苏州英语导游词（通用6篇）
Lion forest, one of the four famous gardens in Suzhou, has a history ofmore than 650 years and is the representative of garden in Yuan Dynasty. No.23Yuanyuan Road, located in the northeast corner of Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province,is a rectangle with a width from east to west, covering an area of 1.1 hectaresand an open area of 0.88 hectares. There are rockeries all over the park,surrounded by long corridors, buildings looming, winding paths leading toseclusion, with the general feeling of maze. The wall of the corridor isembedded with the calligraphy steles of Su Shi, Mi Fu, Huang Tingjian and CaiXiang, as well as the inscription of plum blossom poem by Wen Tianxiang of theSouthern Song Dynasty. This garden was built by Zen master tianru of YuanDynasty in memory of his teacher, Zen master Zhongfeng. In the first gate, theteacher of "Shizilin" is the teacher's teacher. Later, because there were manyrockeries in the garden, which looked like a lion, it was changed to the LionForest in the way of writing, and has been used up to now. The word "LionForest" on the forehead of the ticket office was written by Emperor Qianlong ofthe Qing Dynasty.
Step into the garden, you can see a hall, which is the Bei ancestral hall.In the middle of the plaque, there is Gu Tinglong's handwritten "Yunlin Yiyun",which is one of the designers of lion forest. Ni Yunlin's design has the charmof emptiness and quietness. The wooden railings on both sides of the corridorare carved with peony, Phoenix and Shou characters, and hanging screens withvases and shell leaves. Beiye is used to write Buddhist scriptures, which notonly reflects that Shizilin is a place for Zen to study Buddhism, but also hascommemorative significance, because the last master of Shizilin is Beiye. Theancestral hall is a place for worshiping and worshiping ancestors and gatheringof clansmen. On the roof, there are statues of three immortals, Fu, Lu and Shou,and a child. It shows that the garden owner hopes that his descendants can beoutstanding and glorify their ancestors. At the entrance of the corridor, thereis the word "Chunhua", which means the garden is full of spring. Please goahead.
It is said that the stone lions in the lion forest came from TianmuMountain in Zhejiang Province. The eight immortals tie Guai Li and LV Chunyangwent to the banquet of the queen mother and rode a green lion past TianmuMountain. From the top of the mountain came a clear spring. Li Zheng, Tieguai,was thirsty. He was very happy and fell down to Yuntou. He took down his owngourd and went to the spring to drink. The green lion also jumped into the waterto play. After a moment, the lion climbed up to the shore and shook his body.The water on his body was scattered on the surrounding rocks, and suddenlybecame a group of lively and lovely little lions. The green Lion plays with thelittle lions intimately. Tieguai Li smiles and says to LV Yuyang, "look, thegreen lion has moved everyone's heart. Now that there are so many descendants,let's punish him to be a lion king here." After that, with the help of the ironcrutch, the lions turned back to the appearance of stones, and the green lionsturned into a mountain peak because they couldn't bear to leave.
In Song Renzong's time, Zhongfeng monk of Zhejiang Guoshi temple had aprofound Buddhism. One day, he traveled to Tianmu Mountain and recitedscriptures in Jielu. Every morning, he recited scriptures in front of Qingshimountain. It turned out that he was an eminent monk and knew the origin ofshiziyan and shizifeng. Lion is called lion dragon (Su ā n'n í) in Buddhism. Itis the beast of Buddhism. He wants to enlighten the green lion and make itreturn to its original appearance. For a long time, because I often listen tothe eminent monk's words, I became a spirit and became a green lion again. Thegreen lion became monk Zhongfeng's mount. Monk Zhongfeng rode the green lion tovisit his apprentice tianru Zen master in Puti temple in Suzhou. There were manystrange stones in Puti temple, and the shape of them was vivid, like many lions.The green lion was very happy and thought that he had returned to the lioncolony in the Buddhist kingdom, so he changed into a lion bee, and the lion furscattered on the green lion became a variety of lion cubs. Some are playing withHydrangea, some are fighting with two lions, and some are full of prestige. WhenZen master tianru saw his hands together, he even said "Amitabha". He praisedmaster tianru for his boundless power and perfect merits. Bodhi Temple becamethe kingdom of Buddha and lion. Monk Zhongfeng said, "it might as well be calledlion forest." So the stone lions in the lion forest are famous.
Green lion is very happy to stay in the lion forest, but he is worriedabout Tieguai Li. In a fit of anger, he punished the green lion to stay at thetop of Tianmu Mountain. When he went back, he was a little reluctant to thinkabout it. When he went back to look for it, there was no trace. Tieguai Li Yuvisited all the famous mountains and rivers, but he had no whereabouts. One daywhen I passed by Suzhou, I saw the Lion Peak in the lion forest from a longdistance. Isn't it the green lion. After entering the rockery group of lionforest, tie Guai Li walked slowly and lost contact with LV Chunyang. I saw LuChunyang in front of me from a distance, but I couldn't get out of the rockeryto meet him. Tieguai Li was in a hurry and sat in the cave in a hurry. LVChunyang always loses to tie Guai Li in chess. He thinks that this opportunityhas come, so he asks tie Guai Li to play a game of chess in the false cave. IfLV Chunyang wins, he will carry him out. Tieguai Li agreed because he lost lessand won more in chess in the past. Unexpectedly, because he was trapped in arockery, he was in a panic and was killed by LV Chunyang.
Tieguai Li had no choice but to beg for mercy from LV Chunyang. Lu Chunyangsaid: "I think the green lion is very happy to stay in the lion forest, so I'llstay here with the lion grandson.". Tie Guai Li was eager to go out and agreed.Lu Chunyang took tieguaili out of the rockery.
Now when you go to the rockery in the lion forest, you have to be careful.Don't be as stubborn as Li. The game of chess he lost in those years is still inthe rockery cave.
The lion forest is mountainous in the southeast and watery in thenorthwest. It is surrounded by high walls, deep houses and winding corridors.Taking the central pool as the center, building houses by piling mountains,transplanting flowers and trees, and erecting bridges and pavilions make thelayout of the whole garden compact and full of the artistic conception of "closeto the mountains and forests". The lion forest is famous for its pavilions,terraces, towers, pavilions, halls, pavilions and corridors. It is also known asthe "rockery kingdom". There are many and exquisite rockeries in Shizilin, withexquisite rocks, winding caves and ravines, which are like entering a maze. Itis known as "Eighteen scenes of Taoyuan". At the top of the cave, there are manystrange peaks and rocks, all like a lion dancing. There are Hanhui, tuyue,Xuanyu, angxia and other famous peaks, and the Lion Peak is the first of them.The main building in the park is Yanyu hall, behind which is a small square halland Lixue hall. To the west, you can get to Baixuan, which is a two-story atticwith a veranda all around. It's tall, cool and exquisite. To the west of Baixuanis guwu pine garden. The southwest corner is jianshanlou. From Jianshan tower tothe west, you can get to the lotus hall. In the northwest of the hall, there isa Jianzhen interesting Pavilion near the pool. The pavilion is decorated withexquisite ornaments, and the figures and flowers are lifelike. There are twostone boats beside the pavilion. The stone boat shore is the dark fragrantstudio, from which you can turn south along the corridor to reach the waterfallPavilion, which is the highest place in the garden. The West scenery center ofthe garden is Wenmei Pavilion, in front of which is shuangxianxiang Pavilion.Shuangxiangxian pavilion has a fan Pavilion in the southwest corner and acourtyard behind it, which is fresh and elegant.
Shizilin used to be the back garden of Bodhi orthodox temple. In 1341 ad,Zen master tianru, an eminent monk, came to Suzhou to preach Buddhist scripturesand was welcomed by his disciples. In the following year (the second year ofemperor Shundi Zhizheng, the last emperor of the Yuan Dynasty), the disciplesbought land and set up a house to build a Zen forest for Zen master tianru.Built in 1342 A.D. in the second year of Zhizheng reign of the Yuan Dynasty, thegarden was built by the disciples of Zen master tianru Weize for his master. Itwas initially named "Shizilin Temple", and later renamed "Puti Zhengzong Temple"and "Shengen Temple".
In the sixth year of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty (A.D. 1373), 73 year old greatcalligrapher Ni Zan (named Yunlin) passed through Suzhou. He once participatedin gardening and wrote poems and paintings (painted with the picture of the lionforest), which made the lion forest famous and became a resort for Buddhistpreaching and literati writing poems and paintings. In the early Qianlong periodof the Qing Dynasty, the temple garden became a private property, isolated fromthe temple hall. It was also called wusongyuan because there were five pinetrees in the garden.
In the 17th year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1589 A.D.), monks of theMing family came from Chang'an to rebuild the Shengen temple and the Buddha Hallin Shizilin, and reappear the prosperous scene. During the reign of EmperorKangxi, the temple and the garden were separated. Later, it was bought by Huangxingzu, the father of Huang Xi and the magistrate of Hengzhou, and named"Sheyuan".
On February 11, 1703, Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty toured here andgranted "Lion Forest Temple". Later, Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty touredthe lion forest six times and successively granted "mirror wisdom and roundlight", "painting Zen Temple" and existing "zhenqu" plaques. In the 36th year ofthe Qianlong reign of the Qing Dynasty (1771 AD), Huang Xi was the number onescholar in senior high school. He refined his mansion and reorganized thecourtyard, and named it "wusongyuan". By the middle of the reign of EmperorGuangxu of the Qing Dynasty, Huang's family was in decline, and the garden hadfallen, but the rockery was still there.
In 1917, Shanghai pigment giant Pei Runsheng (the great grandfather of theworld-famous architect I.M. Pei) bought the lion forest from Li Zhongyu, thechief civil affairs officer. It took nearly seven years to renovate the lionforest. Some new scenic spots were added and named "Lion Forest". For a time,lion forest covered Suzhou city. Beirunsheng was preparing for the opening up,but he failed because of the outbreak of the Anti Japanese war. Afterbeirunsheng died in 1945, Shizilin was managed by his grandson beihuanzhang.After liberation, the descendants donated the garden to the state, and Suzhougarden management office took over the renovation and opened it to the public in1954.
Due to the rise and fall of the forest garden, the temple, garden and housewere separated and combined, the traditional gardening techniques and Buddhistideas were integrated, and the modern Bei family introduced the Westerngardening techniques and ancestral temple into the garden, making it a templegarden integrating the principles of Zen and the pleasure of garden.
1、 Hall, car Hall
Enter the east gate of lion forest from Garden Road, which was the maingate of Chengxun Yizhuang. On the door hung a plaque written by EmperorQianlong. Before liberation, when it was a private house, it was not easy toopen it. After liberation, it was opened as the main gate of Shizilin. The highthreshold was the sedan hall, which was the place where the sedan cars used tostop. Opposite to the car door was the west gate. Above the two doors were brickforehead, respectively titled "right access" and "left access".
2、 Yan Yutang
Now we have come to Yanyu hall. Yanyu means peace and happiness. "YanYutang" comes from the book of songs, which says "Yan Yutang is famous for itsstyle, but you can't shoot.". Yan Yu: Yan Er entertainment; Wu she: never stop.Form: as a modal particle. Reputation: Tongyu, happy. Shoot (Y ì): disgust."Zheng Jian" said: "shoot, hate also." How happy it is to have a dinnertogether. I love you forever. This hall is the main hall of the whole garden. Itwas originally used by the master of the garden to entertain guests. This hallis a famous mandarin duck hall in Suzhou gardens. The so-called Yuanyang hall isin a hall, which is divided into North and south parts by screen doors. From theinside, it seems that the two halls are connected, but the layout is different.The beams and columns of the North Hall are made of round logs, and the beamsand columns of the south hall are made of square logs. The door and windowpatterns and furniture layout of the two halls are different, and the plaqueshave their own titles. At the same time, the front hall is generally the placewhere the host entertains the male guests, while the back hall is the placewhere the hostess meets the female guests. The architectural style is absolutelydifferent, which reflects the feudal thought that men are superior to women.Please have a look at the foot of what is the word, right! It's a word "Shou".There are five bats on the side. It means "five blessings" and "Shou" comesfirst, so Shou is the center. It shows that the owner hopes that he and hisfamily will live a long and healthy life, have many children and grandchildren,be peaceful and happy.
3、 Small square hall
Now we come to the small square hall, which is named because it is square.If you look at the large empty windows on both sides, we can feel that they aretwo pictures. Outside the east window are plain preserved Chimonanthus andoutside the west window are urban mountain forests. This is a kind of gardeningart of Suzhou gardens, called frame view. It can change with the change ofseasons and the movement of feet. We might as well have a try. The hall ischaracterized by square architecture and components, and the three pavilions andarches are a small and exquisite gathering place for literary society. Under theback window of the hall is the "golden brick". This brick is specially baked forthe Qing Dynasty palace floor.
4、 Jiushifeng
Out of the small square hall, you can see the nine Lion Peak in the hallgarden. This peak stands in front of the wall. At first glance, it looks likenine lions playing freely. If you look at this stone and see the changing cloudsin the sky, you must cooperate with imagination. The beauty lies between theimage and the non image. There are half pavilions in the East and west of thecourtyard to extrude space to highlight the nine Lion Peak. If you lookcarefully, you will find nine lions in different shapes. They are charming,naive and lovely. There are 500 lions of different sizes and shapes in the lionforest. We will see many more in the future.
5、 Zhibaixuan
Through the brick "fun" (from Tao Yuanming's "garden day care to becomefun" sentence), we come to zhibaixuan. This is where monks preach. In the TangDynasty, when the Zen master Cong Zong (known as Zhao Zhou FA Dao) was teachingZen Buddhism, no matter what his disciples asked him, he always said: "cypressin front of the court", which means that the Zen practitioners should understandit by themselves from the mysterious hints. So it is named Baixuan. This is alsothe place where the relatives of the Bei family get together. The plaque "YifengZhibai", written by Wang Tongyu, is hung above the hall. "Zhibai" refers to thecase of Zen Buddhism, while "Yifeng" refers to the allusion of Shi Feng made byMi Fu in Song Dynasty. The following is the painting of Shoubai, which wasjointly produced by famous calligraphers and painters in 1988. Zhang Xinjiapainted red plum, Wu Mumu wrote ancient cypress, Xu Shaoqing painted Lake stone,and Fei Xini wrote inscriptions. There are stairs behind the screen door to goupstairs. The third floor is also called Tingyu building, which is named afterthe garden owner's collection of stone rubbings. It's named after the window.Looking from the window, you can see that there are many strange peaks on theopposite side.
In front of the hall, there are rockeries, cypresses and dragons. Woyunbaois located among the rockeries. This rockery is the most famous rockery in theclassical gardens. There are four paths in it, which are intertwined andintricate. Emperor Qianlong didn't go out after two hours. There is also achessboard hole in it. It is said that LV Dongbin and tie guaili played chess.There are some famous stones such as Hanhui and tuyue on the false peak. Thereare strange pines and cypresses between the stones, just like a beautifullandscape painting. It is said that Emperor Qianlong once took a picture here.Please take a photo here.
6、 Jianshanlou
The false mountain peak can be seen from the window of this building, whichis named after the poetic meaning of Tao Qian of Jin Dynasty: "pickingchrysanthemums under the East fence, leisurely seeing Nanshan". However, thisbuilding is close to the rockery, and there is a direct access to the rockery onthe second floor. It can be said that the building is built on the rockery. Thearea of jianshanlou is only one tenth of that of zhibaixuan. That is to say, itsets off the height of zhibaixuan and does not compete with rockery. It can besaid that it has unique ingenuity.
8、 Hualan Hall
We went west through the corridor to the flower basket hall. The flowerbasket hall is named after the flower basket shape carved on the column end ofthe hall and decorated with the flower basket pattern. In 1945, a Japanesesurrender ceremony was held in this hall. The screen door was engraved with ahuge picture of Matsushita, and the official script horizontal plaque "wind inthe water" indicated that it was a good place to enjoy the lotus in summer.Originally known as "Lotus hall", it was burned down in 1968, and then movedfrom Zheng house in loumen to Hualan hall. The so-called flower blue hall is asmall hall, in which the walking column does not fall to the ground, but ischanged into a very short heavy lotus column, and the end of the column iscarved into a flower blue shape.
9、 Zhenqu Pavilion
Out of the flower basket hall to the west is zhenqu Pavilion. The word"zhenqu" was written by Emperor Qianlong himself. There is such a story. In theQing Dynasty, when Emperor Qianlong visited the garden, Huang Xi, the number onescholar, saw the three words "really interesting" written by Emperor Qianlong.He felt that the word "you" was too vulgar, so he asked the emperor to bestowthe word "you" and left the word "really interesting". There is a "scholar hat"decoration on the pavilion, which has far-reaching implications. It is said that"the scholar is the prime minister's Root Seedling". To become the number onescholar, we must start from the scholar. Garden idea is to educate futuregenerations to study hard, hoping that one day they will win the title of thegold medal. The same principle applies today when tall buildings rise from theground. Now, we can enjoy the scenery of Huxin Pavilion, Jiuqu bridge, stoneboat, waterfall, pool and lake, and take photos as a souvenir. After that, wewill gather in the east of the stone arch bridge, drill holes and climbmountains to really appreciate the charm of the world-famous "rockery kingdom".The plaque of "zhenqu" was inscribed by Emperor Qianlong of Qing Dynasty when hevisited the lion forest. The painted pillars and carved beams in the pavilionare resplendent, showing the royal style completely different from the elegantgarden architecture in the south of the Yangtze River. The pavilion issurrounded by picturesque scenery. In the East, you can see the flower baskethall near the water. In the south, you can see the rockery group near the water.In the west, there are mountains and waterfalls. Looking to the west, thepavilion in the center of the lake, the Jiuqu Bridge and the stone arch bridgedivide the lake into three scenes: near, middle and far.
10、 Dark fragrance studio
The name of this building comes from the famous saying: the shadow isslanting, the water is clear, the fragrance is floating, and the moon is atdusk. The shadow of sparse plum is horizontally and obliquely reflected on theclear water surface at dusk
Tongli is located on the Bank of Taihu Lake and east of the ancient canal.It is surrounded by eight Lakes (Tongli, Jiuli, Chenghu, Muzhuang, Baiyan, yeze,Nanxing and pangshanhu). It is 80 km away from Shanghai Hongqiao Airport in theEast, 318 National Highway in the south, Sujia Expressway in the West and 18 kmaway from Suzhou in the north. In October of the year, Tongli and Tuncun townsmerged into Tongli Town, with a total area of 102.91 square kilometers and atotal population of 58000. Tongli town has 12 administrative villages, 1 aquaticfarm and 6 community neighborhood committees. The total length of city river inTongli town is 5.14 km, covering an area of 9.37 hectares, with an average of13.9 square meters per citizen; the total length of stone revetment is 6.04 km,with 54600 square meters of residential buildings near water, accounting for36.9% of the total construction area of residential buildings.
Tongli, formerly known as "futu", was changed to "Tongli" in the early TangDynasty due to its extravagant name. In the Song Dynasty, the old name "futu"was overlapped with the word "Tongli", which is still used today. Tongli ancienttown has beautiful scenery, surrounded by water on all sides. It is inlaid inTongli, Jiuli, yeze, Nanxing and Pangshan lakes. The town is divided into sevensmall islands by 15 rivers in the shape of Sichuan, and 49 ancient bridgesconnect the small islands as a whole. The building is built according to thewater and is famous for "small bridge, flowing water and family". It is the mostcomplete water town in Jiangsu Province. It is also a key cultural relicprotection unit in Jiangsu Province. It has been listed as one of the thirteenscenic spots in Taihu Lake.
The ancient town was opened to the outside world in 1986 and was listed asone of the first batch of famous historical and cultural towns in JiangsuProvince by the provincial government in 1995. Tongli, a beautiful and simpleTown, is known as "the Little Venice of the East". Tongli is characterized bymany buildings in Ming and Qing Dynasties, many bridges in water towns, and manycelebrities. There are 38 gardens and houses of Ming and Qing Dynasties, 47temples and ancestral halls, hundreds of gentry houses and former residences ofcelebrities. There are more than 20 natural landscapes in the ancient town, suchas "eight sceneries before", "eight sceneries after" and "four sceneries after".Today, there are still many sceneries, such as "moon in Dongxi", "Xiaoyan inNanshi", "spring in Beishan", "fishing flute in Shuicun" and "lancui inChangshan".
Tongli people have been diligent and hardworking for generations,knowledgeable and reasonable, well-developed in education and rich in talents.From 1247 A.D. to the end of Qing Dynasty, Tongli had one number one scholar, 42Jinshi and 93 wenwuju. Ancient famous Li people include Ye Yin, Xu Chunfu, MoDan, Zou Yi, Liang Shi, he yuan, Ji Cheng, Wang Chong, Zhu Heling, Shen Guifen,Lu Lianfu, Yuan long, Chen Yizhen, Gu Wuzhen, Huang zengkang, Huang Zenglu, RenYu, etc. Since modern times, famous Li people have been Chen Qubing, JinSongcen, Yan Baoli, Fei Gong, Wang Shaofan, LAN Gongwu, Feng Xinde, Yang Tianji,Fei Yifu, Liu ruli, fan Yanqiao, Jin Guobao, Shen shanjiong, Feng yingzi, etc.Ni Zan, Gu Ying, Han Yi, Yao Guangxiao, Dong Qichang, Shu Dansheng, Shen Deqianand others also lived in Tongli. It is such a person that can create such aprofound culture.
At present, tuisiyuan in Tongli town has been listed as a world culturalheritage, and the ancient town Tongli is also applying for the world culturalheritage. With the strengthening of publicity, the ancient town is known andfamiliar by more and more people. The major newspapers in China, the UnitedStates, Hong Kong and other places all introduce Tongli in the form of picturesand texts. The film and television crew also frequently take pictures of Tongli,which is a natural studio Known at home and abroad, the China Film Associationhas also set up "China Tongli film and television production base" here.
Tongli, in the process of development, has become a typical "land of fishand rice" in the south of the Yangtze River with its traditional ricecultivation and aquatic products breeding. With the pace of reform and openingup, Tongli town's national economy, small town construction, science, education,culture and health and other social undertakings have been developed at the sametime. The people's living standards are improving day by day, and thecomprehensive strength of the whole town is significantly enhanced.
Tongli was built in Song Dynasty and has a history of more than 1000 years.It is the earliest ancient town in Jiangsu Province (1982) and the only one thattakes the whole town as a cultural relic protection unit. In 1995, it was listedas one of the first batch of famous historical and cultural towns in JiangsuProvince. At present, it is actively applying for inclusion in the "WorldCultural Heritage List". Tongli is absolutely a rare "rich land" in the south ofthe Yangtze River.
Historically, Tongli town was really called "rich soil". But the name of"Fu Tu" is too ostentatious, so the word "Fu" does not stand out, a little bitis removed, and then the word is divided into two parts, the upper part is"Tong", the lower part of "Tian" and "Tu" are added together to become "Li", thename of Tongli comes from this. According to the records of Tongli annals inJiaqing period of Qing Dynasty, Tongli was changed from bronze in early TangDynasty to Tongli in Song Dynasty. The old name of Fu Tu is too extravagant forits name, which means that "Tian Jia Tu is Tongli". There is another folkloreabout changing futu to Tongli. It is said that a long time ago, many people camehere to reclaim wasteland. Due to hard work and favorable weather, the productsare abundant and people live and work in peace and contentment, so it is called"rich soil". One year, there was a drought in the north and a flood in thesouth. In many places, there was a crop failure and they were unable to deliver"imperial grain". Therefore, the emperor decreed that the rich people inJiangnan would pay three extra dues of grain, which would be paid within tendays. The rich people are very anxious when they get the news. He asked ascholar surnamed Jin in the town at that time, and Jin Xiucai made sucharrangements.
In the twinkling of an eye, the ten day deadline has arrived, and theimperial envoy of grain collection arrived at futu by boat. Jin Xiucai led allthe villagers to kneel down on the shore to meet him. As soon as the imperialenvoy came ashore, he urged him to pay more imperial grain. Jin Xiucai calmlyreplied, "this year, the harvest has been greatly reduced, so it's hard to payfor it.". "Don't talk nonsense! Rich soil is rich land, how can there be nofood? If it's not as good as turning in the money, we must comply with the orderand impose heavy penalties. " Jin Xiucai is neither humble nor overbearing, andexplains with a smile: "please listen to me, my Lord. This place was originallycalled "Tongli", not "Fuji". Please be aware of it. " After hearing this, theimperial envoy was puzzled. He walked around the street and found that all hesaw were "Tongli", but there was no trace of "rich soil", so he had to give up.Which tourist can guess what arrangement Jin Xiucai made? It turned out that JinXiucai took care of all the villagers and used the method of word splitting tosplit the word "Fu" into two parts. When he went up a little bit, he broke downthe fields and connected the land, which became the word "Tongli". At that time,the writing habit was different from today. It was vertical writing, so it savedthe day from the disaster. Tongli, Tongli, Tongli, Tongli, Tongli, Tongli,Tongli, Tongli, Tongli, Tongli, Tongli, Tongli, Tongli, Tongli, Tongli, Tongli,Tongli, Tongli, Tongli, Tongli, Tongli, Tongli, Tongli, Tongli, Tongli,Tong.
Tongli town has "three more", more celebrities, more Ming and Qingbuildings, more water and more bridges.
1. There are many celebrities. From the Song Dynasty to the end of the QingDynasty, there were one number one scholar, 42 Jinshi and 93 Wenwu Juren. Thefamous figures in Tongli town include Ye Yin, a poet of the Southern SongDynasty, Wang Chong, a painter of the Ming Dynasty, Shen Guifen, a militaryaircraft Minister of the Qing Dynasty, Lu Lianfu, a calligrapher and painter,Chen Qubing, a famous figure in the 1911 Revolution, Jin songqin, a famouseducator, fan Yanqiao, a writer, Wang Shaofen, chairman of the China Associationfor the promotion of democracy, and Jin Guobao, a famous economist.
2. There were many buildings in Ming and Qing Dynasties. According to theannals of the town, from 1271 to 1911, 38 houses and 47 temples, temples andbuildings were built in the town.
3. There are many rivers and bridges. There are 49 ancient bridges indifferent dynasties, Siben bridge built by Ye Yin, a poet of Southern SongDynasty, and Gaoguan bridge in Yuan Dynasty.
According to the records of Tongli, the environment of the five lakes isoutside, and one town is inside. Every family in the town is near the water andevery family is connected by boat. The most famous garden in the town is TuisiGarden, with an area of 10 mu and 8 Fen, small and exquisite. It ischaracterized by residential buildings in the south of the Yangtze River, whichare combined with residential and garden. Such as tuisiyuan, Chongben hall,Jiayin hall, etc.
Tongli is a veritable land of fish and rice in the south of the YangtzeRiver. Due to the large number of Danghe harbor, there is an inexhaustiblevariety of aquatic products. Rich in fish and shrimp, the more precious areTaihu silverfish, whitefish, mandarin fish, eel, eel, turtle, perch and Channa,as well as black carp, grass carp, bighead carp, silver carp, bream, carp andcrucian carp. In addition to fish, shrimp, mussels and other aquatic products,Tongli has a wide range of aquatic plants, mainly including water bamboo,celery, water shield, Euryale ferox, water chestnut, water chestnut, taro,arrowhead, etc. some can be served on the table, some are seasonal supplements,and some are seasonal fruits. Among them, Qianshi (commonly known as chickenhead meat) is known as "ginseng in water", which is the best local specialty inTongli. Because of the water, Tongli people have a stronger habit of drinkingtea than other ancient towns. Before the Anti Japanese War, there were more than20 teahouses in Tongli. For the convenience of getting water, they weregenerally built along the river. After alum precipitation, the river can maketea.
In history, the landscape architecture of Tongli was connected with water,which formed an indissoluble bond with water. Ye Yin, a poet of the SongDynasty, is called "Shuizhu villa bieye". There are ten sceneries in the garden,such as "Qushui Liuqi", "Zhufeng Shuiyue" and "cliff cold pool", all of whichare connected with water. In the Yuan Dynasty, ye Zhenzong lived in the "watergarden" in Tongli, which is located on the Bank of Tongli lake. In the MingDynasty, there was a "Lake Forest Industry" in Tongli, which was the firstgarden of Ren Xiuzhi, located on the Bank of Pangshan lake. In the Qing Dynasty,there was a famous garden named "Tuisi Garden". Professor Chen Congzhou ofTongji University pointed out that Renshi Tuisi Garden had a unique way inJiangnan gardens. It was a special case of the garden. Mountains, pavilions,pavilions, corridors, pavilions and pavilions were all close to the water, andthe garden was like water. Professor Chen Congzhou also spoke highly of Tongli'swater: "Tongli is named after water, and there is no Tongli without water."Next, let's go to visit this millennium old town together!
Ladies and gentlemen, the archway you see in front of you is a Ming stylebuilding. It is a representative of many Ming and Qing architectures in Tongliancient town. Mr. Fei Xiaotong, former vice chairman of the Standing Committeeof the National People's Congress, inscribed "a famous historical and culturaltown in China".
After passing Sanyuan bridge, we enter Tongli ancient town, which has ahistory of more than 1000 years. Today, I'd like to tell you about the onegarden, two halls and three bridges in Tongli. Please follow me to find thecharm of "small bridge, flowing water and other people" in Jiangnan. The layoutof Tongli ancient town is different, with a network of rivers and bridges. Thestreets and dwellings are built by water, and there are a lot of deep houses andgardens. Therefore, in 1982, it was fortunate to become a cultural relicsprotection town in Jiangsu Province.
Now, we have come to what Mr. Yu Qiuyu called the most satisfying andattractive place in Chinese classical gardens. This is Tuisi Garden, which islisted as the supplementary list of Suzhou classical gardens as the worldcultural heritage.
Tuisiyuan was built in 1885-1887. Lan Sheng, the director of the garden,was born in 1838. At the age of 26, he went to Anhui Province to join thegovernor Qiao Songnian and worked in the former enemy battalion office. Due tohis meritorious service in the war, he successively served as a registered salttransportation history officer, alternate Minister of Dao, and concurrently heldthe posts of Huaibei Pingli Bureau and Fengyang chaoguan. In 1879, he wasappointed Fengying to prepare roads, build city walls, manage post roads, buildbridges, set up boat ponds, set up baby rearing halls and smoking cessationbureaus. The comprehensive treatment has achieved remarkable results. In 1885,because of the ineffective suppression of the Nien army, he was dismissed andreturned to his hometown. Taking Zuozhuan as an example, we built tuisiyuan.
Tuisi Garden covers an area of 9 Mu and 8 Fen. Due to the limited terrain,it can not be developed from south to North in depth. Therefore, under theingenious design of an outstanding artist named yuan long in this town, TuisiGarden has constructed a new format of left house, atrium and right garden fromWest to East.
House is divided into inner house and outer house, outer house has sedanhall, tea hall and main hall. We are now in the tea hall. When we entered thegarden just now, we passed the sedan hall. The sedan chair hall and tea hall areused to stop the sedan chair and receive ordinary guests. If there is a wedding,ancestor worship ceremony or a VIP visit, the owner of the garden will open themain hall door to show solemnity. All of you are distinguished guests of Tonglipeople. Please enter through the main hall gate. It can be seen from thefurnishings in the hall that the reception standard of the main hall issignificantly higher than that of the tea hall. Usually when the main hall dooris closed, you can only get in and out from the escort lane.
Now let's visit the inner house. The inner house is the living place forthe owner and his family. Ren Lansheng, the owner of the garden, has been livingin Anhui for a long time, so he has built a big Zoumalou with Huizhoucharacteristics, so that you can see the rare buildings in the south of theYangtze River. So why build two stairs? The galleries on both sides of thebuilding not only shade from the sun, wind, rain and snow, but also make itconvenient for the master and servant to give way when they go upstairs anddownstairs.
Look at these two doors of the same age as tuisiyuan. The wood inside andthe brick outside the gate seem to be heavy, but in fact, they are not small.Can anyone guess what it does? Brick wood structure, green brick can preventfire, and the door can prevent theft after being bolted. Now we come to the endof the house, the atrium of the garden.
The atrium design centers on "hospitality". The dry boat, which isconnected with the leaky window, is like a passenger ship that has just landed,carrying guests from afar to the warm host's home. On the right side is Magnoliagrandiflora planted by Lan Sheng, the director of the garden. On the left sideis Magnolia grandiflora, which was transplanted during the restoration of TuisiGarden. Magnolia is a plant that blooms earlier in spring, so it symbolizesspring scenery. So why Plant Magnolia instead of peach or other tree speciesthat bloom in spring? First, the name of the garden owner is Lansheng. Since heis Lansheng, he can't live without "Lansheng". Second, Magnolia means "gold andjade", and the fragrance of Magnolia means "gold and jade". If the relatives andfriends who come from afar have to spend many days in the moon watching tower inspring, they can not only watch the moon all the year round and sing poems, butalso walk on the moon in front of the tower to enjoy the flowers and trees, sothat the guests will not feel that they are living in a foreign land. It is aplace for the master to enjoy tea and poetry with his confidant in the wind andsnow. Because the owner of the garden was dismissed and returned to his hometownto build the garden, his years of official career was destroyed. Fortunately,with the help of his friends Zuo Zongtang and Peng Yulin, Cixi didn't kill him.Therefore, the host himself and Zuo, Peng two people as the three friends.Through the flower window, you can see the quiet wintersweet, the resolute pineand the beautiful bamboo. The natural picture of "three friends in cold and oldyears" promotes the taste of the subject and the object.
The atrium and the right garden are connected by the moon cave gate of"leisure buildings, clouds and smoke lock the moon". In the garden, there are"nine winding corridors" with winding paths leading to seclusion. You can roamamong them with different scenery.
Although Tuisi Garden occupies only 9.8 mu of land, it has all kinds ofpavilions and pavilions, galleries, bridges, pavilions, halls, rooms, andpavilions. The scale of the building is appropriate, and the layout of flowers,trees, water and stones is appropriate. It is small, exquisite and simple. Withthe pool as the center, all kinds of buildings are close to the water surface,such as floating on the water. It is praised as "water garden" by contemporarygarden scholar and Professor Chen Congzhou of Shanghai Tongji University.
Tuisi thatched cottage is the main scenery of the whole garden. It issimple, elegant and steady, reflecting the identity of the master. In Tuisithatched cottage, there is a tablet extension of GUI Qu Lai CI written by ZhaoMengfu, a calligrapher and painter of Yuan Dynasty. The original tablet andTaicang Mo Miao Pavilion were destroyed at the same time, so the tabletextension is more and more precious. In front of the hall, a long scroll oflandscape painting is unfolding slowly.
Please have a look! A boat carrying a red boat out of the lake rocks ishalf soaked in blue water. The water swirls through the holes of the lake rocks,and the sound of gurgling is heard all the time. Standing at the bow of theboat, people can walk like a boat because of the waves, and the boat can movebecause of the fish swimming. What's more, the clouds are reflected andfloating. It's like a boat sailing. It's very interesting.
On the other side of the river, the overpass is connected with Xintai. Theoverpass is a bridge on the top and a corridor on the bottom. It simulates thecompound road building of Afang palace in the Qin Dynasty. Born across the sky,flying over the top of the mountain, connecting Ziyu Shengliang pavilion withXintai as a whole, climbing up the stone path along the mountain cave, climbingthe overpass, making people suddenly enlightened. When the top ten scenic spotsin China were selected in 1985, experts first put forward that the overpassrepresents the masterpiece of Suzhou classical gardens. At the end of thegallery of the overpass building, there is Xintai, which is "walking to the endof the bridge seems to have no road, and suddenly connecting with themountain.". Xintai should be a place of study. At that time, the master of thekindergarten painstakingly taught his children to study. Although he may not be"hanging his head on the beam and pricking his teeth", he once paid the price of"breaking three roots in order to find a good sentence". As a result, RenChuanxin, the son of Ren Lansheng, followed the revolution and advocatededucation to save the country. When he was 20 years old (1906), he tooktuisiyuan as the school building and invested a lot of money to hire famousteachers to establish a private Lize women's school. Among the teachers employedare Qian Jibo (the father of Qian Zhongshu), the calligrapher Qian Zuyi, fanYanqiao, Ren Chuanhe and Gu Naifu. It started the trend of women's education inmodern China.
To the east of the thatched cottage, there is a Sanqu bridge lying on thewater,
Suzhou, the ancient said there is a wu, wu, will collection, Wu Zhou, Wu Jun, at pingkiang, sui suzhou, delay said today. Suzhou ever since the dawn of recorded history of more than 4000 years, is one of the first batch of 24 historical and cultural city. Long history, gave birth to the unique charm to celebrities.of.
For one thousand years, suzhou humanities ceremony. In ancient times produced by sun wu, fan zhongyan, shen kua, such as tang Yin, gu yanwu, KuaiXiang statesmen, thinkers, strategists, scientists, artists; Contemporary fields have emerged a large number of outstanding figures. Suzhou genre of painting, calligraphy, seal cutting, each has his strong point; Drama, medicine, building its own genre, of its own. Suzhou embroidery, the yellow house world-famous woodcut New Year pictures and other arts and crafts.
Suzhou city was built in 514 BC, more than 2500 years ago. Is located in the position of the spring and autumn period, the basic maintained a "surface parallel, river street adjacent" double chessboard pattern of "three vertical and three horizontal and one ring" river water system and "small bridge flowing water, white wall tiles, historic gardens" unique style. More than existing municipal cultural relics protection unit 487 in the city, including national 15, 101 at the provincial level. Well-preserved classical garden more than 60. In accordance with the ancient city of suzhou is located in the water, street built around the river, surface parallel; Construction by the water, before the lane back river, forming unique style and features of "small bridge, flowing water, somebody else". Set of buildings, landscapes, flowers and trees, carvings, calligraphy and painting is equal to the integration of the suzhou gardens, is the spirit treasure of human civilization, the humble administrator's garden and lingering garden in China's four big gardens, and with the nets garden, surging wave pavilion, lion grove and the mountain villa with embracing, art field, coupling, the scientific garden 9 classical garden, such as, respectively, in December 97 and November 20xx by UNESCO "world heritage", ancient town of tongli town, zhouzhuang, Lu straight are reporting on world cultural heritage.
Under the spring breeze of reform and opening-up, the ancient suzhou is coruscate gives new vitality, established the "science and education encouraging city, outgoing driving, sustainable development" strategy, formed the export-oriented economy, the two advantages of township enterprises, cultivating the new economic growth point is given priority to with high and new technology, talent, industry, environment, etc. The new advantages have weakened.
Suzhou is becoming a new and high technology industries as the leading of the modern manufacturing base, technology innovation in the joint, all kinds of talent aggregation of industry base, high technology content, high extroverted degree and good economic benefit modern agriculture base, it is a combination of human landscape and natural landscape, ecological tourism vacation base with beautiful surroundings, suzhou in the 21st century will be "economic prosperity, science and education developed, rich life, a beautiful environment, civilization" the basic modernization of region.
Suzhou is located in the middle of the Yangtze river delta, south of jiangsu province. Shanghai in the east, zhejiang in the south, wuxi, a city surrounded by the north in accordance with the Yangtze river. The city's total area of 8488 square kilometers, jurisdiction, blue waves at pingkiang, gold Chang, huqiu, wuzhong, phase town, suzhou industrial park, suzhou new district, etc. 8 area and changshu, zhangjiagang, taicang, kunshan, wujiang five county-level cities, a total population of 5.78 million people. In rivers and lakes is numerous, the grand canal linking the north and south, hope YuHe, LouJiang, TaiPuHe connection, taihu lake, yangcheng lake and commercialisation of bearing, Mosaic dianshan lake.
Here four seasons, mild climate, abundant rainfall, fertile land, rich products. Agricultural products have produced rice, cotton, rapeseed, XiangJing meters, duck blood waxy and taicang white garlic; Specialty orange, loquat, BanSu, plum, osmanthus, camellia, "biluochun" tea; Taihu whitebait, water shield, pearls and yangcheng lake hairy crabs famous.
Suzhou is the birthplace of celebrities.of, literary production staff. Is known as the suzhou pingtan, kunqu opera, Su Ju culture "three flowers". More than 400 years history of kunqu opera, is the "mother of the Chinese opera; Pingtan is in suzhou dialect rap art, is in jiangsu, zhejiang and Shanghai has more than 300 years. Suzhou arts and crafts of the famous Chinese and foreign, with hunan, sichuan, cantonese embroidery embroidery is known as the "four famous embroidery" in our country; Lookup woodcut New Year pictures from green wood along with tianjin, he "south north Yang peach"; Suzhou k 'o-ssu, sculpture, {sung} brocade, jade and redwood carving crafts, each has his strong point, wonderful artical excelling nature.
Suzhou city in 20xx of $154.1 billion in gross national product (GNP), basic construction in modern manufacturing base of high and new technology industry as the leading factor; Closely joint production, study and research, technical innovation base of all kinds of talents gathered, High technology content, high extroverted degree and good economic benefit in modern agriculture base; It is a combination of human landscape and natural landscape, ecological tourism vacation base with beautiful surroundings, suzhou in the 21st century will be "economic prosperity, science and education developed, rich life, a beautiful environment, civilization" the modernization of the region.
Suzhou is one of the areas with great influence on Buddhism in China.Chongyuan temple is a famous temple in Suzhou. Chongyuan temple, originallyknown as Chongxuan temple, was built in the second year of Tianjian, Emperor Wuof Liang Dynasty (A.D. 503). It was contemporaneous with Hanshan Temple, Lingyantemple and Baosheng temple. Xiao Yan, Emperor Wu of the Liang Dynasty, ruled thecountry with Buddhism, and for a time he was superior to others and worshippedBuddhism all over the country. Lu Seng Zan, an official living in the secondmile northwest of Changzhou county government, immediately invited emperor LiangWu to abandon his official residence and rebuild the temple, which was namedchongyun temple. Emperor Liang Wu gladly bestowed a plaque with the title of"Chongxuan temple in Guangde, Daliang". "Chongyun" is mistaken for "Chongxuan",which is an error in the process of copying and delivering memorials. ChongyuanTemple flourished until the middle Tang Dynasty.
In 842 ad, in the second year of Huichang of Wuzong in the late TangDynasty, the biggest "extermination of Buddhism" movement in Chinese historysuddenly broke out. The court persecuted and killed the monks cruelly. A largenumber of temples in Suzhou City were destroyed. Monks moved out of the city oneafter another, and some built new temples elsewhere. There is a new Chongyuantemple in Weiting Town, thirty miles away from Suzhou city. During the qianmiaoperiod (908-932 AD), the Chongyuan temple was repaired on a large scale. Therebuilt Chongyuan temple is still a giant temple. There are two earth mountainsin front of the temple, two different stones standing in front of the court, abronze statue of wuliangshou Buddha standing in the center, and 16 Arhatsstanding on both sides. There are five other hospitals.
Chongyuan temple was renamed Chengtian temple in Song Dynasty. During thereign of Xuanhe in Song Dynasty (1119-1125 AD), it was renamed "Nengren Temple"because the imperial court prohibited the temple, temple and bridge from beingnamed after "heaven, saint, emperor and King". From Yuan Dynasty to shun Dynasty(1330-1333), Chongyuan temple was destroyed by fire. During the reign of YuanZhizheng (1341-1368 AD), it was rebuilt by the Chu monk in Yuenan and restoredto a new level. At that time, in addition to the bronze statue of wuliangshouBuddha, there were pangou great saint temple, Lingyou temple and Wanfo Pavilion.In the Qing Dynasty, because of avoiding the taboo of Emperor Kangxi Xuanye,"Xuan" was changed to "Yuan", and the name of Chongyuan temple has been used upto now. Chongyuan temple was finally destroyed during the cultural revolution inthe 1970s. Poets such as Bai Juyi, Wei Yingwu, PI Rixiu, Lu guimeng and FanChengda all chanted it.
In November, in order to further implement the party's religious policy,build a socialist harmonious society, carry forward the traditional Buddhistculture, and meet the religious needs of Buddhist believers, the restoration andreconstruction of Chongyuan temple was approved by the people's Government ofJiangsu Province, and the abbot of Hanshan Temple, Qiu Shuang, was also theabbot. On November 17, __X, the grand opening ceremony was held. The restorationand reconstruction of Chongyuan Temple fills the gap that there is no temple inthe east of the ancient city of Suzhou. After completion, Chongyuan temple hasbecome a beautiful scenic spot in Suzhou Industrial Park.
According to the five principles of "classics have basis, history hasinheritance, art has innovation, convenience has characteristics, and functionhas induction", the newly built Chongyuan temple has made careful planning.Chongyuan temple, which reappears in front of people's eyes, covers an area ofmore than 300 mu and is located in the beautiful Yangcheng Lake peninsula. Thewater Guanyin Pavilion and the main temple area echo each other, showing thecharacteristics of the largest Guanyin Taoist temple in Jiangdong. The statue ofgreat mercy Guanyin in the Guanyin Pavilion is 33 meters high. It is made of 88tons of bronze. The surface of the statue is covered with gold. Its Dharmaappearance is extremely solemn. It is the highest indoor Guanyin in China.Besides the outdoor Guanyin in Emei Mountain, it is the second highest in China.There is the largest Mahatma hall in China. The first Sanskrit bell of the TangDynasty is suspended in the bell tower, and the largest copper cavity leatherdrum in China is placed in the drum tower. There are a large number of Buddhas,Bodhisattvas and Vajrayana in the temple, which reproduces the elegant demeanorof Chongyuan temple in that year, and makes it a Buddhist temple with threetreasures of Buddha, Dharma and monk.
Puji bridge, Lianhua Island, Guanyin Pavilion and liuguanyin Templeconstitute the pure land world, which is solemn and complete. Buddhistactivities should be prepared in time. It is an ideal place for believers tomake vows, repent and pray. In the Guanyin Pavilion, there are 9999 smallGuanyin that can be provided for. The dizang hall and nihongcangdian hall offermemorial tablets for the dead and the extended life for many years, andregularly hold Buddhist and Dharma meetings. Every year, the "global Chinesereunion" in the Mid Autumn Festival and the "head worship" in the SpringFestival are both large-scale activities that Chongyuan Temple strives to build,such as Li Ru FA, which are deeply praised by the majority of tourists andbelievers.
Reconstruction of Chongyuan Temple
In November, the general office of Jiangsu Provincial People's governmentand Suzhou Municipal People's Government approved the reconstruction ofChongyuan temple. The reconstructed Chongyuan temple is located in Chenyan Bay,Yangcheng Island, Weiting Town, Suzhou Industrial Park. The newly builtChongyuan temple will respect history, display culture, adjust measures to localconditions, make scientific and flexible planning and layout by using theexisting water network, vegetation and other topography, and try to retain thenatural landscape, so as to reflect the existing rural scenery andcharacteristic waterscape of the base. The planning layout is in line with theBuddhist concept and traditional habits, while taking into account the needs ofmodern Buddhist temples in educating the public, personnel training, Buddhistresearch and other uses.
The design and construction orientation of the whole project is thecombination of religion and tourism, history and reality, retro and innovation,environmental protection and development, culture and research. As the largesttemple complex in the south of the Yangtze River, Chongyuan Temple aims to beexcellent and pass down from generation to generation, providing a broader spacefor communication and development for the inheritance and development ofBuddhism and traditional culture and charity in Suzhou. The design of Chongyuantemple has a high starting point, ancient architectural form, novel creativity,and strong participation in architectural space. The reconstruction plan andconstruction of Chongyuan temple have achieved five principles: classics havebasis, history has inheritance, righteousness has innovation, convenience hascharacteristics, and function has induction.
The reconstructed Chongyuan temple covers an area of more than 300 mu. Thewhole project is divided into four parts: temple area, Guanyin island area,Buddhist Culture Park area and commercial area. Guanyin island will present thelargest 33 meter high Guanyin statue in China. After the reconstruction of theChongyuan temple, the water Guanyin temple, the Chongyuan Zen temple and thepharmacist tower echo each other, and cooperate with the Buddhist culturalattractions to build a Buddhist cultural area with the purpose of caring forlife and living and protecting Dharma, showing the characteristics of theGuanyin Taoist temple of the lotus Kingdom and the solemn unique style of TenThousand Buddhas.
Master Qiushuang, the abbot of Hanshan Temple, has officially moved intoChongyuan temple to carry out the construction of Buddhist legal affairs andBuddhist culture. According to master Qiu Shuang, Chongyuan temple will take"Zen and pure cultivation" as its main development idea, cultivate Buddhisttalents, and promote social harmony with charity. In the middle of September,Mr. Qiu Shuang and Mr. Wang Peng, chairman of Shanghai Tianyu Media Co., Ltd.shook hands to celebrate and formally signed the cooperation agreement on thecompletion ceremony of Chongyuan temple and the whole hall Buddha statueKaiguang Dharma Association project. "Charity is a social cause. Its developmentneeds a kind of social atmosphere, the support of citizens' charityconsciousness and social charity values, and the formation of this atmosphereand support needs the guidance of charity publicity and the participation andpromotion of leaders at all levels." The great monk Qiu Shuang said that it isnecessary to stimulate the enthusiasm of all sectors of society to participatein charity by vigorously publicizing the model of charity among the people; itis necessary to stimulate the sense of social responsibility of enterprises andinstitutions to participate in charity and build a harmonious society byvigorously publicizing the model of enterprises and institutions participatingin and supporting charity. This is also one of the significance of thereconstruction of Chongyuan temple. To contribute to the construction of socialspiritual civilization. Moreover, the construction of Chongyuan temple hascreated some of the best in the south of the Yangtze River, one is the largesttemple group in the south of the Yangtze River, the other is the giant leatherdrum. The drum is made of bronze with a diameter of 2.19 meters of cowhide atboth ends. The height and width of the drum are 2.8 meters and it weighs 4 tons.It took more than 100 workers more than 4 months to make the drum, and theconstruction lasted more than 9 months.
Introduction to scenic spots
Entering the Chongyuan Temple scenic area, the first thing we see is the200 meter long Buddha Road. The stone murals of Amitabha's 48 great wishes areengraved on the north and south sides of the road. There are also seven sevenlotus praying pillars on the road of worshiping Buddha, each of which is carvedwith relief. The first six pillars show the six degrees of Buddhist practice,and the seventh pillar shows the scene of worshiping Buddha. The design conceptand construction method of the seven lotus praying column are unique toChongyuan temple.
At the end of the LIFO Avenue is an imitation ancient gate. The threecharacters of Chongyuan temple on the middle gate were written by Zhao Puchu,the late vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese people'sPolitical Consultative Conference, President of the Chinese BuddhistAssociation, a famous poet and calligrapher. On the left and right city gates,"Jiangnan grand view, Xiao Liang relics" is written by Ji Xianlin, a famousmaster of Chinese culture and former vice president of Peking University.
Chongyuan Temple faces south from the north. In front of the three gates ofthe temple, there are two sutras engraved with the Sutra of Zunsheng on the topof the Buddha.
When you enter Chongyuan temple, the first thing you see is Tianwang hall.The plaque of Tianwang hall was inscribed by the late famous calligrapher Mr.Sha Menghai. Maitreya Buddha is in the middle of Tianwang hall, and WeituoBodhisattva is in the back, facing north. There are four heavenly kings on bothsides.
To the west of Tianwang hall is the drum tower. The plaque was inscribed byelder Jinghui, vice president of the Buddhist Association of China. The diameterof the drum hanging from the drum tower is 2.19 meters, which is the largestcopper cavity leather drum in the world.
To the east of the temple is the bell tower. The plaque was inscribed bythe former abbot of Hanshan Temple and the elder of the Dharma Master of HanshanTemple. The clock tower is about 12 tons in weight, 3.8 meters in height and2.19 meters in diameter. The sound of this bell is the first tone in the TangDynasty. The sound is powerful and thick, and the remaining sound is around theears. So the name of the big bell is "the first law of the Tang Dynasty, thefirst Sanskrit bell".
To the north of Tianwang hall is the release pool. There are three bridgeson the pond, namely Nengren bridge, wisdom bridge and Ford bridge. Nengrenbridge was inscribed by Feng Qiyong, a master of Chinese culture and an expertof Redology. Wisdom bridge and Ford bridge are inscribed by the abbot Qiu Shuangof Hanshan Temple and Chongyuan temple.
To the north of the release pool is a wide granite square. To the west ofthe square is the hall of Da Xing Pu Xian Bodhisattva. The plaque of PuxianBodhisattva hall was inscribed by elder Weixian, vice chairman of advisorycommittee of China Buddhist Association and President of Chongqing BuddhistAssociation.
To the east of the square is the great wisdom Manjusri Bodhisattva hall.The plaque of Manjusri temple was inscribed by elder Yicheng, the currentpresident of China Buddhist Association.
The main hall is in the middle of the square. The main hall is the mainbuilding of the temple and the main hall of the Buddhist temple. It is built ona high platform in the center of the central axis. The main hall of Chongyuantemple is 36 meters high and has a construction area of 2100 square meters. Itis the largest main hall in China. The hall is dedicated to Wang III Buddha. Thefour characters of "Da Xiong Bao Dian" were inscribed by the old president ZhaoPuchu, "supreme cool" is the handwriting of the modern eminent monk Hongyi, and"Hengshun sentient beings" is the handwriting of the modern Buddhist eminentmonk Dade Mingshan elder. There are eighteen Arhats on both sides of the mainhall. At the back of the main hall, there are group sculptures of Guanyin on theisland, which mainly tells the story of the good fortune boy 53 Shen. Guanyingroup sculptures on the island are made of traditional lacquer, with a totallength of 25.8 meters and a height of 12.2 meters. The group sculpture covers anarea of nearly 300 square meters, the largest in China.
There are two side halls in the north of the main hall. In the west is theBodhisattva Hall of the great wish. The plaque of dizang Bodhisattva hall waswritten by the great monk Mingxue, the current Vice President of China BuddhistAssociation and the abbot of lingyanshan temple in Suzhou.
On the east side is the hall of vainly hidden Bodhisattva. The plaque onthe hall of Bodhisattva in void is the handwriting of elder benhuan, a hundredyear old monk and a contemporary Zen master.
Walking out of Chongyuan temple, you can see the memorial archway of"Shuitian Buddha kingdom" inscribed by elder Mingshan. Then there is a 19 holeapproach bridge, called Puji bridge. It was written by elder Jue Guang,President of the Hong Kong Buddhist Association. After crossing this bridge, wecame to the lotus kingdom. The traditional copper forging process is used forthe side wall of the underground palace of Guanyin Pavilion. With a height of 46meters, Guanyin Pavilion is the highest water Guanyin Pavilion in China. Theplaque is the handwriting of elder benhuan. The 33 meter (total height) YangzhiAvalokitesvara in Guanyin Pavilion (26 meters high) is the highest indoorAvalokitesvara in China, with an area of 1160 square meters. At the same time,this bronze bodied Avalokitesvara is also the heaviest indoor Avalokitesvara inChina. The whole body is made of 80 tons of bronze and gilded. There are 9999small Guanyin statues 33 cm high cast from the same furnace of copper water.
In the east of the main hall, there is a Suzhai hall called Xiangjikitchen. There are 180 dining places in the hall on the first floor, servingplain noodles, dim sum and vegetarian food. There are 12 boxes on the secondfloor. Each box can accommodate 8 to 10 people. You can order dishes, set mealsor drink at will. There are 48 guest rooms on the east side of Tianwang hall,which can solve the accommodation problem of tourists. On the west side ofTianwang hall, there is a law logistics office, in which there are various kindsof Kaiguang law objects for you to choose.
"Above there is heaven, suzhou and hangzhou below" of suzhou city is located in the southeast of jiangsu province in the Yangtze river delta plain, the east by Shanghai, south zhejiang, west, faces the taihu lake in the north of the Yangtze river.
Suzhou is China one of the first batch of 24 historical and cultural cities published, its history can be traced back to seven thousand years ago. In wuxian yanting town north 2 km, the southern bank of yangcheng lake sandals mountain excavated neolithic sites of ancient culture, found pottery, stone, bone, jade and other life, production and decoration supplies more than 1100. Especially important is also unearthed the earliest Chinese textile order (ge), suggests that in suzhou area is one of the cradles of Chinese textile.
Existing 69 classical gardens in suzhou, the nets garden, the humble administrator's garden, the garden and the mountain villa with embracing the most famous. Suzhou gardens to hide and not dew, for the place of retreat locations. Their mixture of Taoism and Buddhism, daoism hole, such as rock, water, flowers and trees, and building the basic elements of reengineering the epitome of nature, has the rich cultural connotations. Suzhou garden art fully represents the Chinese wisdom, of the high attainments in the comparison.
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hello everyone! What we are visiting now is the world famous net mastergarden. Wangshi garden is a typical representative of Jiangsu garden in China.Professor Chen Congzhou said in his article "famous gardens in China" that"Wangshi garden is a model of small garden respected by gardeners". The famousGerman horticulturist and connoisseur, Ms. Mariana bauchetti, who was awardedthe Grand Cross of the Federal Republic of Germany by the German government,pointed out in her book Chinese Garden: "I think Wangshi garden is the mostelegant and complete private garden in Suzhou.".
Wangshiyuan was built in the Song Dynasty. At that time, it cost 1.5million yuan (1000 copper coins) to build houses and gardens. Today, 800 yearslater, a Japanese tourist once offered a price of 1.2 billion US dollars to buythis garden. Seeing that the garden owner had no intention to discuss, herepeatedly said, "this is your national treasure! Priceless treasure Therefore,it is no accident that dianchunzhen of wangshiyuan is the first blueprint ofChinese classical garden works exported overseas. Su Dongpo said, "it's a pitynot to visit Huqiu in Suzhou." I would like to say, "it's a pity not to visitwangshiyuan in Suzhou gardens.".
My friend, maybe your heart has already entered the net division. Just amoment, please follow me to Chengqiao road in the southeast of Suzhou ancientcity, and turn into a very narrow Yangchang lane, kuojiatou lane, and walkeastward on the stone road. This twists and turns for 5 minutes to go to thedepth of the alley, only to see the master garden. This long lane is like astring of ellipsis in a lyric poem. It means that I don't care about the richand I don't care about the rich. It shows that the master despises wealth and iselegant. So, who is the master? Why is it named wangshiyuan?
Shi Zhengzhi (a Yangzhou native) was a minister in the central court duringthe Chunxi period of the Southern Song Dynasty (1174-1189). In the face of theinvading Jin soldiers, he was greedy for life and peace. He was exiled toSuzhou. In 1174, he asked someone to build a house called "wanjuan Hall" andbuilt a garden opposite the gate, which means boating on five lakes and callinghimself "Yuyin". This is the net master The predecessor of the garden.
During the 500 years from the Song Dynasty to the yuan, Ming and early QingDynasty, the owner of the garden changed again and again. In the middle of thereign of Emperor Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty (around 1785), song Zongyuan, theShaoqing of Guanglu temple, retired, bought the former site of wanjuan Hall andmade a new layout. Why did song Zongyuan name the garden wangshiguo? It is saidthat it is related to the fisherman Wang Si and his daughter. It is said thatsong Zongyuan got a son in his later years, which was named Shuangxi. Shuangxiwas smart and lively when he was young. Once, he went fishing in Zhantai andaccidentally fell into the lake. Wang Si and his daughter Guizhi rescued him andsent him home by boat. In order to repay Wang Si's father and daughter forsaving their son's life, song Zongyuan named the garden with the honorary nameof fisherman - "net master". Since then, wanjuan hall has been called net mastergarden. As a matter of fact, song Zongyuan compared himself to Fisherman andnamed the garden after it. On the one hand, he borrowed the original meaning of"Yuyin" in Shi Zhengzhi's garden, which meant to live in seclusion and regrethimself. On the other hand, because there was a lane beside the garden namedWang Si, which was homonymous.
Wangshi garden is located at No.11 kuojiatou lane. It faces south in thenorth. There is a screen wall in front of it. There is a horse ring between thewalls. There is a pagoda tree planted on the left and right. There is aneast-west Lane gate. There are two opposite gates on the east side. The gate istwo feet and five inches high. They are all painted in black. There are drumstones on both sides of the gate. On the top of the gate are lion rollingHydrangea ball, and on the top of the architrave is decorated with a valve. Inancient times, the left and right pillars outside the gate of the officialfamily were often used to post Gongzhuang, which was called "valve" on the leftand "Yue" on the right. After the Tang and Song Dynasties, official familiesspecially made two columns outside the gate, which were called Aconitum valvereading. This kind of decoration showed the prominent status of the gardenowner.
Wangshiyuan residence has three entrances, and its scale is not large. Theentrance hall first has to go through the threshold that can be installed orpulled out. Thinking about how busy the threshold was 800 years ago, the VIPcame, the servants pulled down the threshold busily, and the VIP left, and theninstalled it busily. The entrance hall, or sedan hall, was the place where sedanchairs were parked in the old days. After entering the hall, there are two longLai benches on the left and right, which can also be used as benches. This kindof stool, which is symmetrically displayed on both sides, gives a neat anddignified visual effect as soon as you enter the door. The sedan chair hall usedto be the place where the host of the guests dropped the sedan chair. Generallyspeaking, they can sit here to wait for tea, so the sedan chair hall is commonlyknown as the tea hall. In the middle of the hall is a plaque of "early arrivalin the morning", which was written by Zhang Xinjia, a famous modern calligrapherand painter in Suzhou. "Qingneng" is the feudal dynasty officials flaunt moralcharacter, in today's words is clean government, both ability and politicalintegrity; "zaoda" refers to the early developed meaning. On the east side ofthe hall, there is a sedan chair, which is made of mahogany and bamboo. Thereare many bat patterns on the sedan chair, symbolizing happiness. The front ofthe sedan hall is equipped with a partition door and brown paint. At the top ofthe hall, there is a brick family hall dedicated to the ancestral tablet. Thebrick carving has a history of 700 years. In the east of the hall, there is asecluded Lane leading to the inner hall, and in the west of the hall, there is abrick gate of "wangshixiaozhu", which leads to the main garden of mountains andwaters in the middle.
The hall is also called Jishan hall. In the middle of the hall, there is aplaque of "wanjuan hall" written by Wen Zhengming, one of the four great talentsof the Ming Dynasty. This silent language tells people that the master is worthyof scholarly status. He not only keeps wanjuan books at home, but also hangs onboth sides a couplet written by Zhang Xinjia, which reads "the rain of mountainsrises in the night, and the snow of valleys rises in the spring". The hall isfive rooms wide. It is the main place for the owner to entertain and receiveguests. If there are three generations in the same room, the central position isgrandfather and grandmother, the east side is parents, and the two sides arechildren; if there are visitors, according to the custom that the East isexpensive, the guest will sit in the East, and the host will sit in the West.There is a bronze drum in the middle for decoration. The East and west walls ofthe hall are decorated with marble landscape screens, and the hall is decoratedwith Ming style mahogany furniture. On the natural table are displayed theancient porcelain, arched stone and plug-in screen collected by the owner toshow the owner's cultural quality and interest. You see, the main hall hassquare beams and curved rafters, and the beams are carved with decorativepatterns of flowers. The front porch has long gooseneck rafters and 18 floorlong windows. The front of the hall is equipped with a row of 18 white painteddoors, which not only unifies the color of the wall, increases the lightness ofthe room, but also sets off the furniture and articles displayed in the hall,and the white background clerical couplet of the two columns in front of thehall has a more echo effect. In short, the whole hall has a broad plane, a tallfacade and a grand and solemn overall image. The layout of the hall stillmaintains a completely symmetrical pattern on the left and right, highlightingthe natural table, table, square table and chair in the center of the hall, andthe plaque, hall pair and couplet in the middle of the front also have thefinishing effect. In addition, the hanging of palace lanterns and murals in thespace, the hanging of marble inlaid strip screen, the square shape and theexquisite mahogany imitation furniture make the atmosphere of the hall betterMore serene, quiet and solemn.
The courtyard in front of the hall is symmetrical in East and West. Twomagnolias are planted, implying the wealth of Yutang. In spring, magnoliaflowers bloom in front of the hall, which means far-reaching. Magnolia, whichblooms in early spring, is also known as spring flower. It is the most famousand popular flower among the plants given to Europe by China.
Facing the south of the hall is an exquisitely carved brick gate building.The gate building was built during the reign of Emperor Qianlong. It is about 6meters high, 3.2 meters wide and 1 meter thick. The brick carvings on the gatebuilding are carved with chisels and planers on delicate green bricks by usingflat carving, relief carving, engraving and hollow carving techniques. Withvivid historical figures, birds, animals and flowers, it is worthy of the titleof "the first gate of Jiangnan". The gatehouse is full of creeper patterns. Thecreeper plants grow and spread continuously. People place its prosperous andlong-term auspicious meaning on it. In the middle of the gate is a stele. It isengraved with "zaoyao Gaoxiang". Algae is aquatic plants, algae Yao refers togorgeous literary style, high flying means flying high. On the left side is athree-dimensional picture of Guo Ziyi's shangshou opera. As you can see, GuoZiyi is sitting in the main hall with a beard and chest hanging. Eight civil andmilitary officials are standing in turn, some holding tributes, some holdingweapons, potted flowers in the hall, and a pair of stone lions in front of thedoor. Guo Ziyi lived eighty-four years. Her eight sons and seven sons-in-lawwere all officials of the imperial court, which can be described as greatvirtuous. Therefore, this brick carving of Guo Ziyi's longevity means "bothhappiness and longevity". On the left is a three-dimensional picture of KingWen's visit to sages. You see, Jiang Ziya has a long beard and a chest. He sitson the Weihe River in a solemn manner. King Wen of Zhou kneels down on one kneeto seek virtue, and ministers of culture and military support him. Some of themlead horses, and some of them hold weapons. This is the scene of King Wen ofZhou's visit to Jiang Ziya. King Wen is famous for his great virtues, and JiangZiya is famous for his great sages. Therefore, King Wen's visits to sages aremore complete than Yu's. The following is a bat pattern, with lion rolling balland flower patterns on both sides. There are three "Shou" characters in it,which symbolize the three stars of happiness, wealth and longevity. Happinessmeans five blessings, wealth means high official wealth, and longevity meanslong life.
Passing through the hall is the five room inner hall with compartments,commonly known as the women's hall. The big plaque under the beam frame is blackon a green background. It is called "Jiexiu building", which was written by YuYue, a famous scholar in the late Qing Dynasty. Pick is pick, pick meaning, pickshow is to take the meaning of beauty. In ancient times, the houses in Suzhouwere relatively low. Most of them had only one floor. Therefore, when you go toJiexiu building, you can have a panoramic view of the whole garden. Overlookingfrom afar, Tianping mountain, Lingyan mountain, the top of the mountain pagoda,Ruiguang tower and so on appear in front of the window. In the women's hall, inaddition to chairs, tea tables and other furniture, there is a set of exquisitemahogany round stool in the center, which makes the furnishings show a newscene. The bed with marble inlaid on the front and foot on the bottom has astrong flavor of family life. The hall is exquisitely decorated, with floorcovers hanging and windows carved with flowers, birds and insects. There are twoosmanthus plants in the courtyard in front of the building, one is goldenosmanthus in the East, and the other is silver osmanthus in the West. It has adelicate fragrance in autumn and is known as jiulixiang. Golden osmanthus isgolden and silver osmanthus is white. According to ancient myths and legends,there are jade osmanthus trees in the Moon Palace. In ancient China, the numberone scholar in the examination was known as the toad palace. Sweet scentedosmanthus is fragrant, elegant and noble. It has its own name of Xianyou andXianke. Sweet scented osmanthus can be described as "the fragrance is not equalto the fragrance, and no flower in the world dares to fight for fragrance.". Thewomen's hall was built in the Guangxu period of the late Qing Dynasty (1896). Ithas a small volume and a low building. It is the living place of the owner ofthe garden. It connects with a small garden at the back. It is a more reserved,comfortable and comfortable living environment. The furnishings here are full ofthe characteristics of the old women's activities.
On the north side of the courtyard, there is a small pavilion, namedtiyunshi. On the west wall in front of the tiyunshi courtyard, there is a peakcave rockery made of Lake stones. There is a zigzag climbing road leading to thelibrary. Here we borrow the ladder cloud to get the meaning of the moon. Thisroom is a two-story building, which used to be the inner room of thekindergarten owner's children. There are six floor to floor flower windows inthe north and south of the pavilion. The flower window skirt board is engravedwith flowers, landscapes and landscape patterns. Among them, there is a floor tofloor flying hood, which is carved with double-sided magpie and plum pictures.It is vivid and exquisitely made. The magpie is the auspicious bird of primrose,the magpie calls, the happy event arrives, the metaphor happy event, the plumblossom is the Primrose Flower, the plum blossom and the happy event areconnected together, indicates the joy to the eyebrow (plum) tip. Spring plum,crabapple, pomegranate, Chimonanthus praecox, green bamboo, black pine, crapemyrtle and other ornamental flowers and trees are planted in the courtyard. Theheight is scattered and the four seasons are pleasant. In particular, thegraceful bird does not stay at home. It is evergreen all the year round. Itssmall flowers and fruits are dazzling and thought-provoking. If you look at theshop floor, there are patterns of lotus and fish net. One is to make up for thelack of water in the East. The other is to point to the master's garden. Thereare also patterns of bats and cranes. Bats are homophonic with happiness, sobats express happiness. What we see now is the form of flying bats and cloudstogether, which shows that people pray for happiness and fall from the sky likebats Good wishes. As the old saying goes, the crane is not old pine, so thecrane is always young and long-lived.
Now we have finished visiting the residential area of wangshiyuan. As weall know, housing is an integral part of the garden. In the feudal society ofChina, its pattern was restricted by the Confucian "three cardinal guides andfive constant principles". It was mainly symmetrical in the middle axis,highlighting the position of respect and putting the position of respect in thecentral position. The inferior and subordinate people were listed on both sidesor behind. isn't it? You see, the front and back three entrance hall of Tongshigarden is the sedan hall, which used to be the place for the owner and guests toget off the sedan chair; the second entrance hall is the hall, which can arriveearly in the morning, faces the South and is in the middle, and has a highelevation. It is the main place for the former owner to have festive banquets,discuss family affairs and receive guests; the third entrance hall is the innerhall, which used to be the gathering place for the family members. The backcourtyard of the women's hall is a terrace room, which is located on theextension line of the north-south axis, and occupies the lowest position in thenorth. It is the inner room of the master's children. The main part of the houseand garden is balanced and regular. The three entrance open hall and the backcourtyard are on the same central axis in turn. They are symmetrical andcoordinated, emphasizing the hierarchy and the superiority and inferiority, andthe mean and peace. This symmetrical and orderly layout gives people a balanced,even, neat vision, and ultimately a harmonious aesthetic feeling. I wonder ifyou have noticed that there is always a patio between the halls. Why raise?First, it is convenient for daylighting. In ancient times, there was noelectricity. In rainy days, it was dark indoors. Second, it is convenient fordrainage. There are several gullies in the patio. Therefore, no matter how heavythe rain is, it is not easy to accumulate water. Third, it is conducive to thepeople in the hall to breathe fresh air and the aroma is strong. Suzhouresidence has high roof ridge, large entrance depth, thin wall, deep eaves andsimple and elegant appearance. White walls, grey tiles and black, brown, darkgreen and other colored wood frame work together and are reflected in the greenwater, forming a bright style of Jiangnan Water Town style painting.
Looking to the West from the small gate on the west side of the courtyardbehind Jiexiu building, I feel that the courtyard is a little deep. As you movetowards the west, you will see an independent courtyard. This is the former siteof wanjuan Hall of Shi Zhengzhi, the master of the Southern Song Dynasty. It hasfive rooms in width. The library used to be the master's book collection andreading room, and the reading and painting building is on the upper floor. Therelative courtyard of the library is wider in the east-west direction. In frontof it is the north wall of Jiexiu building. The gardener used the high wall asthe powder, and stacked a peculiar shape of Lake rock rockery, which isprecipitous and beautiful. Li Bai, a great poet of the Tang Dynasty, wrote: "thefive old peaks in the southeast of Lushan Mountain, the golden prize is cut bythe blue sky". The owner borrowed the "five peaks" to Title The book house.Visitors see the mountain as the afterblood of Yungang, giving people abeautiful Association. The interior of Wufeng library is spacious and bright,with only a low wall in the South and large windows in the upper part. One is toincrease indoor lighting, and the other is to better appreciate Fengshi. Thereis a tall magnolia tree beside the rockery in front of the court. It has flowersall over the court in spring. What is particularly precious is that there isalso a top-quality camellia tree in the flower bed, which is called "ThirteenTaibao". When this camellia tree is in full bloom, it blooms 13 different colorsof flowers, including red, pink and white, which is unique in Suzhou gardens.Wufeng library is a relatively independent courtyard. It is behind Jiexiubuilding, but it is not on the same central axis, but slightly to the northwest,which is quite particular. It connects the buildings in the north of Caixia poolwith the eastern residential area in a transitional way. Wufeng library is atwo-story building, with a corridor in front of the house, a half Pavilion inthe East, and a pole outside the bamboo in the West. The two portals are verysmall. One is to make people feel unique, and the other is to maintain theoverall closeness of the east courtyard and the West pole outside the bamboo, soas not to cause "air leakage" in these two scenic spots.
Next to the west of Wufeng library is the three Bay hall, named jixuzhai.This is the place where the master of the garden studies to cultivate his mind.Jixu is full of Taoist thoughts. "Jixu" comes from Zhuangzi. The world of theworld: "only those who have knowledge of Jixu can have Xinzhai." Xu "refers tothe clear and clear state in the heart," Xinzhai "is the place to nourish theheart. That is to say, he must unify his mind and mind, get rid of distractions,and listen attentively to the outside world, even with "Qi". Zhuangzi used it topreach his nihility and obedience philosophy. Here, the owner of the garden usedit to flaunt his high and pure character, which has nothing to do with theworld. It shows the artistic conception of yearning for the seclusion offishermen and woodcutters. The interior furnishings of jixuzhai are elegant. Thecalligraphy and painting Manying with the theme of bamboo echoes with a poleoutside the bamboo. Standing in the middle of the courtyard, you can cover apole outside the bamboo with a moon cave door. There is a three-dimensionalpicture of Yungang with a circle outside and a square inside. There is abuilding on the top of it. You can see the scenery in the garden. No wondernearly 10 negotiations between China and Singapore in Suzhou Industrial Parkfrom April 15, 1992 to February 21, 1994 were held in the upstairs of missjixuzhai, wangshiyuan. Lee Kuan Yew and his wife have been here twice. Onewriter wrote: Net master Garden