Jiangnan Water Town, known as "paradise", is integrated with water, showing the beauty of nature and humanities everywhere. Zhao Garden and Zeng Garden, as two famous classical gardens in Changshu City, have naturally become important representatives of Jiangnan classical gardens. These two gardens have a long history, a long history, and the same location, which makes them even more unique. This article will introduce Zhao Yuan Zeng Garden in detail, in order to let readers have a deeper understanding of the charm of Jiangnan Garden.
Zhao Garden, located in front of Weng Fu in the southwest corner of Changshu City, is adjacent to Zeng Garden. Zhao Garden does not cover a large area, but it wins with its water features and is a strange flower in the classical gardens of Jiangnan. According to historical records, Zhao Garden was originally the former site of the "Xiaojian River" of Qian Dai during the Wanli Dynasty of the Ming Dynasty, and was divided into two gardens to Qianjia in the Qing Dynasty, namely Zhao Garden and Zeng Garden. In the garden, there are three cypress trees, towering branches and inlaid stones, which are relics of Qian Dai's "small rim river", so they are particularly precious. In addition, there are many scenic spots in the Zhao Garden that take the water as the scenery, such as the cloister built around the pond, Pinggang, etc., which are well arranged and jagged, all of which show the ingenuity of the garden design.
The key to garden design is how to combine the natural environment and the artificial landscape to make it complement each other. Zhao Yuan is a good example. The garden designer cleverly introduced the living water outside the garden into the pond in the garden, and cooperated with the cloister and Pinggang, borrowing Yushan Mountain as a borrowing scenery, and the mountain color into the garden, so that it could be tilted. Walking on the cloister, looking at the distant mountains and waters, the heart is pleasant, as if you are in a painting. At the same time, the corridors around the garden are leaking windows, which can not only prevent excessive sunlight, but also make the outside of the garden clearly visible. Although the attractions in the park are not rich, each attraction is extremely well arranged and impressive.
Zeng Garden, adjacent to Zhao Garden, covers an area of about 20 acres and is one of the classical gardens in Jiangnan. Zeng Garden is famous for its clear water, beautiful mountains, exquisite architecture and garden art. Zeng Guofan, a famous politician, military strategist and literary figure of the Qing Dynasty, fused his understanding of literature, art and natural beauty to create a garden where culture and nature blended.
The design of Zeng Garden cleverly uses water features, rockeries, architecture, flowers and trees and other elements to present the characteristics of the trinity of landscape, garden and architecture. The buildings in the park are mostly in the Ming and Qing dynasty styles, such as curved bridges, pavilions, halls, etc., among which Yunquan Book House is the most famous, which displays Zeng Guofan's works and cultural relics, becoming a place for tourists to taste culture.
In addition to architecture, the garden art in Zeng Garden is also one of its characteristics. There are many kinds of flowers and trees in the garden, the trees are verdant, the lawn is flat, and the scenery is very pleasant. Especially the water features in the garden, the gurgling water in the garden, the small bridge flowing water, lotus flowers and koi in the water, add a fresh and natural atmosphere to the garden.
As one of the classical gardens in Jiangnan, Zeng Garden has undergone a hundred years of vicissitudes and has been repaired and rebuilt many times, but its cultural and natural characteristics have always been preserved, attracting many tourists to visit and taste culture.