GPC in China--The Private Gardens of Suzhou: I snapped this picture of some little manmade waterfalls in the private garden called the Canglang Pavilion in Suzhou. Although, I preferred the forested trails of the hills outside of Hang Zhou, I think I would have enjoyed the elaborate private gardens of Suzhou more if they had not been so crowded. I guess the problem is that the private gardens are no longer private! After returning from Suzhou, I found a funny old verse by the Song Dynasty poet Ye Shaoweng, entitled, "On Getting No Admittance to a Private Garden":

Most likely, he hates visitors' clog-spikes leaving prints on the green moss;
No response is made to my prolonged tapping at the wicker door.
But how can the splendor of springtime in a garden be enclosed?
A twig of red apricot flowers peeps out over the wall.