<h1>"In search of tranquility in the hustle and bustle, punch in the second of nanjing's ten niche tourist attractions"</h1>
Jiangnan Jialidi, Jinling Imperial Prefecture. As the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties, Nanjing has never lacked tourist attractions with rich cultural heritage. @ 6:30 Pictorial "Looking for Tranquility in the Hustle and Bustle, Punching in Nanjing's Ten Niche Tourist Attractions" Series No. 2, today let's walk into one of Nanjing's largest private gardens - Yu Garden.
Yuyuan Garden, also known as Hujia Garden, is a famous private garden garden in Nanjing in the late Qing Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty. Tracing the history of Yuyuan Garden, the earliest is the residence of Xu Li, a descendant of Xu Da, the founding hero of the Ming Dynasty, after which the owner of the garden changed owners several times, and finally was bought by Hu Enxie, the prefect of Suzhou at the end of the Qing Dynasty, in 1876 to support his elderly mother. The garden was named "Yu Yuan", which means "to be ignorant of yuya in the name of a fool, to enjoy the landscape and water." ”
Speaking of Hu Enxie, he is not just a prefect. Hu's ancestors lived in She County, Huizhou, and later, Hu Enxie's father moved to Jinling to run the imperial palace brocade tribute. As one of the six children, Hu Enxie was admitted to the National History Museum in his early years to serve, but later resigned and returned to Suzhou because his father was seriously ill.
In March 1853, the Taiping Army conquered Nanjing, during which Hu Enxie recruited troops and risked his life to enter and leave Tianjing thirty-six times. Chinese New Year's Eve night of this year, Hu Enxie braved the snow to advance and led a counterattack on Nanjing overnight.
After that, he was ordered to fight the Shen Ce Men and win a great victory over the Water Army of the Taiping Army in the Water Battle outside Guanwai, and as a Qing army officer who was not in the formation, his performance was outstanding, so it was recited as a good story.
Later, Hu Enxie served in Yangzhou as the deputy of the General Office of the Kong Jiahan Bureau (i.e., the Tax Bureau), collecting military salaries for the Qing army. In 1865, Hu Enxie had a chance to go to Beijing to accept an inspection by the officials, and when he encountered an old mother's illness, as a filial son, he once again gave up this opportunity without hesitation and took his mother to Nanjing for adoption.
In 1881, when Hu Enxie was 57 years old, he accepted the commission of Zuo Zongtang to establish the Xuzhou Liguoyi Coal and Iron Mine. He personally "supervised the construction of houses, the purchase of machinery, and the dedication of his efforts."
Yuyuan covers an area of about 33,600 square meters and consists of two parts: the inner garden and the outer garden. The outer garden is dominated by hills and YuHu Lake, and the inner garden is dominated by rockeries, halls and other buildings. The water and stones in the park are quiet, the bamboo trees are beautiful, the painting corridor is beautiful, and the jiangnan flavor is strong. A variety of plant communities are colorful in shape, competing in the park, reflecting each other, it can really be said that the garden is full of emerald green, looking at the flowers and grasses, wandering in it, you can enjoy the many beautiful scenery of Jiangnan Gardens.
At that time, the construction of the Yuyuan Garden attracted the attention of all walks of life, including Li Hongzhang, Zuo Zongtang, Zeng Guoquan, and Liu Mingchuan, the important ministers of the late Qing Dynasty; more than 400 people, including cultural celebrities Chen Zuolin, Feng Xu, Miao Quansun, and Chen Sanli, and even the provisional president Sun Yat-sen personally visited.
Sun Yat-sen (front row, center) also visited the "Hu Family Garden".
The exquisitely carved scenery and objects in the Yu Garden, whether it is small freshness or great literature and art, are all exquisite models. Let everyone who enters the park not have to travel far, but also throw away their troubles and find their love for life.
Hu Enxie created a total of thirty-six scenes in the park, which made Yuyuan the most famous private garden in Jinling in the late Qing Dynasty. In the Yu Garden, there is not only the Mingze Hall of the late Qing Dynasty's important ministers Li Hongzhang, Zeng Guoquan and other literati and celebrities, but also the Chunhui Hall to repay the grace of nurturing for the mother.
There is also a rockery in the inner garden known for its exquisite mountain stones and the rock-like shape of a lion, and the area of Yu Lake in the park is about 6,000 square meters, which is the largest among the private gardens in Nanjing, and has the reputation of "Jinling Lion Forest".
During the war years, the Yuyuan Garden was repeatedly invaded and destroyed, and after that, the Life of the Hu family was almost in a desperate situation. After the decline of Yuyuan, some cultural relics of Yuyuan were also scattered among the people. Until 2011, when the government planned to rebuild Yuyuan garden and reopen it to the public in 2016, hu descendants handed over stone pots, stone tables, bonsai rockeries and other objects that accompanied the family for more than 30 years to the construction party and placed them in the courtyard on the west side of the back hall.
In addition, the two Qing Dynasty celebrity inscriptions that have been displaced have also returned to the Yuyuan Garden, one of which is the "bamboo carving stone" of the great Qing Dynasty painter Zheng Banqiao, and the other is the "Youlan Huaixin" inscription of the Qing Dynasty calligrapher Deng Shiru. In the cycle of time, only these stone stele stone benches have witnessed the rise and fall of the Hu family.