Koala and Yan Chenyu walked north across a stone bridge from the east bank of the Twenty-Four Bridges Scenic Area, which is collectively called the Wanhua Garden Scenic Area. ∈♀Top Novel, there is a courtyard not far away, that is Jingxiang Book House, which was built to commemorate Jin Nong, one of the Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou.
Jingxiang Study is a semi-open courtyard, surrounded by high walls on the east, south and north sides, with black tiles and white walls. The west side is open to the Slender West Lake, and the lakeside corridor on the opposite bank becomes a borrowed view. The main gate faces south, with a brick inscription "Jingxiang Study" on it, inscribed by Qiantang Jinnong. A pond is dug in the middle of the courtyard, and a house is built in the north of the courtyard.
The book house faces south and is a three-room, single-eaved, hip roof green brick and tile house, a typical Qing Dynasty architectural style. The four characters "Jingxiang Book House" under the eaves are from Jin Nong's lacquer calligraphy, which is characterized by its slender shape, thick horizontal and thin vertical strokes, and elegant strokes. The ink is black, just like lacquer, so it is called lacquer calligraphy.
The couplets on both sides of the main entrance were written by Zheng Banqiao, another famous person among the Eight Eccentrics: The tower is halfway up the sky, and the study is among the bamboo trees. There is a wide corridor in front of the house, and a platform facing the water is built in front. The interior is bright and clean, and the furnishings are simple and elegant.
In the study, there are wooden carved grilles of pine, bamboo and plum, an altar screen and a vase on the long table, the four treasures of the study on the desk, ancient books bound in thread on the multi-treasure shelf, and a game of Go on the round table, which makes people stop and play carefully, leaving an endless aftertaste.
In the center of the courtyard is a pond filled with lotus and water lilies. The shallow pond is connected to the water outside the garden by the light of the sky and the shadow of the clouds. There are several clumps of reeds to the west of the pond, and the reeds are lush and ancient.
The area is surrounded by dark-black ridges and white-washed walls, and most of the buildings here are "half-built". That is, the boat is half a boat, the back of the moon-shaped entrance door is half a pavilion, and the beauty chair next to the moon-shaped exit on the north side is only half. Each "half" is covered or concealed by corridors and walls, or opened or closed, breaking the symmetry and regularity, making it look light and lively.
There is a lotus pond in front of the library, with a stone boat half submerged in the water. The painted boat is only half submerged, like a moored cruise ship. The inscription reads "Shi Yu", which comes from the biographies of the Jin Dynasty, "Yang Yongbiao Shi Yu Zhi Zhi Zhi", advocating filial piety and good deeds will be rewarded.
On both sides of the half-barge are couplets in seal script: The mountain moon reflects the stone chamber. Spring stars shine over the thatched cottage. The first couplet is a poem by Wang Wei, and the second couplet is a poem by Du Fu. Reading this couplet, one suddenly feels the urge to board the barge and travel far away.
A short corridor connects the stone boat and Jingxiang Study. Near the study, there is a "natural bridge" in the corridor with white stone railings. There is a couplet hanging on the corridor: The green peaches in the sky are heavy with dew, and the lotus leaves in front of the door are as tall as the bridge.
The idea is broad and noble, just like the quiet fragrance, quiet and far-reaching.
In the southeast corner of Banfang, there is a group of yellow stone rockeries, with steep cliffs and uneven heights. There is a pavilion on the top of the mountain, with an octagonal lower eaves and a quadrangular upper eaves, named "Banshan Pavilion". It echoes the north and south of the study, and the couplet of the pavilion reads: The moon comes to fill the pool. Clouds rise up a turtle mountain.
As the leader of the Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou, Jin Nong was proficient in poetry, prose, calligraphy and painting. Although he started painting in his later years, even Zheng Banqiao praised him, saying: "If we talk about the people who have a solid foundation in the painting world, it is Jin Dongxin of Hangzhou County."
Because Jin Nong was good at painting plum blossoms, he was known as "the frozen calyx branch", so winter plum blossoms and spring plum blossoms can be seen everywhere in the courtyard; plum blossoms are also carved on the study, furniture, and railings. Even the shape of the courtyard gate is plum blossom. If there is a beautiful plum, there must be a quiet fragrance, so the house is named after it.
Plum blossoms without snow are not lively, while snow without plum blossoms makes people vulgar. If you can walk in the snow to look for plum blossoms in winter, it may be the most romantic. Jingxiang Book House was originally one of the scenes of "Shuizhuju". It was destroyed in the early years and has now become a unique scenic spot on the east bank of Slender West Lake.
From Jingxiang Book House, go south for a while, then turn northeast, and you will arrive at Luochun Hall. Luochun Hall was originally the old scenic spot of Pingshan Hall, which has long been ruined and was moved when the Wanhua Garden of Slender West Lake was expanded. There are couplets hanging on both sides of the gate of Luochun Hall: The shadow of the flowers at dusk is half of the moon; the drizzle in the spring forest is half of the smoke.
In the southeast corner of Jingxiang Book House, there is an independent courtyard built in a low mountain valley, with a quiet environment and elegant and tranquil architectural style. In the shade of lush bamboos, the entrance hall faces west, the main hall facing west, the wing rooms facing north and a group of folding corridors form a complete courtyard.
In the middle of the courtyard, there is a curved pond with a flat bridge over it. The water is clear and you can see a few fish swimming in it. Peonies, herbal peonies, bamboos and other flowers and trees are planted in and outside the courtyard. There are two ethereal lake stone peaks on the corridor beside the pond. The ancient stacked stones set off the beauty of the flowers, which is quite romantic.
The main hall of Luochun Hall has a single-eaved hip roof and faces south with three rooms. It seems to be a small office in the park. In the middle hangs a plaque of Luochun Hall, and couplets are hung on the pillars around the eaves: Enchanting figure under the moon in the wind; rich and noble flowers in heaven and on earth. It was written by Wu Cheng, a scholar in the Yuan Dynasty, and supplemented by modern people.
The north-facing secondary hall has a single-eaved gable roof and a corridor under the eaves, connecting it to the main hall with a short corridor. The "Listening to the Rain" on the south is a place for calligraphy and painting, with a couplet hanging under the eaves: The sound of the zither is moist in the third autumn, and the sound of the book is cool in June. This is an old couplet by Wang Shishen, one of the Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou. The north area is opposite to the secondary hall and is a square pavilion with four corners, a single-eaved pointed roof, and flower windows as walls. There are changes in the symmetrical layout, and corridors on both sides form the enclosure of the courtyard.
The Yangzhou Huafanglu says: "Luochun got its name from Ouyang Gong's "Flower Appreciation" which says 'Luoyang peonies are the best in the world', hence its current name."
Wang Yinggeng's "Pingshan Lanshengzhi" states: "(Luochun Hall) has stacked stones in the courtyard to form layers of beautiful peaks. Dozens of peony clusters are planted on it, with dewy petals and wind-blown leaves, full of fragrance..." He also said: "So the hall is named after the flowers and named 'Luochun', because the flowers entertain people and everywhere is like the spring in Luoyang."
In the seventh year of Yuanyou reign of Emperor Zhezong of Song Dynasty, Su Dongpo was appointed as the prefect of Yangzhou. At a flower-viewing banquet, facing the peonies and cherries in full bloom in the garden, he wrote the lyrics of "Huanxisha? Appreciation of Peonies and Cherries in Yangzhou". The line "Early summer in Luoyang and spring in Guangling" praised the spring scenery of Yangzhou as comparable to that of Luoyang. The flowers in Luoyang in early summer have ended, but the spring scenery in Guangling is still in full bloom, and the peonies are in full bloom, as if to retain the spring.
In the Qing Dynasty, Luochun Hall stood on Shugang: "Luochun Hall is behind Zhenshang Tower, with many stone walls, hydrangeas planted on the top and peonies planted below", and the pavilions are surrounded by flowers and trees.
Koala and Yan Chenyu continued to travel north from Luochun Hall and arrived at the Zanhua Pavilion, one of the important attractions in the Garden of Ten Thousand Flowers. Zanhua Pavilion got its name from the historical story of "Four Ministers Wearing Flowers in Their Hair". The protagonist of the story is the rare variety of peony, Jindaiwei, which is the best of the peony, the city flower of Yangzhou.
During the Qingli period of the Song Dynasty, Han Qi, who was stationed in Huainan and served as the "prefect" in Yangzhou, planted peonies. One year later, a peony in the garden suddenly blossomed with four branches, the flowers were red on the top and bottom, and yellow in the middle, and were later called "golden waist" or "golden belt".
So Han Qi invited his good friends Wang Gui, Wang Anshi and Taifu Chen Shengzhi to enjoy the flowers and drink together. When they were happy, each of them picked a flower and wore it on himself. Amazingly, in the next fifty years, these four people successively became prime ministers of the Song Dynasty, so the peony was also called the prime minister's flower.
The Sixiang Hairpinhua Pavilion is a hexagonal Song-style building with peonies planted on the slopes beside it. There is a group of bronze statues under the pavilion, recreating the elegant gathering of drinking and appreciating flowers in those days.
Four young officials with the talent of prime ministers tasted wine and recited poems, admiring flowers in their hair. The steady and mature Yangzhou governor Han Qi (38 years old at the time) held a "golden waist" peony flower in his left hand, with a golden thread inlaid in the middle of the petals, and his right index finger was upright.
The three guests sat from south to north, namely Dali judge Wang Anshi (24 years old at the time), Dali Temple Secretary Chen Shengzhi (34 years old at the time) and Dali judge Wang Gui (26 years old at the time). Each of them wore a "golden waist" peony flower on his hat, and each had a different expression.
The youngest among them, Wang Anshi, was slightly tipsy, half-leaning and half-lying to taste the "golden waist" peony in his hand, Chen Shengzhi raised his cup to echo Han Qi, and Wang Gui seemed to be unable to handle the wine, leaning against the stone table, his head supported by his hands, as if he was brewing a poem. On the stone table were a wine pot, a plate of lychees, a plate of oranges, two plates of cakes and four pairs of chopsticks.
The expressions of the characters in the whole group of sculptures are rich and natural. Through the shaping of their different temperaments and expressions, the sculptures reflect the effect of the integration of form and spirit. Li Shu of the Qing Dynasty, "Four Ministers Wearing Flowers in Hairpins" The peony in Guangling is really beautiful, and its reputation is comparable to that of Luoyang. Su Dongpo even praised the peony in Zanzhou as "the best in the world."
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The Hairpin Flower Pavilion is located in the southwest of the Wanhua Garden. It is a hexagonal Song-style building with double eaves and a pointed roof. Couplet: The famous flower has a unique rhyme and auspicious colors, and the hairpins are in four phases; the winding water flows, and the quiet feelings are freely expressed in thousands of poems.
Koala and Yan Chenyu continued to travel north from the Sixiang Hairpinhua Pavilion and arrived at the Stone Wall Flowing, one of the twenty-four scenic spots of the Qing Dynasty in the northern area of the Wanhua Garden of Slender West Lake.
The "Yangzhou Huafanglu" describes the "stone wall flowing murmuring" scenery as follows: "Stone wall flowing murmuring" is a masterpiece of water and stone. The garden is full of ingenious stones, strange peaks, and spring water, which flows out of the top of the cliff and forms a green lake and red stream. This is the beauty of "stone wall flowing murmuring"...
Like new bamboo shoots, hanging in the air, hanging on the bank and winding through the stream, covered with moss and cracked rocks, surging and smooth, making the lake water come alive, so it is named "Cong". Chong means many waters rushing together, making a sound of rapids and rushing, spraying like thunder and wind, and flowing in all directions.
The gurgling flow is the water coming together and rushing from high to low to form a waterfall. The hanging waterfall falls as fast as the wind, the sound is like thunder, and the water splashes in all directions when it reaches the water, which is spectacular.
A famous Redologist once pointed out that the interior scenes of the main scenic spots in the Dream of Red Mansions and the exterior scenes of Xiaoxiang Pavilion were based on the Shuizhuju in Yangzhou, which shows the fame of Shibi Liuguruo.
Shibiliucong, Jingxiang Shuwu and Shuizhuju were a garden in history. "Shibiliucong" is also called Xugong and Xu's villa. Its owner is Xu Shiye, whose courtesy name is Jianxun. He made his fortune in Yangzhou by selling salt and became a big salt merchant. Shibiliucong is the house built by Xu Shiye's family. During the Qianlong period, Shibiliucong was a famous garden on the lake with water and rocks as its main features.
During the reign of Emperor Qianlong, Emperor Qianlong came here and saw the beautiful scenery. Among the pavilions and towers, there were rockery waterfalls, flowers and green willows... He named it "Shuizhuju". He wrote a poem with his imperial pen: The willow bank is tied with osmanthus trees, and the dust of the world falls when walking. The water is clear on the couch, and the sound of bamboos cools into the window. It is a unique place, and it is a joy to be together. I can calm my worries by leaning against the bottom and listen to the sound of the stone wall.
In the late Qing Dynasty, "Shibiliucong" was ruined by wars and its original beauty has disappeared. Today, the "Shibiliucong" scenic area is built according to the description of "Yangzhou Huafanglu". The scenic spot consists of three groups of buildings, including Shuizhuju and Langfengtang, and a group of Huangshi rockery. The waterfall is its main landscape and the finishing touch of the entire scenic spot.
The highest waterfall is 13.8 meters high and requires four water pumps to pump the water up. The six waterfalls on the mountain cascade down from different outlets and different heights. The artificial water mist makes the scenic spot look like a fairyland in heaven.
The surrounding environment of Shibiliucong is also very beautiful, with stone bridges, wooden bridges, lakeside pavilions, islands in the lake, and flowers, which make people linger. Shibiliucong is the highlight of the Wanhua Garden. The scenic spot consists of three groups of buildings, including Shuizhuju and Langfengtang, and a group of Huangshi rockery. (To be continued...)