Suzhou's 61st Garden

Suzhou's 61st Garden: Dushu Terrace Dushu Terrace was the place where Prince Zhaoming of the Southern Liang Dynasty read. The pavilion on the terrace was abandoned for a long time. During the Hongzhi period of the Ming Dynasty, the county magistrate rebuilt it, but it collapsed soon after. The succeeding county magistrate believed that the terrace should not be without a pavilion, so he rebuilt it again, but it was destroyed again. In the 12th year of the Jiajing period (1533), County Magistrate Shen was about to leave office. He climbed the terrace and heard about the rise and fall of the pavilion, so he used his salary to build a new stone pavilion, set up a stone staircase, and asked someone to write an inscription for Dushu Terrace. The garden also has other historical sites, such as Jiaowei Pavilion, Jiaowei Spring, Wugong Temple, and Yaji Pavilion.