Couplets of lotus pavilions in Humble Administrator's Garden
Suzhou Humble Administrator's Garden has a big island, and the center of the island is the Lotus Pavilion. The "Wind Pavilion with Lotus on All Sides" has a pair of pillars connected with "Lotus on All Sides, Willow on Three Sides, and Autumn Water on One Side". This couplet is a copy of Xiao Canglang Pavilion in Daming Lake, Jinan, Shandong Province. This was written by Liu, a famous scholar in Qing Dynasty. This couplet in Humble Administrator's Garden skillfully shows the four seasons that can be seen here, telling the four seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter. 4 Four-sided Lotus 3 Three-sided Willow 2 Bantang Qiushui 1 Yifangshan. Spring is full of vitamins all year round; Four-walled lotus is summer; Half a pool of autumn water is autumn; A well is winter. Spring is light, summer is bright, autumn is bright, and winter is quiet. Lianfengge is not only suitable for summer heat, but also suitable for four seasons.