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Revision as of 06:07, 28 August 2006
In Chinese, 网师园 （Pinyin: wǎng shī yuán), "master of nets" is a respectful way to refer to an experienced fisherman. During the Song Dynasty (960-1279), a local official built and named this garden after an elderly fisherman who had saved the official's daughter from drowning.
The layout of one of its many courtyards was used by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City in creating an area of display for Ming Dynasty artifacts. Among all the gardens in Suzhou, the Master of the Nets Garden is considered the most "balanced" in terms of its use of water, rocks, plants, and timber.
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