A Brief Introduction to Xiao Canglang's Xiao Canglang

In the fifty-seventh year of Qing Qianlong (1792), when Alinbao rebuilt Tiegong Temple, it was built with reference to Canglang Pavilion in Suzhou. Its name Canon is taken from "Songs of the South", "Canglang water, crystal clear, enough to satisfy my foot; The water in the rough waves is turbid, so you can lick my feet. " Its pavilion faces south, semi-submerged, rectangular, located on the mountain ridge, surrounded by a balcony. Hanging under the eaves is the "Little Canglang Pavilion" inscribed by Shandong Governor Jue Luo Zhongen. The pavilion is surrounded by lotus ponds on three sides, willow waves on all sides, small bridges and flowing water, and lotus flowers are fragrant. The south of the pavilion is connected with the East-West Corridor. On the West Corridor, there is a small classical door facing the lake, and the plaque of "Little Canglang" is hung on the door. The whole building, in the form of borrowing scenery, can be enjoyed in the park by borrowing lakes and mountains. Liu E, a famous novelist in the Qing Dynasty, once described the scenery he saw here in Travel Notes of Lao Can: "When I arrived at Tiegong Temple, looking south, I saw the Qianfo Mountain opposite, the flourishing monk's building, competing with pine and cypress, red and fiery, white and white, blue and indigo, green and green, and some plants were sandwiched in it, just like a big painting by Zhao, a poet in the Song Dynasty. The reflection of Qianfo Mountain is clearly visible in the lake. The trees on the balcony are particularly glorious, and I think they are more beautiful and clearer than the Qianfo Mountain above. " Later generations called this scene "Foshan reflection", which is a major landscape of Huming Lake. The scenery here is beautiful and it is a resort for people to drink tea and chant. In the summer of the 9th year of Jiaqing in Qing Dynasty (1804), Liu, a political scholar and historian of Shandong Province, and a great calligrapher and governor of Shandong Province once gave a banquet here, and they were very enthusiastic. Liu improvised a couplet: "Lotus flowers on four sides and willow trees on three sides, a city with mountains and a half city with lakes". Tie Bao improvised. This couplet stone carving has been embedded on both sides of the entrance of the west gallery wall of the garden so far, which has become a famous couplet sentence describing the style of Jinan ancient city.