Lion Grove is one of the four famous gardens in Suzhou, with a history of more than 650 years, and it is the representative of gardens in Yuan Dynasty. Located at No.23 Garden Road, the northeast corner of Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province, the plane is a rectangle slightly wider from east to west, with an area of 1. 1 hectare and an open area of 0.88 hectares. There are rockeries all over the park, surrounded by long corridors, towers looming, winding paths leading to a secluded place, and there is always a feeling of confusion. The wall of the corridor is embedded with calligraphy plaques of four famous Song Dynasty artists, Su Shi, Mi Fei, Huang Tingjian and Cai Xiang, and inscriptions of plum blossom poems by Wen Tianxiang in the Southern Song Dynasty.
general layout
It is mountainous in the southeast and watery in the northwest, surrounded by high walls and deep houses and winding corridors. With the central pool as the center, it is built on mountains, with flowers and trees, small bridges and flowing water, pavilions and pavilions, which makes the whole park compact and full of the artistic conception of "standing in the mountains". Lion Forest has not only pavilions, terraces, buildings, pavilions, halls and corridors of Suzhou classical gardens, but also is famous for its grotesque rocks and deep caves, and is known as the "rockery kingdom". There are many rockeries in the Lion Forest, which are exquisitely carved, with lakes and mountains, staggered caves and valleys and twists and turns, and are called "Eighteen Scenes of Taoyuan". There are many strange peaks and rocks at the top of the cave, all of which are like lions dancing. There are many famous peaks, such as Hu Hui, Tuyue, Yuxuan and Angxia, among which Lion Peak is the first. The buildings in the park are mainly misty rain hall, followed by a small square hall with a snow hall. To the west, you can reach Bai Xuan, a two-story attic with exquisite Gao Shuang. To the west of Bai Xuan is the ancient Wusong Garden. The southwest corner is Jianshan Building. From Jianshan Building to the west, you can go to Lotus Hall. In the northwest of the hall, there is a really interesting pavilion next to the pool. The pavilion is beautifully decorated with seaweed and lifelike flowers. There are two stone boats beside the pavilion. On the shore of the stone boat is a building with faint fragrance and light shadow. From here, turn south along the corridor and you can reach the waterfall pavilion, which is the highest place in the whole park. The scenic center in the west of the park is Mei Wenting, and in front is Shuangxian Lane Pavilion. Shuangxiangxian Pavilion goes south to east, with a fan pavilion in the southwest corner and a small courtyard behind it, which is fresh and elegant.