Garden space is mostly open, partially closed and semi-closed, and the spaces are interspersed with each other, so that the natural landscape and artificial landscape are in their proper places and complement each other.
In front of the west gate of Yanshan Garden, there is a unique zhaobi, which reads "the first garden in Lingnan". Generally speaking, the wall is straight, but it is curved outside the door.
Why is the zhaobi of Yanshan Garden different? It is said that according to the design of the local Feng Shui Xuan, its place is the main Wild Goose Mountain, and Long Mai, the owner of Wild Goose Mountain, is here. This bow is called "Shun Bow", that is, it surrounds your own bow, which is geographically called "Love".
If it is an anti-bow, it is called "heartless". It's like an ancient bow and arrow shooting at the sun. Shooting an arrow at the hall, in turn, is equivalent to shooting yourself, so this wall photo is composed like this.
The so-called "there is a photo before, and there is a leaning behind", that is, there is water in front of the door and a mountain behind it. This has always been considered as a treasure house of Feng Shui in Feng Shui. Behind the zhaobi on both sides of the main entrance, there is a couplet that reads:
Tian Xingjian, a gentleman strives for self-improvement;
The capacity of the earth is limited, so a gentleman must constantly cultivate his own virtue to undertake the world.
The geomantic beauty of Yanshan Garden begins from this ancient gate, which runs east and west. It is a typical style of wealthy families in northern Guangxi. The triple horsehead wall stands symmetrically on both sides of the top of the wall in a ladder shape. It is simple and expensive to look at the chrysanthemums carved on the horsehead wall. Looking from a distance, white walls and green tiles are towering above brick buildings, and the momentum is magnificent.
Inside the main entrance, the garden path is called "Dragon Road". The dragon road is made by imitating the dragon body, which means that the master is in power. Pieces of naturally formed bluestone are neatly embedded in the foundation, revealing half of the stone head like Longlin's head, revealing a blue moist. This road is the only one you can see here in Lingnan.
The entrance gate of Cen Chunxuan is the first checkpoint of the whole garden. It is said that Cen Chunxuan set up this gate because he was the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, and no one was allowed to enter Yanshan Garden casually.
After entering the park, there is a single stone bridge named "Zhu Xuan Bridge", which was once the only bridge leading to the outside world in Nanming Secret Palace and Yanshan Garden Jinshui Bridge.
There is a Chongyang forest near Zhu Xuan Bridge. Every winter, all the leaves fall, and the branches twist and turn around, forming a "withered vine and old trees faint, small bridges flowing water", and "old roads and thin horses in the west wind" forming the first scene of entering the park, named "Watching geese in the winter forest", named after the bridge facing the geese's head.
Among them, the Dragon Road in Yanshan Garden is an "ancient road"; There is a wind blowing in the west of the garden. It seems to be asking if there are any horses among the tourists.
Zhu Xuan Bridge, also known as Yan Guan Bridge or Hongqiao, is a good place to watch the "Wild Goose Falling on the Flat Sand". Although the facilities in this area are simple, they have left a very vivid and in-depth impression on tourists. It is really "silent, so romantic" to outline such a beautiful scenery with such a brushwork.
Yanshan Garden is divided into five scenic spots, namely, the garden entrance area, Daoxiang Village, Hutong building Biyun Lake, Zhufang Mountain and Ruzhong Mountain.
The entrance area of the park includes the wide water surface outside the gate, the entrance square, the gate leading to the west straight wall of Ruzhongshan, and the area around Qingluoxi in the south. The gate is located in the west of the northern end of the whole park, and Rushan Mountain is the barrier of the gate. It is both natural and majestic, which makes the whole Yanshan garden shine, and plays a role in increasing the level and depth of the whole landscape.
The gate is a heavy-duty gatehouse with its back facing northwest, and the outside is an ingot-shaped distribution square, which means treasure land. To the west, across the wide water surface, an arch bridge is placed to attract people to the past, with different steps.
At the gate, you can see the stone wall of the pavilion, the sea of osmanthus trees and the rugged rocks through the garden gate, which is still like a natural picture scroll and fascinating. There are four characters "Wild Mountain Villa" on the threshold, and the couplets about the book "How beautiful the spring and autumn are, and the gardens have no vulgar feelings" are poetic and imaginative.
Here, the landscape shading technique of "emphasizing first and restraining later" is carefully designed, which extends the space inside the door outward, almost doubling the whole garden space, skillfully and seamlessly.
After entering the park, facing the flowers in the stone wall, while admiring the wall, I turned right along the road to the south and suddenly saw a piece of water, and suddenly felt suddenly enlightened. On the other side of the river, the waterside pavilion, the embroidered building and all kinds of flowers and trees are reflected in the water, which is quite poetic.
There is a unique palace building by the lake, which is a small balcony building. This used to be the place where the master's son lived, so it is commonly known as "Gongzilou". This area is designed as a semi-enclosed garden space with natural layout. Along the winding path of Panshan Highway, you can reach Ruzhongshan District and cross the southwest bridge, which is Daoxiang Village.
Daoxiang Village is located in the area north of Fangzhushan and west of Qingluoxi. There are paddy fields and vegetable fields, lotus ponds and Daoxiang Village in this area. These buildings are in the style of huts and huts. In addition, there are vegetable fields, flower fences and melon sheds, and the pastoral life is strong.
In private gardens, there are few natural pastoral scenery of lotus red, cauliflower yellow and rice wave fragrance, which is also one of the characteristics of this garden.
The Biyun Lake area of Hantonglou is the main scenic spot and climax area of the whole park. The scope is north of Fangzhushan, west of Qingluoxi, east of Biyun Lake and south of Meilin Guihua Forest Area. The main buildings are Hantong Building, Cheng Yanting, Biyun Lake Boat, Waterfront, Promenade and Pavilion.
Hantong building is the main building of the whole park, which enjoys a good reputation in Lingnan garden architecture in Qing Dynasty. It is a place where the owner collects books, entertains guests and gathers friends for fun. Two two-story corridors connect Biyun Lake and Cheng Yan Pavilion into a huge building complex. Due to the appropriate location and high levels of each unit building, it is beautiful to set off and contrast with the tall Fangzhu Mountain as the background.
Hantong Building is a two-story pavilion above the rest mountain, with buildings painted with carved beams and painted buildings. It is very grand and can enjoy the beautiful scenery of the whole park. People call it "the story is high and the sky is clear ...".
This building used to be the owner's library, with thousands of books, and it was the first library in Guangxi in the late Qing Dynasty. There is a stage in front of the building, and it is said that there are four pavilions in the four corners to watch the play.
There is a wall courtyard outside Hantong Building, with two doors that can be closed. There is a pavilion on the east side of Biyun Lake, which seems to be separated from Biyun Lake, making the front of the building an independent small space. In the north of the courtyard, there are osmanthus trees, embroidered buildings, lotus ponds, such as Zhongshan, which are rich in layers and have the feeling of high-rise and deep courtyard, and also create a quiet atmosphere.
There are small lakes and Qingluoxi behind the Hantong Building, facing the Xiang Si Cave across the water. There are many rocks, which have a stone forest atmosphere and can be climbed. The small lake and the stream are separated by a big stone, but the current can be connected. There is a group of scattered stones in the lake, and there is an octagonal pavilion on it, named "Fishing Pavilion", which has the rhyme of "flowing water and clear sound" and can be used for swimming and fishing.
There is also a small curved flat bridge connected to the shore with a stone fence, which is very elegant. In the southwest of the building, there is a two-story pavilion called Cheng Yanting, which is the master's bedroom. Its decoration is "exquisite and beautiful, and it is the crown of the whole garden". There are two-story promenades connected with the culvert across the water, and there is a mountain road next to the promenade to climb to the top of the mountain, overlooking the whole park and overlooking the East Qifeng.
On the Nanshan root stone of Cheng Yan Pavilion, there is a hexagonal "chess pavilion" with built-in stone tables and benches for enjoying the scenery and playing chess. In the east of Hantong Building, there is a promenade connected with the Biyun Lake boat, which separates the small lake from the Biyun Lake boat, forming a large and small water surface, setting off the distant weather of Biyun Lake.
There is a two-storey and three-storey large-scale Shuige building in Biyun Lake, which looks like a boat, so it is called "Biyun Lake Boat". You can climb the railing and look out, enjoy the lakes, mountains and forests, and enjoy reading, playing and singing. It is one of the key buildings in the whole park.
There is a pavilion with double eaves on the bank of Hubei across the water. In the northeast corner of the lake, there is a unique and elegant Lin Langxian Pavilion. On the west side of the lake, there is an isolated stone island with several willows planted on it. Through the lake boat weeping willows, the waterfront culvert building on the west bank is faintly visible, and you can see it from afar. The buildings around the lake are also learning from each other, and they are interested in the scenery.
Build boats in the lake for drinking and singing. There is a flower wall in the east of the promenade, and the powder wall is matched with flower shadows, which is very beautiful. Out of the cave gate, turn south and you can reach the back hill, and walk north along the lake. There are Lin Langxian Pavilion, open pavilion and waterside pavilion around the lake. There is a pavilion on the cliff halfway up the mountain next to the mountain gate, overlooking it.
Biyun Lake, also known as "Yuanyang Lake", is the largest water surface in the whole park, with rocks as the shore, willows planted by the lake and "ice lotus" planted in the lake. The reeds are numerous, the red lotus is dotted, the boats are dancing, the peaks are reflected, the breeze is singing, the blue waves are rippling, the fish are swimming around, and the scenery is picturesque.
Its artistic layout embodies the gardener's intention of "the mountain is alive with water, and the water is charming with the mountain", "the water has no willow rhyme, the water has no fish and autumn, the water has no distant birds, the water has no boat but no life, the water has no pavilion but no cold, the water has no lotus but no elegance, and the water has no waterfall but no beauty".
This is the hinterland of the whole garden. Through several wall courtyards, cloisters and Fangzhushan, an independent garden space is formed, which is also an inner garden, and it is very quiet and safe because of the water barrier.
The Chimonobambusa bambusa mountainous area is a long and narrow zone, which is mainly composed of the southern slope of Chimonobambusa bambusa, Huamiao, Taoyuan Cave and Taolin Lilin. Besides sacrificial activities, it is also a good place for enjoying the cool, walking and reading.
The cave is named after Taolin, which also means "Xanadu". The secluded rock wins, the cave is wide and curved, and the pale cliff stands. There is a hole in the hole and a hole under the hole. At the foot of the slope of Dongxia Mountain, there is a flower bed surrounded by a low wall, full of peaches and plums.
Here, peaches and plums compete for spring, Gu Teng bamboos, grotesque caves, quiet and quiet, and lush trees can be used for summer vacation and leisure. It is the backyard of the whole park, a quiet rest area and a good place to learn to cool off.
Ruzhongshan District includes Ruzhongshan, Guihua Hall, Dangui Pavilion, Shuixie, Xiulou and Lotus Pond. After entering the park, walk east along the hillside path. There are large and small ponds separated by ridges. The water body communicates with Qingluoxi. When the water level rises, the pool water can overflow into the shallow rocks at the foot of the mountain. There are also clear springs and small dikes in the rocks.
There is a high platform on the mountainside, surrounded by Dangui, so it is called "Dangui Terrace". There is a pavilion on the platform, named "Dangui Pavilion", which corresponds to Hantong Yaolou.
Osmanthus fragrans is shaded, the cliff is close to the water, the height is broad and cheerful, and the flowers are overflowing. There are two ponds under the pavilion, where the stones are above the water and the ancient trees are oblique and very beautiful. There are red lotus and white lotus in the pond, which is called lotus pond.
If you are in the south of Zhongshan, there is a hole under it, "snake rock". In the east of Li Antang, in front of Snake Rock, there are one or two buildings, formerly known as Linshui Building, surrounded by osmanthus and bamboo, also known as "Osmanthus Hall". There is a depression behind the temple, which is connected with Biyun Lake, and the water reaches Chengtan in spring and summer, also known as "White Swan Pool". There are Stone Path Tongxian Hall and Biyun Lake Pavilion in front of the waterfront building.
There are waterside pavilions and embroidered buildings along Qingluoxi River in southwest Li Antang. You can watch the lotus and enjoy the fish by the railing, and the reflection of Pinghu is unique. The area has beautiful scenery, beautiful mountains and rivers, lush trees, birds and flowers, and has a natural landscape garden style, which is an important place for people to live and relax.