Humble Administrator's Garden

The Humble Administrator's Garden

UNESCO World Heritage Site
Location	Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
Part of	Classical Gardens of Suzhou
Criteria	Cultural: (i)(ii)(iii)(iv)(v)
Reference	813bis-001
Inscription	1997 (21st Session)
Extensions	2000
Area	5.195 ha (12.84 acres)
Coordinates	31°19′36.20″N 120°37′32.30″E / 31.3267222°N 120.6256389°E / 31.3267222; 120.6256389
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Humble Administrator's Garden
"Humble Administrator's Garden" in Simplified (top) and Traditional (bottom) Chinese
Simplified Chinese	拙政园
Traditional Chinese	拙政園
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zhuōzhèng yuán Wade–Giles Cho1-cheng4 yüan2 IPA [ʈʂwó.ʈʂə̂ŋ ɥɛ̌n] Wu Romanization Tsoh-tsen yoe Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Jyut-jing yùhn Jyutping Zyut3-zing3 jyun4 IPA [tsyt̚˧.tsɪŋ˧ jyn˩] Southern Min Tâi-lô Tsuat-tsìng hn̂g

The Humble Administrator's Garden (Chinese: 拙政园; pinyin: Zhuōzhèng yuán; Suzhou Wu: Wu Chinese pronunciation: [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.^[1] In 1997, Humble Administrator's Garden was named a UNESCO World Heritage Site as a component of the Classical Gardens of Suzhou.