One of the four renowned gardens and a piece of representative work of Suzhou gardens, the artistic characteristics and the cultural values of the Master of Nets Garden are superb.

The garden is first constructed in the Song Dynasty (1174 A.D.) with an original name “Fisher’s Shelter”. Its present layout, as well as the present name, has not come into being until the Qing Dynasty while Emperor Qianlong was ruling the country (around 1965A.D.)

Being a typical private garden, which combines residence and garden into on unit and the representative work of Suzhou gardens of modest size, Master of Nets Garden is characterized with its water scenes, its perfect proportions and its exquisite design.