A rare stone named Qingyunfeng in Jingsi Garden in Wuzhong District of Suzhou. The garden is a typical one in Suzhou and is famous for this stone which weighs 136 tonnes with a height of 9.1 meters. The stone has over 1600 holes in the body and all of them are connected. The stone belongs to a category of Lingbi stone which is named after its origin, a county in Anhui province. [Photo by Ge Qianxun]

Three traditional auspicious Chinese figures from fairy tales decorate the roof of the house in the Jingsi Garden in Suzhou. The garden is also an example of classic Han architecture in southern China.[Photo by Ge Qianxun]

 A close look at the roof in the Jingsi Garden in Suzhou.[Photo by Ge Qianxun]