Nalan Shiqi and Yan Chenyu were originally rivals in love. Even before Koala fell in love with Yunluo, she had seen the intimacy between Yunluo and Xiaoyu Baby. It can be said that Koala should not be able to join forces with Yan Chenyu peacefully, but a very interesting thing still happened. An Chuyu really got a powerful reputation. …Top novel,
There is no girl who doesn't like to be jealous, Yan Chenyu and Koala are no exception.
Koala and Yan Chenyu walked from Gulin Hall of Daming Temple through the western Pianyue Gate, went down the stone steps, and arrived at the round gate of Xiyuan, a classical garden full of mountain and forest charm. There were bricks engraved with the words "Fangpu" on the lintel of the door.
Fangpu is another name for Xiyuan, which was built in the 16th year of Emperor Qianlong's reign (1751). The garden is surrounded by undulating hills and there is a pond in the garden. To the east of the pond is a yellow stone rockery, shaped like a lion coiling around a mountain, with an exquisite and pleasant design. Xiyuan is also called Yuyuan and Fangpu. It is located on the west side of Pingshan Hall, on the site of the former west corridor well of the pagoda courtyard, hence the name Xiyuan. It was built by Wang Yinggeng in the first year of Emperor Qianlong's reign (1736) and repaired in the 16th year of Emperor Qianlong's reign.
It was destroyed by war during the Xianfeng period (1851-1861), and rebuilt during the Tongzhi period (1862-1874) by Fang Junyi, the Lianghuai Salt Transport Commissioner. It was also repaired in the late Qing Dynasty.
After the establishment of the New China, in 1951, when funds were allocated to repair Daming Temple, the West Garden was also renovated. In 1963, a Huyuan Boat Hall was relocated to an island in the pond, and the Meiquan Pavilion with the theme of "sitting in a well and watching the sky" was rebuilt on the well pavilion; a mountain was built next to the pavilion, and a stone tablet with the inscription "The Fifth Spring in the World" by Wang Shu was embedded on it; the Kangxi Monument Pavilion, Qianlong Monument Pavilion, and Waiting for the Moon Pavilion were repaired.
At the same time, scattered yellow stones in the garden were collected. On the west side of the Kangxi Pavilion, near the water, Wang Laoqi, a famous stone stacking family in Yangzhou, stacked a large yellow stone rockery according to the terrain and landscape, and arranged small pieces of yellow stone along the bank of the pool.
In 1979, the three-room cypress hall of Xinyuan was relocated to the south bank of the West Garden Pond, and the three-room nanmu hall of Nanlai Guanyin Temple was relocated to the northwest of the pond. A new square pavilion was built on the west side of the pond.
At the same time, the pond stem leading from Meiquan Pavilion to Tingshi Shanfang (Cypress Hall) was removed, the large yellow stone rockery on the west side of Kangxi Monument Pavilion was improved, a cave was built on the east side of Daiyue Pavilion, and a stone path around the garden was opened. After many renovations from 1980 to 1999, the West Garden was gradually improved.
The West Garden covers an area of dozens of acres, with a pool of water in the middle, rippling blue water, and undulating hills and mountains around it, with layers of green and rich plant species.
The buildings in West Garden are nestled against the mountains and beside the water. There are such famous places of interest as Kangxi Imperial Stele Pavilion, Qianlong Imperial Stele Pavilion, the Fifth Spring, Waiting for the Moon Pavilion, Fangpu Rockery, Crane Tomb, Tingshi Mountain House, Boat Hall, the Fifth Spring in the World, Meiquan Pavilion, and Foguang Hall.
The Kangxi Imperial Monument Pavilion is located on the south side of the Fifth Spring. It is a square pavilion with four corners, single eaves, hip roof, overhead ridge, and covered with small gray tiles. There are corridors on all four sides, with bricks built to the top, and "n"-shaped doors on the south, north, and west sides; two fan-shaped open windows are opened on the south and north walls, one symmetrically each.
There are two open windows on the west wall, through which you can see the scenery of "the fifth spring in the world". The corridor walls are painted white inside and outside, with 12 red pavilion columns and sitting rails outside. There is an open brick foundation under the sitting rails, and the ground is paved with water-ground blue bricks.
On the east corridor wall is a rectangular stele of Kangxi's imperial poems. It was given to Gao Chengjue, the governor of Yangzhou, to write a poem called Lingyin during the Emperor's southern tour in the 28th year of Kangxi's reign (1689). Gao Chengjue carved the stone and built a pavilion to enshrine it.
Inscription on the stele of Kangxi's imperial poem: Lingshan Mountain is full of beauty. Jiuling Mountain rises steeply. The Buddhist temple rises out of the sky, and fragrant clouds surround the ground. Opening the collar to face the layers of green, dismounting to stroke the mist and vines. The feathered guards come and go at leisure, and they are not asking for the Dharma.
Why was the five-character poem written by Emperor Kangxi for Lingyin Temple located in Yangzhou? Here is an anecdote about Emperor Kangxi's southern tour. In the 28th year of Emperor Kangxi's reign (1689), he passed through Yangzhou for the second time. The prefect of Yangzhou at that time was a member of the Manchu Plain White Banner, and his brother Gao Chengjue had a close relationship with the emperor.
Gao Chengjue was ordered to inspect Xihu City first, and then rushed back to Yangzhou to accompany the emperor to Xihu City. Later, when Kangxi returned to Kyoto, Gao Chengjue accompanied the emperor to the Sangong Bridge. The emperor was very pleased in the imperial boat. He gave him a poem "Lingyin" and promoted Gao Chengjue to the position of Jiangnan Censor. In order to show his glory, Gao Chengjue erected this stele in Daming Temple on March 16 of that year.
Go down the steps, there is a rockery path in front, pass through a stone gate, on the west side of the entrance to the West Garden, there is an Qianlong Imperial Stele Pavilion, which looks ancient and profound, with three imperial stone steles placed on it.
The Qianlong Imperial Stele Pavilion is located on the west side of the entrance to the West Garden. It faces south and has a single-eaved hip roof. There is a lintel under the eaves. There are 16 red painted columns. There are black railings around the perimeter, and the base is white. The colors are distinct. The ground is paved with square water-ground blue bricks, and three imperial stone tablets are placed in the middle.
On the easternmost stone tablet, there is an imperial poem written by Emperor Qianlong during his first southern tour in the middle of spring in the reign of Emperor Qianlong: The plum blossoms have just bloomed in the cold spring, and the best view in Huaidong is indeed seen. The fragrant breeze comes through the moonlit window, and the branches are full of artistic conception. Shugang is like Wuyuan, and Yongshu is no less than Xie An. I am even happier to see the snow on the green peaks, and the fragrance and color of Pingzhang help to make me happy.
On the westernmost stone tablet is engraved the imperial poem "Pingshan Hall" written by Emperor Qianlong during his second southern tour in the middle of spring in the Dingchou year of the Qianlong reign: "There are pine and bamboo trees at the west end of the West Temple, and I will try to find the old traces of Ouyang. The mountains in the south of the Yangtze River are beautiful and endless, and the beauty of February is unbearable. The four-character eaves hang down with holy algae, and the official precepts are hung on the right side of the Qianqiu seat. I admired the emperor everywhere during the spring tour, and I am particularly impressed by the handsome heart here."
On the stone tablet in the middle is engraved the poem "Visiting Pingshan Hall on the First Day of April" written by Emperor Qianlong during his third southern tour in the year of Renwu in the reign of Emperor Qianlong: The painted boat moves lightly to the bank of the Han River, and people think of visiting again on June 1st. The shady leaves welcome summer today, and the bright flowers bid farewell to spring yesterday. Why should we boast of the clever method of stirring the water, and the simple style is only ashamed of throwing firewood. The mountains in the south of the Yangtze River can be seen from a flat table, but the sight is not because of the mountains but because of the people.
Qianlong wrote more than 40,000 poems in his lifetime, which is more than the total number of poems in the Complete Tang Poems. When he was enjoying himself in Pingshan Hall in Yangzhou, he wrote poems and composed fu, leaving behind dozens of poems. You can also feel the artistic conception of that time by appreciating them carefully.
In the garden, there are towering ancient trees, jagged rocks, shimmering pools, elegant pavilions and terraces. There is a lake in the mountain and in the lake there is the fifth largest spring in the world.
Not far south of the Qianlong Imperial Monument Pavilion, there is a well known as the "Fifth Spring in the World". Zhang Youxin, the No. 1 Scholar in the Tang Dynasty, Liu Gongbo, the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Justice, and Lu Yu, the Tea Saint, all wrote notes about this spring. Emperor Qianlong visited the Imperial Garden of Daming Temple three times, and the tea inspired him to write a poem: "There is a chill on the Shu Hill, and the spring is fragrant."
The Fifth Spring in the World is located in the southwest of the boat hall and in the center of the pool, with a stone path leading back and forth.
Volume 16 of Li Dou's "Yangzhou Huafanglu" says: First, during the Xinhai period of the Yongzheng reign, Wang Xuzhou wrote the five characters "The Fifth Spring in the World" for Ma Qiuyu, intending to embed them beside the old spring under the corridor of Xiaolinglongshan Pavilion, but Liu Jingshan suddenly took them away. When Ying Geng built this garden and got the spring, he sent people to ask for Xuzhou's writing. At that time, Xuzhou was suffering from hemorrhoids and could not write, so he ordered the people to copy the stone inscription of "The Second Spring in the World" written by him when he was young at the Xiema Pavilion in Huishan, and changed the character "two" to "five". Therefore, the characters of the stone inscription of "The Fifth Spring in the World" here are the same as those of Huishan.
According to Tang Dynasty scholar Zhang Youxin's "Notes on Brewing Tea Water", the spring water here was rated as the fifth best in the world at that time. Song Dynasty scholar Ouyang Xiu said in "Notes on the Spring Water of Daming Temple": "This well is the most beautiful water." Today, when people visit Daming Temple, they still enjoy drinking the fifth best spring water in the world.
There are two "Fifth Springs" here. One is on the east bank, with three big characters "Fifth Spring" engraved on the stone tablet. The other is in the pool on the west side. It was discovered when the pool was dug during the Yongzheng period of the Qing Dynasty. People at that time believed that this was the real Fifth Spring and built a pavilion on it. The tea brewed with the water from the Fifth Spring has a bright soup color and a strong fragrance, which is praised by the world.
Lu Yu of the Tang Dynasty loved tea all his life and was proficient in the tea ceremony. He was praised as the "Tea Fairy" and respected as the "Tea Saint". The water of the Fifth Spring of Daming Temple is not only suitable for tea, but also for wine. The "Pingshantang Wine" of the Qing Dynasty was brewed with the water of the Fifth Spring. It is said that this spring is clear and sweet, very cool in summer and warm as spring in winter. When you put water into a cup, it will overflow a little without spilling, which is quite a spectacle.
Koala and Yan Chenyu stood on the hillside and looked west. They saw a pool of water in the colorful world. The water had rippling green waves and red fish flashing in it. The sides of the pool were covered with lush green mountains, pavilions, towers, small bridges and stone paths, like a beautiful landscape painting.
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The garden is full of towering rocks, verdant pines and cypresses, which shade the sky. Rockeries, ponds, pavilions, and terraces decorate the garden beautifully, giving you a sense of changing scenery as you move. There are also waterfall viewing pavilions, moon-waiting pavilions, cypress halls, and boat halls around the spring pavilion.
On the bamboo altar made of yellow stones to the east of the Fifth Spring, there is a rectangular stone tablet built against the wall, with the two characters "Hezhong" inscribed in cursive script on it, with a white background and green characters.
There is a stone tablet next to it, with an inscription introducing the Crane Tomb: In the 19th year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty (1834 AD), the abbot Xingwu released a pair of white cranes in the Crane Pond in front of Pingshan Hall. Later, the female crane died of a foot disease. Upon seeing this, the male crane cried day and night and died of starvation. Xingwu was moved by their love and buried the cranes here, and erected a tablet that read: The injustice of the world makes me ashamed of these birds.
Lin Hejing, a poet of the Northern Song Dynasty, was aloof and self-satisfied throughout his life. He never married or took up an official post. He lived in seclusion on Gushan Mountain in West Lake City. He liked to plant plum trees and raise cranes, and there was a saying that he had "plum wife and crane son".
In the 19th year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty, the abbot Xingwu Zen Master also raised two cranes in Pingshan Hall. He cherished them very much and allowed them to play freely. Later, one crane died of a foot disease, and the other crane was also heartbroken and finally starved to death. Zen Master Xingwu was deeply moved and buried the two cranes here, and erected a stone tablet with "Crane Family" engraved on it.
Around the crane tomb, there are bamboos, mulberry trees, pinellia, ophiopogon, etc. In October of the Yiwei year of the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty (1895), Li Yuhua wrote the Yan style "Inscription on the Two Cranes and a Narrative" and engraved a rectangular stone tablet, which was embedded on the south-facing wall of the east corridor of the main hall of Daming Temple.
From Hezhong, pass the Kangxi Monument Pavilion, follow the stone path in the mountains, cross the bamboo forest and turn west to the "Tingshi Mountain House". The mountain house is backed by mountains in the south and faces the water in the north. It is four-bay and has a single-eaved hip roof. This house was demolished from the "Xin Garden" in the city and is commonly known as the "Baimu Hall".
There is a rockery in the south, which is made of Taihu stones. The rocks are piled up and the peaks are staggered, with beautiful shapes. The rockery is 12 meters wide and 5 meters high. There is a hollow valley in the middle and two passages.
The southern part of the rockery is a screen wall. When the wind comes in, it goes back to the north. When it reaches the mountain house, you can hear the strong mountain wind. The wind rubs against the wall like a musical instrument, the wind blows into the cave like a tube, and the wind hits the pillar like a bell. The wind touches various objects and makes different sounds. It is called "Listening to the Stone Mountain House". (To be continued..)