The early morning sunlight filtered through the windows of the Orchid Snow Hall in the Humble Administrator's Garden, casting the shadow of the ice crack in the lattice on the white wall, and winter had come.
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Ice cracks are patterns that mimic ice cracks in nature, or are straight or triangular, and extend regularly. Ice is a symbol of the pursuit of personality perfection by scholars, and the so-called "Huai Bing Holding Yu" symbolizes the purity and immaculate character of the person. Tang Yaochong's "Curling Sequence" said: "Curlers, clean to the extreme, gentlemen to it, show not to forget the Qingye." The hole is flawless, the emptiness is clear, and the official understands that there is a class? Therefore, the inner ice is clear, the outer connotation is jade, and the virtue of this gentleman's curling is also". Tang Wang Changling used "a piece of ice heart in a jade pot" to prove the purity of his personality and the innocence of his people.
Lan Xue Tang is the main hall of the eastern part of the Humble Administrator's Garden, and this hall is the first view of the garden. The name of the hall is taken from the poetry of Li Bai's "independent heaven and earth, the breeze sprinkles lanxue". The hall sits north and faces south, and there is a partition of the nave to distinguish the front and back. The front is an artistic lacquer sculpture "Panorama of the Humble Administrator's Garden", and on the north side is a huge bamboo map. In addition to the furniture such as flowers and piano tables, there are also four marble screens in the hall, showing the solemnity and elegance of the main hall of the Jiangnan Literati Garden.
A forward to complete today's punch card.