He paved the way for dredging the river, planted flowers and trees, decorated fairies, set up a stage, built pavilions and waterside pavilions, built lakes and mountains, built restaurants and teahouses, and opened up markets, making it take the shape of a park.
In the thirty-second year of Guangxu (1906), Shen Shi transferred the garden assets to Tianshui. Tianshui also has Jinqiao, Gull Pavilion and cruise ship. Soon, the Tianshui family transferred the homestead in the park to Zhao. In the second year of the Republic of China (19 13), it was transferred to the three northeastern provinces for official management.
Since Xiaoheyan was transferred to the official bank of the three northeastern provinces, a Commissioner has been set up to manage it. So, it moved the shops, stalls, bookstores and all street performers on both sides of the river to the southwest corner of Hongqiao. To the east of Hongqiao, there are many kinds of flowers and trees, rocks, roads and grass, and benches are placed between roads for tourists to rest. In the southeast corner of the river, there is a botanical garden with pavilions and dozens of goldfish bowls.
In midsummer, the grass is paved with fine grass and the trees are shaded. From the south bank across the Banqiao, along the river to the east, next to rows of weeping willows, breeze blowing, willow rocking gold. As a result, the river was transformed into a park.
It has become a small river in the park. Although the area is not large, it is also hundreds of acres in Fiona Fang, with dense gardens, pavilions, flowing water and flying songs. Especially in midsummer, the willows in the garden sway, the blue waves ripple, white boats swim around the lake, and lilies are fragrant. There are many ladies on the shore, and the tea house is full of soul-stirring, which is really a good place for Shenyang people to go sightseeing and summer vacation.
At that time, there was a wooden archway at the gate of the park with a big wooden plaque hanging on it. At first, the word "Ye Yuan" was written, and later it was changed to "Wanquanyuan". Speaking of the plaque of "Yeyuan", it caused quite a storm at that time.
In the 13th year of the Republic of China (1924), officials of the three northeastern provinces beautified the landscape and erected a tall wooden archway at its entrance, intending to clear its name, so they hired Li Xi, a famous calligrapher at home and abroad at that time, to write a plaque.
Speaking of Li Xi, this person is really unusual. Li Xi was born in Jinzhou, Fengtian in the fifth year of Guangxu (1879). He was smart and eager to learn, especially in painting and calligraphy. As an adult, he entered imperial academy, the capital of China. After that, China students were elected to imperial academy to serve the imperial edict, and wrote and arranged the memorial for the imperial court. They left their posts in the late Qing Dynasty and returned to their hometown. He is good at epigraphy, calligraphy and painting, and often writes poems and sings with others when he is in Beijing.
Soon, when he visited Beijing, he was recommended by Chen, the teacher of the Qing emperor Puyi, and entered the Qing Palace, where he carved a seal for Puyi. Later, he carved "Hundred Days of Life" for Emperor Hirohito of Japan. Therefore, they all gained great praise and fame.
At the end of the 12th year of the Republic of China (1923), Li Xi lived in seclusion in Waziyu, near Zhaoling in the northern suburb of Shenyang, calling himself the East Garden, and inscribed "Zhan Yun", which means to visit the royal mausoleum every morning and evening and talk about his thoughts about the old king.
In the 13th year of the Republic of China (1924), when the officials of the three northeastern provinces in charge of Shenyang Garden sent someone to ask Li Xi to write a plaque for the garden, they wrote the word "Wild Garden" in a whimsical way, which was Han Li's style and full of charm. After being carved and hung, people praised it. But it didn't take long for everyone to find its meaning difficult to solve. Some people think that "ye" is a simplification of the word "ye"; Some people think its significance is too profound. Later, someone came to Li Xi for advice. Li Xi replied slowly: "Leaf means a good garden." People's far-fetched explanations have not only failed to dispel doubts, but have attracted the dissatisfaction of many scholars. Some people say, "Ye is a empty word, how can it constitute a garden name! This is so chic. " Others said: "It would be insulting and outrageous to take' Ye' as a real word and interpret it according to Shuowen." Later, this incident was known by an old gentleman named Wang Zizuo, who was a tribute student in the late Qing Dynasty. He thought that Li Xi was deliberately showing off his mystery and grandstanding, so he wrote a poem to satirize him:
Blasphemy the famous garden and laugh,
I will be cunning with my pen.
This book is well written,
Doubt is hard for many people to understand.
The ground is like a hole under the body,
Take the name and get the meaning of a woman while doing it.
If you follow the word seeking truth,
Please read Shuowen carefully.
Li Xi blushed when he saw the poem. Without saying anything, he quickly asked people to take off the plaque of "Yeyuan" and wrote the three characters of "Wanquan Garden" in regular script, which was rich in ink and beautiful, and it was worthy of being written by a famous artist. After that, he signed the book of Li Dongyuan. Make a plaque, change it, and pass on photos from generation to generation.