Suzhou-style Garden to be Built in UNESCO HQ

2007-02-05 13:52:00 [ Big Normal Small ]

　　
　　Yiyuan Garden, a classical-Suzhou-style garden, will be built in the headquarters of UNESCO in Paris.
　　
　　In 2005, Zhang Xinsheng, the chairman of UNESCO's Executive Board at that time, suggested that China should build a Chinese-style garden in the headquarters of UNESCO in Paris as a cultural gift.
　　
　　In the early June, 2006, Suzhou municipal government sent an expert team to Paris to formulate a detailed construction plan of the garden, containing 4 parts and 8 landscapes. The plan has been modified at least 10 times.
　　
　　The name of the garden comes from Zhou Yi, The Book of Changes, a Chinese classic on divination and philosophy. The garden will cover some 700 sq m, and it will be a new sight in Paris when completed, rather than decorating the front yard of UNESCO only.