The only garden built in China, the name of retreating, has been promoted to the World Cultural Heritage

"Jiangnan Garden A World, Suzhou Garden Armor Jiangnan." When traveling to Suzhou, you must not miss the gardens here, especially those representative famous gardens, such as the Tongli Ancient Town, one of the top ten historical and cultural towns in China, build water Siyuan is a must -visit spot that is not missed.

There are parades, Suzhou Hangzhou, Suzhou has always been a rich place in Jiangnan, and it is also a paradise for people's longing. The environment here is beautiful. Most of them are the residences of the officials and nobles. It is different from the spirit and magnificent style of the Royal Garden in the north, and it is also different from the delicateness and beauty of Lingnan gardens. Instead, it contains the most advanced aesthetics of the Chinese, simple, elegant, delicate and beautiful. Generally, poetry and painting comes from the face.

A city of Suzhou, half of the garden history! There are many gardens in Suzhou, but they can be rated at the same time the national key cultural relics protection units and the world cultural heritage (only 9 gardens are included in the world cultural heritage). Siyuan is one of them.

Returning to Sisi Garden was built in the 11th year of Guangxu in the Qing Dynasty, with a history of more than 130 years. It follows the characteristics of Suzhou gardens stacked vulgar water, layout, and pursuing poetry and painting. Centered on the pool, the garden is built on the water, forming the effect of garden landscape floating in the water. It is unique and can be called a Chinese garden.

Tongli is an ancient town with a long history and a person. Since the Song Dynasty, one champion, 45 jinshi, and 90 Wenwu people have been out here. It was the former residence of Ren Lan Sheng according to the Qing Dynasty.

Between the 11th and thirteen years of the Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty, the designer was the famous painter and gardener Yuan Long at the time. Incorporating into the garden fully gathered the most advanced design concept at the time and the hard -working and wisdom of capable craftsmen.

At that time, the owner of the retirement of Ren Lan Sheng, the official to Fengying Liushi Bing, was in a duty when he was the main administration of Anhui, and was loved by the local people. When the career was smooth, the political opponents reported that Ren Lan Sheng carried his corruption and bribery. After the crime, the Empress Dowager Cixi was furious after hearing about it, and asked Ren Lan Sheng to ask the teacher in person.

At this time, Ren Lan Sheng's official friends Zong Tang and Peng Yulin came up with an idea for him. When he asked him to talk to him in the Empress Dowager Cixi, he only talked about eight words "I think about loyalty, I thought about it", and Ren Lan Shengjue was very reasonable. Default on crimes. Later, when Ren Lan Sheng faced Cixi's scolding, he only used "yes" to respond. Looking at Ren Lan Sheng's attitude, Cixi's anger slowly calmed down. Finally, he asked Ren Langsheng. What do you think of? Thinking back. "In just eight words, Ren Lan Sheng's life was preserved. The eight words quoted from "Zuo Zhuan" later became the name of his job to build this garden -retreat to show his determination to reflect on saving himself.

The area of ​​retreating garden is not large, covering less than ten acres, the layout is small and exquisite, and the architecture strives to be exquisite. Many gardens are vertically structured (the three -entrance and five entrances are often vertical), but the retreat garden has a horizontal layout with a horizontal layout. From west to east, it is composed of four groups of different styles of building complexes. In a limited space, there are many pavilions in pavilions. Each building can not only become alone, but also echo other landscapes. It can be called a classic in Jiangnan classical gardens.

There are many interesting buildings in retreating garden, such as the Range Rover Pavilion, which is an irregular pentagonal attic. The design is adapted to local conditions. The building shape is like a boat, but there is no head and no tail. It is entrusted by the lake and stone, and the blue waves are half -soaked. The characteristics of the Jiangnan water village are cleverly moved into the garden; Listening to the rain. It is particularly worth mentioning that there is a large mirror in Xuanbu, which was brought back from Germany for the second owner of retirement. After a hundred years, it is still clear and well -preserved. It is rare.

As a world cultural heritage, whether from the art of landscaping to architectural sketches, or from poetry couplet to arts and crafts, its conception is ingenious, the production is gorgeous, the taste is elegant, and the richness of algae is impressive. Although it was not big, Yu Fan entered three times, and he also took off twice, and he still lingered back. It was really a great cultural and artistic treasure.

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