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"Open up the wilderness in the south, and return to the garden." The square house is more than ten acres, and the grass house is eight or nine. The eaves of the elm willow shade, in front of the tao li luo hall. ”
——Tao Yuanming of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, "Returning to the Garden and Rural Residence"
The elm tree in the garden plant is harmonized with the "Yu" character in traditional Chinese culture, which is "more than every year", and then it is also given an auspicious and beautiful meaning. Its fruit is shaped like a copper coin, commonly known as elm money, representing people's expectations of a prosperous life.
Li Yu of the Qing Dynasty said in "Idle Love and Occasional Mail": The tree can be the shade, and the non-locust is the elm. "Poetry" Cloud: "To me, Xia Wu Canal." These two trees can be called "summer houses" and are planted next to the house, no different from Kentang Ken.
Elm trees are adaptable and easy to plant, and are common indigenous tree species in northern gardens. Tall and tall, full of life, in the summer, it will be like a huge natural green umbrella, stretching out to shield the living beings under the trees from the rain. Therefore, the ancient literati lived in the garden and often planted elm trees in the garden. In "Returning to the Garden and Rural Residence", Tao Yuanming planted an elm tree behind his house to shade it.
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There are many ancient elm trees in Beijing Gongwangfu, among which there are elms on the edge of the bat pond, and every spring and summer, the elm money falls into the water like raindrops, and the greenery is vivid and beautiful.
A ride in the mountains, a ride in the water,
Walking towards Yuguan, a thousand tent lights in the middle of the night.
The wind is more, the snow is more,
The dream of shattering the hometown is not successful, and there is no such sound in the old garden.
- Qing Naranjand, "Sauvignon Blanc"
In addition, there is a small city wall in the garden of Prince Gong's mansion, and the two words "Yuguan" are inscribed on the top of the door opening. Yuguan is the old name of Shanhaiguan. During the Qin and Han dynasties, in order to resist the invasion of the Xiongnu, elm trees were often planted in large quantities at border passes, which resembled a border plug, and then many place names had elm characters in them, which were related to elm trees. Therefore, the elm tree also pins on the owner's longing for the homeland.
In the Chinese Garden Museum, there are also elm trees. This is the fruiting period.
In addition to the outdoor exhibition area, there are also elm trees in the indoor exhibition garden. The Garden Museum Yuyin Mountain House is built to imitate the Yuyin Mountain House in Panyu, Guangzhou, and in front of the main hall of the Deep Willow Hall, the two sides are planted with hammers and elms, expressing the meaning of the owner of the garden, Wu Bin, inheriting the ancestor Fuyin, which is the same as the original purpose of the naming of the Yuyin Mountain House. In the spring and summer, the elm is full of greenery, protruding out of the surface of the square pond, and there are occasional swimming fish passing by in the water, which is interesting.
The door link in the park, "three bows of red rain feet in the land, green clouds in the corner of the shade of the sky", not only points out the title "Yu Yin", but also shows the characteristics of the thick shade of lingnan gardens.