In the Qing Dynasty, while enjoying the beauty of natural landscapes, many people conducted detailed inspections and explorations of natural landscapes, revealing the natural mysteries of famous mountains and rivers, combining landscape aesthetics with landscape science, and promoting landscape aesthetics. of continuous deepening. At the end of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, gardens developed rapidly, and some famous literati painters also actively participated in garden construction. The placement of stones and stacked stones in the gardens were unique and integrated painting, poetry, and calligraphy, making the gardens far-reaching and more artistic. Poetic. For example, the Yangzhou Geyuan, built during the Jiaqing period of the Qing Dynasty, has four seasons of rockery, using the technique of fighting rocks and dividing peaks with stones to express the artistic conception of spring, summer, autumn and winter.
In front of the garden is the "Yi Yu Pavilion", with empty windows on all sides, offering a panoramic view of the garden. At the back of the garden is the Baoshan Building, with seven couplets on each floor, connecting Xia Mountain to the west and Qiu Mountain to the east. In the spring scene, stone green mottled stalagmites are inserted among the bamboo bushes, which means bamboo shoots springing up after the rain. With the state of "love springs from every inch of stone", it reflects the feeling of "bamboo shoots springing up after the rain". Looking at the bamboo leaves makes people understand that "the moon reflects the bamboo into a thousand words", which is one of the reasons why the garden got its name.
This unique picture of bamboo and stone uses the technique of using ink as precious as gold to punctuate the theme of "Spring Mountain" and tell people that "a good spring cannot be hidden, and the most affectionate bamboos bring rain". At the same time, it also conveys the concept of "cherishing spring" in traditional culture.
If the scene outside the garden gate is the scene of early spring, then passing through the gate is the prosperity of mid-spring. Here, the twelve zodiac signs are decorated with pictographic stones busy vying to announce the spring, and there are also flowers planted in the flower beds. Peonies and peonies are also bustling with their youth, and it’s a wonderful spring scene that is getting deeper and deeper.
What is surprising is that this change in spring color occurs naturally and unconsciously. The reason why you should visit Spring Mountain in Geyuan is not about the length of the trip, but about the benefits and enjoyment you get from the trip.