After six days in Suzhou, I visited about ten gardens. Now I think Canglang Pavilion, Lotus Garden and Art Garden are my favorites. The common feature of these three gardens is simplicity and exquisiteness, among which the Art Garden is the most elegant. I like listening to the rustling of pine and bamboo in Canglang Pavilion, watching couples in Lotus Garden and enjoying a whole day's leisure time in Art Garden.
Seeing the "Garden" in Suzhou is people's first choice. However, few people really express their beauty and appreciate the rich culture of Suzhou gardens.
Zhou Su gardens have a history of 2500 years, which originated from the gardens of the King of Wu in the Spring and Autumn Period and developed.
During the Tang and Song Dynasties, it flourished in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Suzhou gardens can be roughly divided into royal gardens, temple gardens and private gardens.
I only talk about the art garden here. At the beginning of May, spring has not yet ended, and summer has not yet arrived, just in time for the roses in the art garden to bloom. Maybe it would be embarrassing to come a few days late. It is not easy to find an art garden hidden in the deep alleys of Suzhou. Walking in the alleys of Suzhou, you have already "forgotten the distance". The process of entering the art garden is very similar to Wu Lingren's discovery of the Peach Blossom Garden. "Peach Blossom Garden" says that "the grass is delicious and the English color is colorful". I turned left and right into a winding alley, only to see vines and wild roses in full bloom. In the winding path, I saw a moon door, "as if there was light." After entering the door, I was suddenly enlightened.
After years of scouring, wild roses and green plants trying to bloom on some mottled powder walls are matched with the flower window. This is a painting.
Suzhou's flower window is a major feature here, which is the most common flower window I have ever seen.
The flower window patterns in Suzhou gardens are endless and rich in content, just like a vibrant pattern, which is one of the mysteries of architecture. Visitors only need to look at it once in a while, and their eyes will freeze instantly. This is the beauty of Suzhou gardens!
This flower window is beautiful, and the pattern on it seems to be some years old.
I sometimes wonder, how can I go to the park without being in a daze? If you consider yourself a friend of the owner of the garden, you will definitely feel very different when you visit the art garden at the invitation of the owner today. After the noise, tourists try to feel the lifestyle of the owner of the garden: sitting in the pavilion on the rockery, listening to the sound of pines and cypresses fluttering in the wind, leaning against the milk fish pavilion near the water to feel the pleasure of "I am not a fish, but I know I don't know the happiness of fish", and observing the reflection of a bright moon in the moon gallery. . . . . .
I ordered a cup of green tea and sat by the pool in Yanguangge, eating snacks and fruits. The soft sunshine shone on my face, which was not dazzling at all. I watched the fish swimming around in the pond, so I sat for a long time and listened to what the local people were talking about. . . . . . The most pleasant thing is this.
This comfortable lifestyle is precisely the most common weekend life of Suzhou people.
As a real appreciation of culture and art, Suzhou gardens often have to enter a virtual realm, abandon impetuousness, and realize her cultural and artistic beauty and profound artistic conception beauty from the harmonious unity of artistic thought and ideological art, so that you can get a kind of cultural edification and true beauty cultivation.
Now that I'm in Suzhou, how can I let go of the delicious food here? I'm from the north, and the food in the south is a little light, but I'm not used to it, but it tastes really good. There is nothing to say. Mussel tofu is very fresh. It is said that the boss gets up at 4 o'clock every day and begins to prepare fresh ingredients. Come and have a taste when you have the chance!
ChuanDingyuan is the private residence of Liu Bowen, the founding minister of Ming Dynasty. By the early days of liberation, Dingyuan's buildings had fallen into disrepair. Now Dingyuan is rebuilt due to the development of tourism, and it is also a privately contracted garden attraction. The management is very chaotic, so it is not recommended to go.