Gangnam, why Gangnam?
What is Gangnam?
It is
"A river of spring water shines brightly, people on both sides of the strait draw eaves"
(Yuan Chang Yanghao, "Water Fairy, Yong Jiangnan")
(Wuzhen, Jiaxing, Zhejiang, the river flowing through the ancient town is as green as blue, and the flying rainbow spans it, which is a typical scene of small bridges and flowing water, photographer @ Jiangnan Jun)
It is
"There are no cars and horses in the realm of mercy, and there are mountains and forests in the city"
(Ming Bun Zhengming, "Humble Administrator's Garden Picture Yong Wakashudo")
(West Lake Willow Wave Warbler, photographer @ Jiang Nanjun)
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It has been for thousands of years
Synonymous with "flowers and willows prosperous, gentle and rich township"
so
This spiritual home makes us so haunted
How exactly is it shaped?
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Hand of the gods
Gangnam
Named after the water
The water in Jiangnan is known to the whole world
The Yangtze River flows into the sea here
Taihu Lake is a thousand blue acres
(Please view horizontally, Suzhou Taihu Lake, photographer @ Han Yang)
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The Qiantang River is surging
(Qiantang River and River Bridge in the torrent, photographer @ Xiao Yisan)
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Gangnam, also has "mountain"
The clouds of the Purple Mountain transpired
(Purple Mountain aka "Zhongshan", photographer @ Fang Fei)
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Tianmu Mountain is graceful
(Sunrise and snow scene of Qingliang Peak of Tianmu Mountain, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, image source @ Visual China)
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Tiger Hill Mountain towers over the clouds
(Two columns of fiery yellow ginkgo like the loyal guards of Yunyan Pagoda, photographer @ vitamins)
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Compare to the mountains thousands of meters in western China
They can only be called hilly
But it fits the temperament of this land very well
Gentle and firm
Two great rivers
A big lake
Shape the basic appearance of this land
Thousands of capillary-like channels
Deeply delineate the texture of Jiangnan water town
(Overlooking Shaoxing Anchang Ancient Town from the air, houses are distributed along the river, mottled Dewa silently tells the traces of time, photographer @ Jiangnan Jun)
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Water gives the people along the coast the world
Nurtured their discerning taste buds
"It's not good for Yangcheng Lake crabs, why live in Suzhou in life"
The meat is plump and smooth
Its variety of flavors is enough to stand out from crabs
(Yangcheng Lake hairy crab, image source @ Visual China)
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The water also drenches the voices of the locals
As soon as he spoke, he was soft and tactful
(A Kunqu opera actor performing in Wuxi Rhododendron Garden, photographer @ Lu Jiamin)
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Flowing water is invisible
The land that is dotted with it
It gets muddier
Agricultural production is not possible and food production is very limited
But the wise and hardworking ancestors tenaciously fought for land with water
They erected bamboo and wood fences
Allowing water from the mudflats to seep into the river
After that, longitudinal strips were excavated
It is connected by a horizontal pond
Between vertical and horizontal
The polders are like a chessboard
(In 2016, Huzhou Taihu Port was selected as the third batch of "World Irrigation Engineering Heritage", the picture below is an aerial photo of Sanji Fish Pond on Dongshan Island, Suzhou, photographer @ Liu Jianwei)
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Rice, sericulture cultivation and fisheries can be carried out simultaneously
The prototype of the circular economy in ancient China has emerged
Productivity is fully unleashed
Gangnam
It is about to take center stage of history
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Humanistic highlands
Earth spirits, and therefore human masters
Over here
Attach importance to the integration of education into regional culture
Taking the exam becomes a spectacle
(Jiangnan Gongyuan is the largest and most influential imperial examination center in Chinese history, the picture shows Jiangnan Gongyuan Ming Yuan Building, photographer @ Liming)
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Reading books is seen as life
(Tianyi Pavilion is located in Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province, originally the right attendant of the Ming Army, Fan Qin's book collection, is the oldest existing private library building in mainland China, the picture below is the founder of Tianyi Pavilion Fan Qin seated portrait, photographer @ Brother Qi)
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Generations of people came out of Jiangnan
A cry of concern for the world
"First the world is worried and worried, and the world is happy and happy"
Whether you are in a temple or a river
That one
Care about the future of the country
Take care of the fate of the people
It hasn't changed
(The above is from Fan Zhongyan's famous work "Yueyang Lou Ji", although he did not visit Yueyang Lou in person, but he depicted the scenery of Dongting Pavilion vividly, the picture below is Dongting Lake and Yueyang Lou, photographer @ Lv Bank)
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For thousands of years
The context has not been broken
The wind bone always continues
Generations of men are full of hearts
From the Jiangnan village sage to the spiritual banner
(Gu Yanwu, a native of Kunshan, whose famous quote was condensed into "the world rises and falls, and the husband has the responsibility", he himself has also become the spiritual symbol of Chinese civilization, the picture below is the sculpture of Gu Yanwu in Kunshan Tinglin Park, image source @ Visual China)
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This is the background color of Jiangnan
Soft but not weak
Jiangnan humanities flourish
Among them, there are also handsome figures from other villages
Su shi
is one of them
The literati are only his least humane identity
Perhaps he prefers to be called a living home
Su Shi's meeting with Jiangnan
It can be described as mutual achievement
(Sudi Snow Scene, photographer @ Jiang Nanjun)
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The Jiangnan Canal and the East Zhejiang Canal run through the Jiangda Sea
(Qingmingqiao Historical and Cultural District is the most wonderful part of the Wuxi section of the Jiangnan Canal, with bright lights and colorful lights at night, photographer @ Wu Weiwei)
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The economy is buoyant and the tide is surging
The literati of Jiangnan have become more shining cultural symbols
The four Wumen families are dazzling
The "Eight Monsters of Yangzhou" relayed the scene
(Zheng Xie's "Bamboo Stone Diagram", image source @ Visual China)
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Over here
Business and culture are not exclusive
Article paintings can enter the homes of ordinary people
Professional literati were able to make ends meet by buying and selling
The taste of the literati guides the aesthetic orientation of society
Ya culture also became part of secular culture
(Bai Juyi dredged the Shantang River when he was the assassin of Suzhou, and since then Shantang Street, which connects Quemen and Tiger Hill, has become a prosperous place in Suzhou, photographer @ Liming)
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Nourished by water, Gangnam is as inclusive as water
Drinking tea and chatting is life
(Art Garden Tea Room, photographer @ Thomas Fang)
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Singing and dancing is life
(The picture below was taken in Luzhi Ancient Town, the costumes worn by the women in the picture are very distinctive, photographer @ Luo Kanglin)
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Rocking a boat is also life
(The two boats in the lower right corner of the picture make the picture full of life, but it does not disturb the quiet atmosphere of the water town, photographer @ Yang Youli)
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Gangnam
It is a true Jiangnan that everyone can adapt to
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Reinventing landscapes
The landscape nurtured the Jiangnan people
Gangnam people are also in a long-term life
Transforming this magical land
The greatest creation is
gardens
(Corner of Humble Administrator's Garden, photographer @ Thomas Fang)
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The gardens in Gangnam are outgoing
It is wide
It's a world of its own
(Please view horizontally, Sui Luwang Su Causeway, photographer @ Zhu Yingjing)
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The gardens in Gangnam are also introverted
Inside high walls
It's the world of square circles
(Aerial photo of Humble Administrator's Garden, photographer @ Liu Jianwei)
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Excavation and gardening
The low ones form a pool, and the high ones form a mountain
Between pitches, the view is magnificent
(In Yangzhou garden, bamboo shoots, Taihu stones, Huangshi, and Xuanshi are stacked into four-season rockeries, which is an isolated case in China, the picture below is a summer rockery, photographer @ Yang Hu)
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Through the door
Ji Ziyan red all over
(Please view horizontally, Wuxi Huishan Rhododendron Garden Drunken Red Slope, photographer @ Big Fatty)
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Through the window
There is no other hole
(Green bamboo is vibrant outside the octagonal window of the Lingering Garden, photographer @ Thomas Fang)
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Walk in the garden
Probably the busiest organ is the eyes
After all, this is one place
Doors are windows
(Suzhou Art Garden's "Bath Gull" Moon Cave Gate, "Qinlu" Moon Cave Gate can be seen from inside the door, photographer @ Zhou Bodian)
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The eaves are picture frames
(Humble Administrator's Garden Red Maple, photographer @ Thomas Fang)
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Outside the window is poetic
Eden Garden
(Suzhou Museum Lamei, reminiscent of the famous phrase "dark fragrance floating moon dusk", photographer @ Gao Xiang)
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It satisfies to the maximum
The need for poetic dwelling by literati
For them
A garden is a home
Reading, incense
(Incense is one of the daily life of Jiangnan literati, the Song Dynasty incense burner pursues retro shape, the number of imitation bronze ware is large, photographer @ Zhang Yan, cartography @ Zhang Xiong / Planet Research Institute)
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Drink tea and arrange flowers
Even the study room is full of Jiangnan atmosphere
(Inkstone, one of the stationery utensils, used to store water for grinding ink, photographer @ Su Lihuan, cartography @ Zhang Xiong / Planet Research Institute)
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It gave architects the most outstanding design inspiration
Garden temperament of the 21st century
It is the same as thousands of years ago
(Suzhou Museum, photographer @ vitamins)
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Be in the streets but not cramped
Being in a busy city is still a paradise
In the garden
Take a leisurely walk and sit with whom
Only "bright moon clear breeze me"
(Song Sushi, "Dotted Lips, Idle Bed")
(Reflection of the Green Ripple Pavilion in Humble Administrator's Garden, photographer @ Thomas Fang)
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End
Right now
Let's go back to the beginning of the article
How exactly was Gangnam shaped?
It is a creation of the gods
(Please view horizontally, Dongqian Lake, Ningbo, Zhejiang, how many buildings are in the smoke and rain, photographer @ Li Qiong)
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It is romance on earth
(Unification Jiayuan Yuan Lang Xue, photographer @ Big Fatty)
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It is "the scenery is not the same as the four times"
(Hangzhou West Lake Quyuan wind lotus golden light piercing hole, photographer @ Jiang Nanjun)
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It is "Dark Incense UFO Song Linjiang"
(Hangzhou Xixi Wetland Qushui Tanmei, photographer @ Lv Jiechen)
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Jiangnan, why is it desirable?
In the opinion of the Planet Institute
It's both rigid and soft
It encourages people to work hard and create new lives
It is a model for human stewardship of nature
Learn from nature and integrate into nature
Maybe the presence of Gangnam
Just to tell us
There is a fresh breeze in your arms
Why hide in the mountains
(Hongcun in the early morning is quiet and picturesque, photographer @ He Hongcheng)
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And this is C&D real estate
A philosophy that has always been upheld
Established for more than 40 years
They are committed to becoming
"New Chinese Life Maker"
For them
Modern materials and craftsmanship
It doesn't stop them from looking
The essence of ancient Chinese architectural culture
(Please view horizontally, Chengdu C&D Tianfu Yangyun Project architectural drawing, image source @C&D Real Estate)
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Jiangnan Garden is one of their sources of inspiration
Typical elements such as pavilions, corridors, bridges, stones, etc
All adopted
In the cement forest
Create a dreamlike poetic wonderland
It also conveys the way of harmonious coexistence between man and nature
(Please view horizontally, Hangzhou Jianfa Manyun project architectural drawing, image source @ C&D Real Estate)
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C&D Real Estate|Chengdu
Always adhere to the Chinese aesthetic tradition
Respect local culture and innovate cultural heritage
Successively built
【C&D Yangxi】【C&D & Yang】
【C&D ・Tianfu Yangyun】
and many other new Chinese projects
now
The upcoming Manyun project
Jointly built by C&D Real Estate and China Resources Land
Inheriting the Suhang gene, the first to enter Chengdu
Bring cultural harmony between Jiangnan and Sichuan and Shu
It doesn't just last
The new Chinese craftsmanship spirit of C&D Real Estate
More focus on integrating life aesthetics into the living experience
(Please view horizontally, Hangzhou Jianfa Manyun project architectural drawing, image source @ C&D Real Estate)
Over here
The moon illuminates the moon
The wind blew the wind
You are the cloud that floats gently in the air
Cozy and relaxed
- Creative Team -
Written by | Yamajia
Image | Zhang Zhaohai
Design | Zhang Xiong
Review | Yelu Gong Zekai
Cover photographer | Pan Jincao
This article is provided by
Chengdu Manyun & Planet Research Institute
Co-produced
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