留园

The Lingering Garden, or Liu Yuan, is defined by a seven-hundred-meter-long covered corridor that winds through its grounds, linking four distinct sections into a single, cohesive experience. As you move along this path, the walls serve as a gallery for three hundred seventy-nine stone calligraphy steles, forming one of the most extensive collections of carved script in any Chinese garden. These inscriptions, dating from the Jin through the Qing dynasties, transform a simple walk into a journey through over one thousand years of artistic history.