Suzhou Changshu Scenic Zhao Yuan And Zeng Yuan Editorial Image

Zhao Yuan and Zeng Yuan are both partial ruins of the "Xiaowangchuan" built by Qian Dai, the former Ming Dynasty Wanli censor. During the reigns of Emperor Tongzhi and Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty, Zhao Liewen returned to Yanghu, and Zhao was a senior aide to Zeng Guofan. Afterwards, he returned to Sheng Xuanhuai in Wujin. Zengyuan, formerly known as Xukuoyuan, covers an area of more than 20 acres. It was originally a part of the ruins of the "Xiaowangchuan" garden of Qian Dai, a censor during the Ming Dynasty's Wanli period. It was purchased by the Zeng family during the Qing Dynasty's Tongzhi reign and was built as a home by Zeng Zhi, a physician in the Qing Dynasty's Guangxu Ministry of Justice. It has been more than 120 years since then and has become a famous classical garden in Jiangnan,