Qiyuan Garden, commonly known as ‘Xijia Garden’, is a garden built against the mountain [...]
Qiyuan Garden, commonly known as ‘Xijia Garden’, is a garden built against the mountain and by the water among all the gardens in Suzhou. Qiyuan Garden is composed of three parts: courtyard, garden and Liuyi Courtyard. Among them, Liuyi Well, the bayberry tree planted by Emperor Kangxi and the imperial dock are the ‘three treasures’ of Qiyuan Garden. In the whole garden, the four-sided hall, double corridor, turning lake, rockery and new building have a balanced composition and echo each other, which is very harmonious. Especially the ‘imperial dock’ in the garden is embedded in the rippling Taihu Lake, which is extremely poetic.
Opening hours: Open all year round from 08:00 to 16:30.
Preferential policies:
Children: Children under 6 years old (including 6 years old) or under 1.4 meters in height (including 1.4 meters) are free of charge.
Teenagers: Minors aged 6 (excluding 6 years old) to 18 (including 18 years old) enjoy half-price tickets.
Elderly: People over 70 years old (including 70 years old) are free of charge. Elderly people aged 60 (including 60 years old) to 70 (excluding 70 years old) can enjoy half-price tickets with valid certificates.
Students: Full-time undergraduates and students below with valid certificates can enjoy half-price tickets.
Disabled people: Disabled people and one accompanying person of severely disabled people can enter the park for free with valid identity documents.
Soldiers: Active servicemen of the People’s Republic of China and retired cadres of the military can enter the park for free with valid identity documents.
Blood donation volunteers: Those with the honorary certificate of ‘three exemptions’ treatment in ‘Jiangsu Province Blood Donation Regulations’ (National Volunteer Blood Donation Contribution Award, Volunteer Donation of Hematopoietic Stem Cells Award and Lifetime Honorary Award for Volunteer Blood Donation Service) are free of charge.
Model workers: Model workers in Wuzhong District, Suzhou City and those with the honorary certificate of Suzhou environmental sanitation are free of charge. (Those with municipal-level and above model worker certificates can visit the scenic spots under the Suzhou Garden Bureau for free).
Beneficiaries: Beneficiaries enjoying national pension and subsidy and enterprise retirees who participated in two major military operations can enter the park for free with valid certificates.
Religious people: Religious clergy and their staff members belonging to religious activity places in the scenic area who belong to the same religion as the religious activity places in the scenic area can enter the scenic area and go to religious activity places for free with valid identity documents.
Must-see tips: Pets are not allowed to be brought into the scenic area.
