," and they are the "most refined form" of garden art.

These landscape gardens flourished in the mid-Ming to early-Qing dynasties, resulting in as much as 200 private gardens. Today, there are 69 preserved gardens in Suzhou, and all of them are designated as protected "National Heritage Sites." In 1997 and 2000, eight of the finest gardens in Suzhou along with one in the nearby ancient town of Tongli were selected by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site to represent the art of Suzhou-style classical gardens.

Famous Suzhou garden designers include Zhang Liang, Ji Cheng, Ge Yuliang, and Chen Congzhou.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_Gardens_of_Suzhou

El Jardín del administrador humilde (chino: 拙政园|t=拙政園; pinyin: Zhuōzhèng Yuán) es un destacado jardín chino de la ciudad de Suzhou. El jardín se encuentra en el número 178 de la calle Dongbei (东北街178号). Con 51 950 m², es el mayor jardín de Suzhou y muchos lo consideran uno de los más bellos del sur de China. En 1997, Zhuozheng Yuan, junto con otros jardines clásicos de Suzhou, fue proclamado Patrimonio de la Humanidad por la UNESCO.

es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jard%C3%ADn_del_administrador_humilde

Los jardines clásicos de Suzhou son un conjunto de jardines en la ciudad de Suzhou de la provincia de Jiangsu (China), están considerados como Patrimonio de la Humanidad por la Unesco desde el año 1997 y fueron ampliados en el 2000.

En 1997, el Jardín del administrador humilde, Jardín Liuyuan, Parque y jardín Wangshi Yuan, el más famoso de Suzhou, y la Villa de la montaña abrazada por la belleza fueron incluidos en la lista de la Unesco Patrimonio de la Humanidad. En 2000, el Pabellón Canglang, el Jardín de los leones, el Jardín de cultivo, el Jardín Ouyuan y el Jardín Tuisiyuan fueron añadidos a la lista.

Suzhou es la ciudad de China que más jardines conserva. La mayoría de estos jardines pertenecían a casas particulares. La arquitectura clásica de los jardines chinos incluye siempre cuatro elementos: rocas, agua, pabellones y plantas.

es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jardines_cl%C3%A1sicos_de_Suzhou

The Humble Administrator's Garden (Chinese: 拙政园; pinyin: Zhuōzhèng yuán; Suzhou Wu: Wu Chinese: [tsoʔ tsen ɦyø]) 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 (东北街178号), Gusu District. At 78 mu (亩) (5.2 ha; 13 acres), it is the largest garden in Suzhou and is considered by some to be the finest garden in all of southern China.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humble_Administrator%27s_Garden

The Classical Gardens of Suzhou (Chinese: 苏州园林; pinyin: Sūzhōu yuánlín; Suzhounese (Wugniu): sou-tseuyoe-lin) are a group of gardens in the city of Suzhou, in Jiangsu, China, which have been added to the UNESCO World Heritage List.

Spanning a period of almost one thousand years, from the Northern Song to the late Qing dynasties (11th-19th century), these gardens, most of them built by scholars, standardized many of the key features of classical Chinese garden design with constructed landscapes mimicking natural scenery of rocks, hills and rivers with strategically located pavilions and pagodas.

The elegant aesthetics and subtlety of these scholars' gardens and their delicate style and features are often imitated by various gardens in other parts of China, including the various Imperial Gardens, such as those in the Chengde Mountain Resort. According to UNESCO, the gardens of Suzhou "represent the development of Chinese landscape garden design over more than two thousand years," and they are the "most refined form" of garden art.

These landscape gardens flourished in the mid-Ming to early-Qing dynasties, resulting in as much as 200 private gardens. Today, there are 69 preserved gardens in Suzhou, and all of them are designated as protected "National Heritage Sites." In 1997 and 2000, eight of the finest gardens in Suzhou along with one in the nearby ancient town of Tongli were selected by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site to represent the art of Suzhou-style classical gardens.

Famous Suzhou garden designers include Zhang Liang, Ji Cheng, Ge Yuliang, and Chen Congzhou.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_Gardens_of_Suzhou

El Jardín del administrador humilde (chino: 拙政园|t=拙政園; pinyin: Zhuōzhèng Yuán) es un destacado jardín chino de la ciudad de Suzhou. El jardín se encuentra en el número 178 de la calle Dongbei (东北街178号). Con 51 950 m², es el mayor jardín de Suzhou y muchos lo consideran uno de los más bellos del sur de China. En 1997, Zhuozheng Yuan, junto con otros jardines clásicos de Suzhou, fue proclamado Patrimonio de la Humanidad por la UNESCO.

es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jard%C3%ADn_del_administrador_humilde

Los jardines clásicos de Suzhou son un conjunto de jardines en la ciudad de Suzhou de la provincia de Jiangsu (China), están considerados como Patrimonio de la Humanidad por la Unesco desde el año 1997 y fueron ampliados en el 2000.

En 1997, el Jardín del administrador humilde, Jardín Liuyuan, Parque y jardín Wangshi Yuan, el más famoso de Suzhou, y la Villa de la montaña abrazada por la belleza fueron incluidos en la lista de la Unesco Patrimonio de la Humanidad. En 2000, el Pabellón Canglang, el Jardín de los leones, el Jardín de cultivo, el Jardín Ouyuan y el Jardín Tuisiyuan fueron añadidos a la lista.

Suzhou es la ciudad de China que más jardines conserva. La mayoría de estos jardines pertenecían a casas particulares. La arquitectura clásica de los jardines chinos incluye siempre cuatro elementos: rocas, agua, pabellones y plantas.

es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jardines_cl%C3%A1sicos_de_Suzhou

The Humble Administrator's Garden (Chinese: 拙政园; pinyin: Zhuōzhèng yuán; Suzhou Wu: Wu Chinese: [tsoʔ tsen ɦyø]) 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 (东北街178号), Gusu District. At 78 mu (亩) (5.2 ha; 13 acres), it is the largest garden in Suzhou and is considered by some to be the finest garden in all of southern China.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humble_Administrator%27s_Garden

The Classical Gardens of Suzhou (Chinese: 苏州园林; pinyin: Sūzhōu yuánlín; Suzhounese (Wugniu): sou-tseuyoe-lin) are a group of gardens in the city of Suzhou, in Jiangsu, China, which have been added to the UNESCO World Heritage List.

Spanning a period of almost one thousand years, from the Northern Song to the late Qing dynasties (11th-19th century), these gardens, most of them built by scholars, standardized many of the key features of classical Chinese garden design with constructed landscapes mimicking natural scenery of rocks, hills and rivers with strategically located pavilions and pagodas.

The elegant aesthetics and subtlety of these scholars' gardens and their delicate style and features are often imitated by various gardens in other parts of China, including the various Imperial Gardens, such as those in the Chengde Mountain Resort. According to UNESCO, the gardens of Suzhou "represent the development of Chinese landscape garden design over more than two thousand years," and they are the "most refined form" of garden art.

These landscape gardens flourished in the mid-Ming to early-Qing dynasties, resulting in as much as 200 private gardens. Today, there are 69 preserved gardens in Suzhou, and all of them are designated as protected "National Heritage Sites." In 1997 and 2000, eight of the finest gardens in Suzhou along with one in the nearby ancient town of Tongli were selected by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site to represent the art of Suzhou-style classical gardens.

Famous Suzhou garden designers include Zhang Liang, Ji Cheng, Ge Yuliang, and Chen Congzhou.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_Gardens_of_Suzhou

El Jardín del administrador humilde (chino: 拙政园|t=拙政園; pinyin: Zhuōzhèng Yuán) es un destacado jardín chino de la ciudad de Suzhou. El jardín se encuentra en el número 178 de la calle Dongbei (东北街178号). Con 51 950 m², es el mayor jardín de Suzhou y muchos lo consideran uno de los más bellos del sur de China. En 1997, Zhuozheng Yuan, junto con otros jardines clásicos de Suzhou, fue proclamado Patrimonio de la Humanidad por la UNESCO.

es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jard%C3%ADn_del_administrador_humilde

Los jardines clásicos de Suzhou son un conjunto de jardines en la ciudad de Suzhou de la provincia de Jiangsu (China), están considerados como Patrimonio de la Humanidad por la Unesco desde el año 1997 y fueron ampliados en el 2000.

En 1997, el Jardín del administrador humilde, Jardín Liuyuan, Parque y jardín Wangshi Yuan, el más famoso de Suzhou, y la Villa de la montaña abrazada por la belleza fueron incluidos en la lista de la Unesco Patrimonio de la Humanidad. En 2000, el Pabellón Canglang, el Jardín de los leones, el Jardín de cultivo, el Jardín Ouyuan y el Jardín Tuisiyuan fueron añadidos a la lista.

Suzhou es la ciudad de China que más jardines conserva. La mayoría de estos jardines pertenecían a casas particulares. La arquitectura clásica de los jardines chinos incluye siempre cuatro elementos: rocas, agua, pabellones y plantas.

es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jardines_cl%C3%A1sicos_de_Suzhou

The Humble Administrator's Garden (Chinese: 拙政园; pinyin: Zhuōzhèng yuán; Suzhou Wu: Wu Chinese: [tsoʔ tsen ɦyø]) 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 (东北街178号), Gusu District. At 78 mu (亩) (5.2 ha; 13 acres), it is the largest garden in Suzhou and is considered by some to be the finest garden in all of southern China.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humble_Administrator%27s_Garden

The Classical Gardens of Suzhou (Chinese: 苏州园林; pinyin: Sūzhōu yuánlín; Suzhounese (Wugniu): sou-tseuyoe-lin) are a group of gardens in the city of Suzhou, in Jiangsu, China, which have been added to the UNESCO World Heritage List.

Spanning a period of almost one thousand years, from the Northern Song to the late Qing dynasties (11th-19th century), these gardens, most of them built by scholars, standardized many of the key features of classical Chinese garden design with constructed landscapes mimicking natural scenery of rocks, hills and rivers with strategically located pavilions and pagodas.

The elegant aesthetics and subtlety of these scholars' gardens and their delicate style and features are often imitated by various gardens in other parts of China, including the various Imperial Gardens, such as those in the Chengde Mountain Resort. According to UNESCO, the gardens of Suzhou "represent the development of Chinese landscape garden design over more than two thousand years," and they are the "most refined form" of garden art.

These landscape gardens flourished in the mid-Ming to early-Qing dynasties, resulting in as much as 200 private gardens. Today, there are 69 preserved gardens in Suzhou, and all of them are designated as protected "National Heritage Sites." In 1997 and 2000, eight of the finest gardens in Suzhou along with one in the nearby ancient town of Tongli were selected by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site to represent the art of Suzhou-style classical gardens.

Famous Suzhou garden designers include Zhang Liang, Ji Cheng, Ge Yuliang, and Chen Congzhou.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_Gardens_of_Suzhou

"And smale foweles maken melodye"

A ruby-crowned kinglet (usually found in northern North America) was far south for the winter.

DeKalb County (Northlake), Georgia, USA.

26 February 2025.

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▶ Rejection:

On 22 March 2025, the administrator for the Flickr group "GEORGIA, THE PEACH STATE" rejected this photo for NOT displaying "scenic beauty of the State of Georgia, USA." Denying the kinglet its migratory presence in the state is gaslighting nonsense.

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📷 Photographer's notes:

☞ Thank you to Flickr-er Bárbol who confirmed my guess that this handsome fellow was indeed a ruby-crowned kinglet.

☞ However, there appears to be some dispute about its taxonomy. Whereas Bárbol — and my 2008 edition of the National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of Eastern North America— classifies the species as Regulus calendula, the American Ornithological Society has reclassified it as Corthylio calendula... as of 2021.

☞ The quotation (at the top of the caption) is a line from the Prologue to 14th-century English poet Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales. Translated from Middle English to modern English, it reads: "And many little birds make melody."

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Humble administrator's garden in Suzhou, China on my recent trip back home.

El Jardín del administrador humilde (chino: 拙政园|t=拙政園; pinyin: Zhuōzhèng Yuán) es un destacado jardín chino de la ciudad de Suzhou. El jardín se encuentra en el número 178 de la calle Dongbei (东北街178号). Con 51 950 m², es el mayor jardín de Suzhou y muchos lo consideran uno de los más bellos del sur de China. En 1997, Zhuozheng Yuan, junto con otros jardines clásicos de Suzhou, fue proclamado Patrimonio de la Humanidad por la UNESCO.

es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jard%C3%ADn_del_administrador_humilde

Los jardines clásicos de Suzhou son un conjunto de jardines en la ciudad de Suzhou de la provincia de Jiangsu (China), están considerados como Patrimonio de la Humanidad por la Unesco desde el año 1997 y fueron ampliados en el 2000.

En 1997, el Jardín del administrador humilde, Jardín Liuyuan, Parque y jardín Wangshi Yuan, el más famoso de Suzhou, y la Villa de la montaña abrazada por la belleza fueron incluidos en la lista de la Unesco Patrimonio de la Humanidad. En 2000, el Pabellón Canglang, el Jardín de los leones, el Jardín de cultivo, el Jardín Ouyuan y el Jardín Tuisiyuan fueron añadidos a la lista.

Suzhou es la ciudad de China que más jardines conserva. La mayoría de estos jardines pertenecían a casas particulares. La arquitectura clásica de los jardines chinos incluye siempre cuatro elementos: rocas, agua, pabellones y plantas.

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The Humble Administrator's Garden (Chinese: 拙政园; pinyin: Zhuōzhèng yuán; Suzhou Wu: Wu Chinese: [tsoʔ tsen ɦyø]) 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 (东北街178号), Gusu District. At 78 mu (亩) (5.2 ha; 13 acres), it is the largest garden in Suzhou and is considered by some to be the finest garden in all of southern China.

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The Classical Gardens of Suzhou (Chinese: 苏州园林; pinyin: Sūzhōu yuánlín; Suzhounese (Wugniu): sou-tseuyoe-lin) are a group of gardens in the city of Suzhou, in Jiangsu, China, which have been added to the UNESCO World Heritage List.

Spanning a period of almost one thousand years, from the Northern Song to the late Qing dynasties (11th-19th century), these gardens, most of them built by scholars, standardized many of the key features of classical Chinese garden design with constructed landscapes mimicking natural scenery of rocks, hills and rivers with strategically located pavilions and pagodas.

The elegant aesthetics and subtlety of these scholars' gardens and their delicate style and features are often imitated by various gardens in other parts of China, including the various Imperial Gardens, such as those in the Chengde Mountain Resort. According to UNESCO, the gardens of Suzhou "represent the development of Chinese landscape garden design over more than two thousand years," and they are the "most refined form" of garden art.

These landscape gardens flourished in the mid-Ming to early-Qing dynasties, resulting in as much as 200 private gardens. Today, there are 69 preserved gardens in Suzhou, and all of them are designated as protected "National Heritage Sites." In 1997 and 2000, eight of the finest gardens in Suzhou along with one in the nearby ancient town of Tongli were selected by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site to represent the art of Suzhou-style classical gardens.

Famous Suzhou garden designers include Zhang Liang, Ji Cheng, Ge Yuliang, and Chen Congzhou.

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The Humble Administrator's Garden has an entire section full of bonsai trees.

The Humble Administrator's Garden is one of the prized gardens in Suzhou (it's a UNESCO World Heritage Site) and was originally completed in 1526 and took 16 years to build. In ancient times, prominent Chinese men would retire and build huge gardens as a symbol of their wealth and taste. This garden was originally commissioned by Wang Xiancheng and was designed by Wen Zhengming.

El Jardín del administrador humilde (chino: 拙政园|t=拙政園; pinyin: Zhuōzhèng Yuán) es un destacado jardín chino de la ciudad de Suzhou. El jardín se encuentra en el número 178 de la calle Dongbei (东北街178号). Con 51 950 m², es el mayor jardín de Suzhou y muchos lo consideran uno de los más bellos del sur de China. En 1997, Zhuozheng Yuan, junto con otros jardines clásicos de Suzhou, fue proclamado Patrimonio de la Humanidad por la UNESCO.

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Los jardines clásicos de Suzhou son un conjunto de jardines en la ciudad de Suzhou de la provincia de Jiangsu (China), están considerados como Patrimonio de la Humanidad por la Unesco desde el año 1997 y fueron ampliados en el 2000.

En 1997, el Jardín del administrador humilde, Jardín Liuyuan, Parque y jardín Wangshi Yuan, el más famoso de Suzhou, y la Villa de la montaña abrazada por la belleza fueron incluidos en la lista de la Unesco Patrimonio de la Humanidad. En 2000, el Pabellón Canglang, el Jardín de los leones, el Jardín de cultivo, el Jardín Ouyuan y el Jardín Tuisiyuan fueron añadidos a la lista.

Suzhou es la ciudad de China que más jardines conserva. La mayoría de estos jardines pertenecían a casas particulares. La arquitectura clásica de los jardines chinos incluye siempre cuatro elementos: rocas, agua, pabellones y plantas.

es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jardines_cl%C3%A1sicos_de_Suzhou

The Humble Administrator's Garden (Chinese: 拙政园; pinyin: Zhuōzhèng yuán; Suzhou Wu: Wu Chinese: [tsoʔ tsen ɦyø]) 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 (东北街178号), Gusu District. At 78 mu (亩) (5.2 ha; 13 acres), it is the largest garden in Suzhou and is considered by some to be the finest garden in all of southern China.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humble_Administrator%27s_Garden

The Classical Gardens of Suzhou (Chinese: 苏州园林; pinyin: Sūzhōu yuánlín; Suzhounese (Wugniu): sou-tseuyoe-lin) are a group of gardens in the city of Suzhou, in Jiangsu, China, which have been added to the UNESCO World Heritage List.

Spanning a period of almost one thousand years, from the Northern Song to the late Qing dynasties (11th-19th century), these gardens, most of them built by scholars, standardized many of the key features of classical Chinese garden design with constructed landscapes mimicking natural scenery of rocks, hills and rivers with strategically located pavilions and pagodas.

The elegant aesthetics and subtlety of these scholars' gardens and their delicate style and features are often imitated by various gardens in other parts of China, including the various Imperial Gardens, such as those in the Chengde Mountain Resort. According to UNESCO, the gardens of Suzhou "represent the development of Chinese landscape garden design over more than two thousand years," and they are the "most refined form" of garden art.

These landscape gardens flourished in the mid-Ming to early-Qing dynasties, resulting in as much as 200 private gardens. Today, there are 69 preserved gardens in Suzhou, and all of them are designated as protected "National Heritage Sites." In 1997 and 2000, eight of the finest gardens in Suzhou along with one in the nearby ancient town of Tongli were selected by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site to represent the art of Suzhou-style classical gardens.

Famous Suzhou garden designers include Zhang Liang, Ji Cheng, Ge Yuliang, and Chen Congzhou.

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The very top of the Pagoda Reflection Pavilion in the Humble Administrator's Garden.

The Humble Administrator's Garden is one of the prized gardens in Suzhou (it's a UNESCO World Heritage Site) and was originally completed in 1526 and took 16 years to build. In ancient times, prominent Chinese men would retire and build huge gardens as a symbol of their wealth and taste. This garden was originally commissioned by Wang Xiancheng and was designed by Wen Zhengming.

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Humble Administrator's Garden is a famous garden in Jiangnan , China . It is located at No. 178, Northeast Street, Suzhou City . It was built in the Zhengde period of the Ming Dynasty . It was originally built by the Emperor Wang Xianchen to change the Buddhist temple . It is the representative of Suzhou gardens . In 1997, it was listed as a World Cultural Heritage by UNESCO together with several other gardens.

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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. At 78 mu (亩) (5.2 ha; 13 acres), it is the largest garden in Suzhou and is considered by some to be the finest garden in all of southern China.

On the garden's site was first built a garden during the Shaoxing period (1131-1162) of the Southern Song Dynasty. Afterwards it changed ownership, and was destroyed or modified continually. It was the residence and garden of Lu Guimeng, a Tang Dynasty scholar. Later in the Yuan Dynasty it became the Dahong Temple's garden. In 1513, Wang Xiancheng, an Imperial Envoy and poet of the Ming Dynasty, created a garden on the site of the dilapidated Dahong Temple which had been burnt during the Ming conquest. In 1510, he retired to his native home of Suzhou on the occasion of his father's death. He had experienced a tumultuous official life punctuated by various demotions and promotions, and gave up his last official post as magistrate of Yongjia county in Zhejiang province, and began to work on the garden. This garden, meant to express his fine taste, received close attention from the renowned artist, Suzhou native, and friend, Wen Zhengming. The garden was named (first evidence around 1517) after a verse by the famous scholar official of the Jin Dynasty, Pan Yue, in his prose, An Idle Life, "I enjoy a carefree life by planting trees and building my own house...I irrigate my garden and grow vegetables for me to eat...such a life suits a retired official like me well".[4] This verse symbolized Wang's desire to retire from politics and adopt a hermit's life in the manner of Tao Yuanming. In the Xianju rhyme-prose, he writes 'This is the way of ruling for an unsuccessful politician'. It took 16 years until 1526 to complete. Wen Zhenming wrote an essay Notes of Wang's Humble Administrator's Garden, and painted Landscapes of the Humble Administrator's Garden in 1533 including 31 paintings and poems to commemorate the garden. Wen produced a second album of eight leaves showing sites in the garden in 1551, with different views but the same poems as in 1533.

Wang's son lost the garden to pay gambling debts, and it has changed hands many times since. In 1631 the eastern garden was divided from the rest and purchased by Wang Xinyi, Vice Minister of the Justice Board. He added many modifications over the next four years, finishing work in 1635. After completion it was renamed Dwelling Upon Return to the Countryside. The central garden was purchased by Jiang Qi, Governor of Jiangsu in 1738. After extensive renovations he renamed it Garden Rebuilt. In 1860, it became the residence of a Taiping prince, Li Xiucheng, and it was remodelled, and the current aspect of the garden is said to be inherited from this period. Also in 1738 the Western Garden was purchased by Ye Shikuan Chief Histographer, and renamed The Garden of Books. The Garden of Books was purchased by a Suzhou merchant, Zhang Lüqian, in 1877 and renamed The Subsidiary Garden. In 1949 all three parts of the garden were rejoined by the Chinese government and subsequently opened to the public, then restored in 1952. In 1997 the garden was given UNESCO World Heritage status.

Cao Xueqin, author of the Dream of the Red Chamber, is supposed to have lived at the garden during his teenage years – around 1735. Among Chinese scholars, it is believed that much of the garden in his novel Dream of the Red Chamber was inspired by the scenery of the Humble Administrator's Garden.

The garden contains numerous pavilions and bridges set among a maze of connected pools and islands. It consists of three major parts set about a large lake: the central part (Zhuozheng Yuan), the eastern part (once called Guitianyuanju, Dwelling Upon Return to the Countryside), and a western part (the Supplementary Garden). The house lies in the south of the garden. In total, the garden contains 48 different buildings with 101 tablets, 40 steles, 21 precious old trees, and over 700 Suzhou-style penjing/penzai

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The Humble Administrator's Garden is a UNESCO World Heritage site in Suzhou, China. Wang Xiancheng, an Imperial Envoy and poet of the Ming Dynasty created this beautiful garden in 1513.

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