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Liuyuan is located at No. 338, Liuyuan Road, outside the gate of Suzhou, an ancient city in the south of the Yangtze River. It is famous for its exquisite architectural layout and many strange stones. It is also known as China's four famous gardens together with Suzhou Humble Administrator's garden, Beijing Summer Palace and Chengde summer resort. Liuyuan is a large classical private garden in China, covering an area of 23300 square meters, representing the style of the Qing Dynasty. The garden is famous for its exquisite architectural art. The hall is magnificent, and the courtyard is full of changes. The Taihu Lake stone is the most famous for its Guanyun peak, which has "the interest of mountain and forest without leaving the city". Its architectural space processing is exquisite. The gardener uses various artistic techniques to form a rhythmic and rhythmic garden space system, which has become a world-famous example of architectural space art processing. Now the garden is divided into four parts, the East is dominated by buildings, the middle is a landscape garden, the west is a large rockery with earth and stone, and the north is an idyllic landscape. In 1961, Liuyuan was announced by the State Council of the people's Republic of China as one of the first batch of national key cultural relics protection units. In 1997, Suzhou classical garden, including the Lingering Garden, was listed as the world cultural heritage. In 2001, as an extension of Suzhou garden (Humble Administrator garden, Huqiu garden, Liuyuan garden), Liuyuan became a national 5A tourist attraction.