The main entrance of Yuyuan Garden covers an area of 20,000 square meters, with more than 30 twists and turns, pavilions and rockeries. According to its main building, it can be divided into three scenic spots: Sansui Hall, Wanhua Building, Dianchun Hall, Huijing Building, Yulinglong and Neiyuan. Each scenic spot has its own unique scenery.
Sansuitang Sansuitang was in ancient times. According to Pan Yunyun's Diary of Yuhuatang, it was almost "no banquet and no drama". Hanging in the center of the hall is the Yu Garden Map inscribed by Pan Yunyun, the master of Ming Dynasty, and Pan Boying, a modern calligrapher. There are three flat gilts on the beam: Sansuitang, Lingtai Shi Jing and Urban Mountain Forest.
Sansuitang is located at the main entrance of Yuyuan Garden. The inscription on the back of the main entrance of Yuyuan Garden is "Chunshou", which is a legendary ancient tree name, meaning longevity. Later, "Chunshou" was called the father. "Chunshou" takes care of "Yuyuan Garden". Point out the meaning of the name Yu Garden.
"Yuyuan Garden" and "Jade" both mean to please old relatives. Now the word "Yuyuan Garden" above the main entrance is imitated by later generations. The original is a relic of the Ming Dynasty, inscribed by Wang, an important literary figure in Taiyuan at that time. It's really precious. Now it is embedded in the inner wall of the garden and protected by a glass frame.
Yangshantang/Yujuanlou Yangshantang/Yujuanlou is located behind Sansui Temple, facing the big rockery opposite the lotus pond. This is a two-story pavilion with cornices and upturned corners. The lower floor is Yangshan Hall, and the upper floor is Yu Juanlou. It was built in the fifth year of Tongzhi in Qing Dynasty (1866). Yangshantang, named after Yangshan, has two meanings: one is the sentence "There are mountains here" in Wang Xizhi's Preface to Lanting, pointing out that this is the best place to enjoy the big rockery, and Yangshan here means looking up; On the other hand, the poem "Walking on the Mountain with the Scenery" in The Book of Songs is written, which symbolizes the garden owner's admiration for the sages. There are many sayings about rain rolling in the building. It is generally believed that the poem "Rolling Pearl Curtain of Autumn Rain in Xishan Mountain" in Wang Bo's Preface to Wang Tengting means that it is confusing, faintly visible and quite poetic to climb the autumn rain floor in the drizzle and watch the big rockery.
The big rockery, located near the gate in the northwest corner of Yu Garden, is stacked with Huangshi in Wu Kang, Zhejiang Province. The big rockery, with a height of 14m, a width of 60m and a depth of 40m, is made up of 2000 tons of Yellowstone and located in Wu Kang, Zhejiang. It is a relic of 400 years ago and enjoys the reputation of "the crown of rockery in Huangshi in the south of the Yangtze River". As for its architectural features, Wang Tao, a celebrity in the late Qing Dynasty, once described it like this: "Qifeng stands tall and green, which is better than the scenery of the West Garden. Embroidered with jade tiles, flat as stone; Turn left and right, turn around and go, or the cliff is steep, or the stone pool bets. The mouth of the cave occasionally contains ridges, occasionally steep slopes, and the top is thousands of miles. Turn to another place along the path, willows and weeping willows, the pool is ten hectares, the horizontal direction is slightly about, the pavilions are obliquely exposed, and the scenery is quiet, as if it were another day. I feel that the city has the interest of mountains and forests, and the dust is empty. " For more than 400 years, the scenery of Yu Garden is out of date, while the big rockery still maintains its old view.
There are two pavilions on the rockery. One is at the foot of the mountain, and it is called "Xiu Xiu Pavilion", which means you can enjoy the beautiful scenery in the garden. The top of the mountain is called "Wangjiang Pavilion", which means that this pavilion is "the first step of Huangpu Wusong". Sails and clouds are dozens of miles away. "The big rockery is also the highest point of the whole park.
The veranda is getting better and better, and in front of it is a pair of iron lions in the Yuan Dynasty. Left female and right male, with vivid posture and exquisite casting. Cast in 1290, with different seating styles:128, Zhao Zhang, a craftsman in Tongshan Town, Anyang County, Zhang Defu, and Geng Yin, a 27-year-old guy from Dayuanguo to Yuanyuan. The iron lion was originally placed in front of Yatang in Anyang County, Henan Province. It was transported to Japan by the Japanese army and returned to China after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War. It was moved here when the garden was repaired.
In the middle and upper part of the veranda, there is a "getting better" plaque, and the biography of Gu Kaizhi in the Book of Jin is published: "Kai never stops eating. People may blame it. As the saying goes,' it's getting better and better'. "
In the middle of the veranda stands the Taihu Stone Mo Lifeng, which is 2.3 meters high and graceful, and is called "Beauty Waist". It looks like a beautiful woman's soft waist, hiding the scenery in front. It is a garden that suppresses the scenery and produces the artistic effect of implicit beauty.
Cuixiutang Cuixiutang is one of the main buildings in Sansuitang Scenic Area. It is located at the east foot of the big rockery, facing the mountain. The building components are exquisite, elegant and clean. It has become an important place for literati to gather and receive Shanghai VIPs.