Humble Administrator's garden. Humble Administrator's garden was built in Ming Dynasty, and Wang Xianchen was the first owner of the garden. In Jiajing and Zhengde years, he lived as an official censor. In his later years, he was not satisfied with his official career. He returned from office and bought land to build a garden. The main scenic spots in the park are: Lanxue hall, Furong Pavilion, Shuxiang Pavilion, Guangyan Pavilion, Yuanxiang hall, xiaocanglang Pavilion, Liuting Pavilion, Fucui Pavilion, etc.
The whole garden is divided into four parts: East, middle, West and residence. The residence is a typical Suzhou residence, which is now arranged as a garden Museum exhibition hall. The eastern part is bright and cheerful, with Pinggang Yuanshan, Songlin lawn and Zhuwu Qushui as the main parts. The main scenic spots are: Lanxue hall, zhuoyun peak, Furong Pavilion, Tianquan Pavilion, Shuxiang Pavilion, etc. The central part is the essence of Humble Administrator's Garden. The area of the pool is 1/3. Water is the main form. The pool is wide and luxuriant. The scenery is natural. There are different buildings with different shapes and sizes. The main attractions are: Yuanxiang hall, Xiangzhou, Hefeng Pavilion, jianshanlou, xiaofeihong, Pipa garden, etc. The main building in the west is the 36 Yuanyang hall, which is close to the side of the residence. The pool is in the shape of a curved ruler. It is characterized by the separation of the platform and the hall, the undulating corridor, the reflection of the water wave, the unique taste, and the gorgeous and exquisite decoration. The main scenic spots are: 36 Yuanyang hall, inverted photo studio, who to sit with, water Gallery, etc.
Introduction to Dongyuan
LanXue Hall: it is the main hall in the East. The name of the hall comes from Li Bai's poem "independent between heaven and earth, the breeze sprinkles Lanxue". It was first built in the eighth year of Chongzhen (1635) of the Ming Dynasty. According to the records of the garden owner Wang Xinyi's "guiyuantianju", Lanxue hall is a five Ying thatched cottage, "the East and West osmanthus trees are screens, and then there are mountains like a sheet, with plum blossoms growing vertically and horizontally. There is bamboo outside the plum. Bamboo is near the monk's house. The sound of Buddhism comes from bamboo at dusk. "The environment is secluded. In front of the hall, the two white pines are vigorous and clumsy, the bamboo on the wall is green, the Lake stone is exquisite, the green grass is in the path, and the East and West courtyard walls are connected. The hall has three rooms facing south. The plaque of "Lan Xue Tang" is high, and the long window is on the ground. There is a screen door in the middle of the hall. The south side of the screen door is a lacquer carving panorama of Humble Administrator's garden, and the north side of the screen door is a picture of green bamboo. All of them adopt the traditional Suzhou lacquer carving process. The two sides of the screen door are carved with figures and landscapes on the partition skirts.
Zhuiyun peak: in the north of lanxuetang, the peak is towering in the shade of green trees and bamboos. In the north of Shanxi, two peaks stand side by side, named "Lianbi". Jieyun peak and Lianbi peak are the scenic spots of guiyuantianju. According to Wang Xinyi's guiyuantianjuji, there is a pool in front of lanxuetang, "there are peaks in the south of the pool, and the trees are decorated with clouds, which is called zhuiyun peak. The two peaks on the left side of the pool stand side by side, like palms and sails, which is called Lianbi peak. " The two peaks are the works of Chen Siyun, a famous stone folding artist in the late Ming Dynasty. The lake stones used are exquisite and delicate, taking Zhao Songxue's landscape paintings in the late Yuan Dynasty as the model. From bottom to top, the shape of Jieyun peak is gradually larger, and its top is as big as a cloud, standing upright and independent, without support. On the summer night of 1943, zhuiyun peak suddenly collapsed. Later, under the guidance of Wang Xingbo, a landscape expert, this exquisite peak was built again. Today, the peak is mottled with moss and covered with vines.
Furong Pavilion: the pavilion is a very beautiful architectural form in ancient China. It is made up of the surrounding scenery and its form is flexible. The roof of Furong Pavilion is the top of the mountain. The four corners fly up. Half of the pavilion is built on the shore, and the other half is extended to the water. The sky stands on the water, standing at the edge of the water. This pavilion faces a wide pool with clear water, which is a good place to enjoy lotus in summer. Walking along the hibiscus Pavilion and looking around on the fence, you can see that the pool is full of green, pink and black water, elegant and elegant, like a graceful fairy looking forward to the blue waves. The breeze rises suddenly, setting off a green wave, sending bursts of lotus fragrance Enjoy the beauty, elegance and noble character of lotus.
Tianquan Pavilion: it is an octagonal pavilion with double eaves. The eaves are high and the outside is a cloister. It is solemn and simple. There is a sill between the pillars for sitting and enjoying. Surrounded by lawns, flowers and trees. The small slope of Pinggang in the north of the pavilion is lush with trees. The pavilion is named "Tianquan" because there is a well under it. The well does not dry up all the year round and the water quality is sweet, so it is called "Tianquan". According to the records of Qianlong Changzhou county annals, during the Dade period of the Yuan Dynasty, there was a temple called Dahong temple. After another hundred years, monk Yuze lived here and built a "Dongzhai". There is a well before Zhai, which is called "Tianquan". Suzhou is a land of water, with many rivers, bridges and wells, but few of them are recorded in history. As soon as Wang Xin built "guiyuantianju", he kept the well, which also added some pastoral scenery to the garden.
Shuxiang Pavilion: Shuxiang refers to the fragrance of rice. In the past, there were farmland outside the walls. During the harvest season, the autumn wind sent gusts of rice fragrance, which made people intoxicated. Hence the name of the pavilion. Shuxiang hall is the main building in the East, facing water and mountains. It is a single eaves structure. The room is spacious and bright. There are 48 pieces of boxwood carvings on the long window skirt. According to the experts' research, one is the romance of the west chamber, and the other is Jinyu Ruyi. Among them, there are scenes such as "Zhang Sheng jumps over the wall to meet mandarin ducks", "copy red" and "long pavilion to see off" in the romance of the Western chamber, which are exquisitely carved, rich and lifelike. At sunset, a touch of afterglow fell on the long window of Shuxiang Pavilion. With the exquisite wood carving of skirt board, the Shuxiang Pavilion is decorated with simple elegance and unique taste.
Hanqing Pavilion: garden architecture, with Pavilion changes. Pavilion is a kind of hut with only roof but no wall. It is exquisite and light. It is generally composed of roof, column body and platform base. In the garden, you can point and view the scenery, and also provide people with rest, cool and shelter from the rain. The Humble Administrator's garden has many pavilions and different forms. Hanqing Pavilion is located in a corner with narrow space. However, the gardener built a combined half pavilion with a tall white wall as the base, one main Pavilion and two subordinate pavilions. The flat seat of the main Pavilion is above the water surface, just like a waterside pavilion. The auxiliary pavilions on both sides are slightly backward and spread to the left and right, just like a corridor. The main pavilion has two berms and the auxiliary pavilion has one berm. The whole pavilion is just like a phoenix spreading its wings, adding momentum to the originally flat and monotonous wall . Reclining on the edge of the pavilion, the beauty sits on the edge of the pavilion. In the sky, clouds and water, the koi roam and the lotus swings.
Introduction to Zhongyuan
Yihong Pavilion: sitting on the straight corridor to the west of the complex corridor, facing the East and the west, the corridor meanders behind, and the water and trees are broad in front. It is an excellent viewing point after entering the central garden. On the right side of the pavilion is Wu Zhu's secluded residence. In front of the pavilion is a small blue stone bridge, named Yihong bridge. The fence and stone quality reflect the style of the Ming Dynasty, which seems to be a relic of the Humble Administrator's garden of the Ming Dynasty. Standing in the pavilion, the open pool water in the middle and the curved bridge divide the water. In midsummer, the lotus in the pool is covered with red clothes, which is full of Jiangnan style. Deep in the shade, a beautiful and exquisite pagoda can be seen. This is a way of borrowing scenery to borrow the Beisi pagoda, which is more than 1000 meters away from the garden. It is a good example of "Yuanjie" in "Jiejing".
Wuzhu seclusion: wuzhu seclusion with unique architectural style and ingenious design is a Square Pavilion, which is the main view in the east of the central pool. The pavilion is surrounded by corridors, red pillars and white walls, cornices and raised corners, backed by long corridors, facing the wide pool, with Wutong shading and bamboo trees. The beauty of the pavilion is that there are four round openings on the white walls around the pavilion. The holes are round and the holes cover the holes. The four round openings are not only transparent, daylighting and elegant, but also form four beautiful frame scenes of flowers and windows, small bridges and flowing water, beautiful scenery of lakes and mountains, and the charm of bamboo. The plaque of "wuzhu secluded residence" is in the style of Wen Zhengming. The couplet is written by Zhao Zhiqian, a famous calligrapher in the late Qing Dynasty. The first couplet uses two loan words to point out the intimate relationship between human beings and the wind, moon and nature. The second couplet uses movement, emptiness and reality to set off and contrast each other.
Snow fragrance cloud Pavilion: snow fragrance, refers to plum blossom. Yunwei refers to the flourishing of flowers and trees. This pavilion is suitable for appreciating plum trees in early spring. Plum trees are planted beside the pavilion and the fragrance floats. Surrounded by green bamboos and lush trees, it is quite interesting to walk around the river. The pavilion is rectangular, on the earth mountain in the central and western part of the pool. Its appearance is simple and light. The plaque "between mountain flowers and wild birds" in the pavilion is written by Qian Juntao, a contemporary calligrapher and painter.
Jiashiting: many loquat trees are planted in the garden. Loquat trees have buds in autumn, blossom in winter, bear fruit in spring and mature in summer. It contains the atmosphere of four seasons and forms a golden pill. Jiashi Pavilion is not only a praise of Jiangnan famous garden, but also a celebration of harvest. There is a square window opening in the middle of the pavilion wall. On one side of the window opening is the Taihu stone. Beside the stone, there are wintersweet and banana in summer, forming a natural three-dimensional picture. Through the entrance of the loquat garden, Jiashi Pavilion and Xuexiang Yunwei Pavilion form a group of scenery, which is one of the artistic techniques of gardening.
Listen to Yuxuan
In the east of the harvest Pavilion, it is connected with the curved corridor of the surrounding buildings. In front of the pavilion, there is a pool of clear water with lotus; beside the pool, there are plantains and green bamboos; behind the pavilion, there are also plantains. In the Five Dynasties, Li Zhong, a poet of the Southern Tang Dynasty, wrote a poem: "listen to the rain coming into autumn bamboo, leave monks to cover old chess"; Yang Wanli, a poet of the Song Dynasty, wrote a poem "autumn rain sigh", which said: "banana leaves are half yellow, lotus leaves are green, two autumn rain families have one family voice"; Zhou qianjuan, a modern Suzhou horticulturist, wrote a poem "banana leaves are drizzling, but the sound of broken jade is still heard in his dream." There are banana, green bamboo and lotus leaves here. No matter in spring, summer, autumn and winter, as long as it's rainy night, because the rain falls on different plants, and people listen to the rain have different attitudes, they can hear the sound of rain with different tastes. It's wonderful and has a unique charm.
Haitangchunwu: it is a small independent courtyard separated by the flower wall on the east side of Linglong hall. The book style brick forehead with unique shape is embedded in the south wall of the courtyard. There are several begonias in the hospital. In the early spring, the flowers are as beautiful as jasper in a small family. They are beautiful and beautiful. The literati eulogized it. The courtyard floor is inlaid with green, red and white pebbles to form Begonia pattern. The decorative patterns of tea table in the hospital are all Begonia patterns. There are scenic spots everywhere. Although the courtyard is small and quiet, it is an ideal place for reading and rest.
Yuanxiang Hall: Yuanxiang hall is a four side hall, which is the main building in the middle of Humble Administrator's garden. It was built in Qianlong period of Qing Dynasty on the site of ruoshu hall in Zhengde of Ming Dynasty, and the base of bluestone house is the original thing at that time. It is built on the surface of water, with a single eaves resting on the top of the mountain and three rooms wide. The North platform of the hall is spacious and clear. The lotus pond is wide, with red clothes and green cover, and pleasant fragrance. The name of the hall is based on the famous sentence of "Xiang Yuan Yi Qing" in Zhou Dunyi's "Ai Lian Shuo". Lotus flowers are planted all over the water, so it gets its name. In summer, the lotus leaf field in the pool, the lotus wind blowing on the face, and the fragrance sending far away, is a good place to appreciate the lotus. The garden owner borrows the flower from the metaphor, has expressed the garden owner noble sentiment. The hall is decorated with transparent and exquisite glass floor long windows with neat specifications. Due to the emptiness of the long windows, there are various interesting scenery around, such as mountain light, water and shadow. You can have a panoramic view, just like watching mountains and rivers. The interior furnishings are elegant and exquisite.
Xiaofeihong: Suzhou is a water town, Humble Administrator's garden is a water garden, where there is water, there is bridge. In the Humble Administrator's garden, there are stone slab bridges, stone arch bridges, etc. It is the only corridor bridge in Suzhou gardens. It is named after the poem "flying rainbow overlooking the Qin River, misty and light string" written by Bao Zhao in the Song Dynasty. The scarlet bridge hurdles are reflected in the water, and the water is sparkling, just like a rainbow, so it is named. The rainbow is a colorful bridge across the earth after the rain. The ancients used the rainbow to describe the bridge with a wonderful intention. It is not only a channel connecting water and land, but also a unique landscape centered on the bridge. Xiaofeihong bridge is a three span stone beam, slightly arched, in the shape of eight. Both sides of the bridge deck are equipped with ten thousand character guardrails, three rooms and eight columns, covering the corridor house. The eaves are decorated with upside down lintels. The two ends of the bridge are connected with the curved corridor, which is a beautiful corridor bridge.
Xiaocanglang: xiaocanglang takes the name of "Canglang Pavilion" of Su Shunqin in the Northern Song Dynasty as the name of the pavilion, implying seclusion. The small pavilion is three rooms wide, with south windows and North sills. It faces the water on both sides. Its shape is very unique. It looks like a house but not a house, like a boat but not a boat, like a bridge but not a bridge. It is a water Pavilion on the water. Across the pool, the water Pavilion divides the water surface again, making the end of Zhongyuan Shuiwei seemingly continuous, with superb artistic techniques. Surrounded by pavilions and corridors, it forms an open quiet water courtyard. Once upon a time, there were many families of literati and officials in the ancient city of Suzhou. No matter they were Chinese houses or ordinary houses, they all paid special attention to the decoration of small space. This small space was the courtyard, and the water courtyard was the unique small wave. On the one hand, it reflected the customs of the water town in the south of the Yangtze River. On the other hand, because of the water landscape, the courtyard built a special cool environment by borrowing the scenery inside and outside.
Songfengshui Pavilion: pines, bamboos and plums are known as the "three friends of the winter" in traditional Chinese culture. In the literati freehand garden, they are especially fond of planting such "bide" plants to express the master's thoughts and feelings. The pine tree does not wither in the cold and is evergreen all the year round. The ancients described it as a person with noble moral sentiment. The vigorous and clumsy posture of pine is often depicted in the picture, and it is one of the main tree species in Chinese gardens. Songfengshui Pavilion, also known as "listening to songfengchu", is a place to see songtingtao. The water pavilion has a sharp square roof, and the space is closed. It is accessed by a small gate in the corridor. The other three sides adopt the structure of half wall and half window. The eaves of the roof are very large, and the cornices are especially high, showing the elegant and light style. The whole building is not in the regular direction of due south and due north, but slants over 45 degrees, and is suspended on the water, which can avoid the sun and ventilate. It is most suitable for viewing in summer. There are several black pines planted on the side of the pavilion. The wind blows, the pine branches move far away, the pine waves sound, the color and sound are all ready. It is a unique landscape.
Xiangzhou: Xiangzhou is a "boat" type structure with two storeys of cabins. The whole body is elegant and free. Its posture is reflected in the water, making it more elegant and elegant. Xiangzhou reposes the ideal and sentiment of literati. Xiangzhou uses the allusion of "Fangzhou" in Qu Yuan's works. There is a sentence in the songs of Chu that "if you pick Fangzhou, you will leave your daughter.". In ancient times, vanilla was often used as a metaphor for a noble man. Here, lotus landscape is used as a metaphor for vanilla, which is also very appropriate. Among the numerous stone boats in Chinese classical gardens, the Humble Administrator's garden Xiangzhou is probably the most beautiful one. The bow of the boat is a platform, the front cabin is a pavilion, the middle cabin is a pavilion, and the stern is a pavilion. The lines of the pavilion are gentle and undulating, and the scale is appropriate. It reminds people of the warm mountains and soft waters and the picturesque boats in Suzhou, Hangzhou, Yangzhou in ancient times. Xiangzhou is located at the edge of the water, just at the intersection of the East and west water flow and the north-south river. It is surrounded by water on three sides and on the other side by the bank. The springboard composed of three stone bars boarded the "boat" and stood in the bow of the boat, rippling and bright all around. The garden is beautiful and refreshing. The sun is scorching, but the wind blows here, and it's cool. On the bow of the Xiangzhou ship, there was a inscription written by Wen Zhengming, which was specially inscribed and postscript by later generations. Xiangzhou, a dry boat, is elegant, exquisite and fascinating, which makes people feel a pursuit of noble personality.
Lotus wind Pavilion: the pavilion is named for lotus. It is located on a small island in the middle of the garden. It is surrounded by water. The lotus Pavilion is planted in the lake. Willow branches are dancing on the lake bank. The pavilion has a single eaves and six corners. It is transparent on all sides. There are holding column couplets in the pavilion: "lotus on all sides, willow on three sides, half pool, autumn water and one Fangshan." It's very appropriate here. In particular, the word "wall" in Lianzhong is well used. The pavilion is the most open building. There is no wall between the columns, so the sight is not blocked. It feels transparent and bright. Although there is no wall, the willows on the three sides of the river bank are luxuriant and surrounded by hibiscus. Isn't it a green fragrant and soft wall? The moving exaggeration and rich imagination make the pavilion on this island more beautiful It looks colorful and charming. The wind blows on the wall, the green waves roll, the fragrance overflows, and the color, fragrance and shape are excellent. Light willows in spring, bright lotus in summer, clear water in autumn, quiet mountains in winter, and lotus wind. Pavilions are not only suitable for summer and summer, but also for all seasons. If you look down at the pavilion from a height, you can see that the pavilion is out of the water, the cornice is protruding, the red pillars are tall and straight, and the base is jade white. It is clearly a bright pearl in the arms of lotus in the pond.