Garden of Cultivation
The Garden of Cultivation or Yipu Garden ( Chinese 藝 圃 / 艺 圃 , Pinyin Yì pǔ ) is one of the classic gardens in the east Chinese city of Suzhou . It is located in Wenya Lane in the northwest of the old town and has well preserved the character of a garden from the Ming dynasty . The garden cultivation is one of the five gardens in 2000 as an extension of the Heritage Classical Gardens of Suzhou in the list of UNESCO world heritage were registered. In 2006 he becameDeclared Monument to the People's Republic of China .
The Garden of Cultivation goes back to Yuan Zugeng (袁祖庚), who began building the garden during the reign of Ming Emperor Jiaqing and gave it the name Zuiying Tang (醉 颖 堂, Zùiyǐng táng). Wen Zhenmeng - the great grandson of the eminent painter and scholar Wen Zhengming , famous for his depictions of the Humble Official's Garden - later acquired the facility and expanded it. Since it was now partly used to grow Chinese medicinal plants, it was given the name herb garden (药铺 Yào pǔ). At the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, the garden became the property of the official Jiang Cai , who called it the Garden of Preservation (颐 圃, Yí pǔ). His son Jiang Shijie introduced the name Garden of Cultivation . In 1839 the garden was bought by a silk manufacturing company.
Today the garden of cultivation covers an area of 3800 m² on a narrow, north-south elongated plot. The northern half of the complex is occupied by the residential and reception buildings, while the 700 m² pond and artificial rocks are in the southern part. The garden is entered through a pavilion, which is followed by a winding corridor bordered by walls and plants. You enter the actual garden through a massive, fire-proof gate. In contrast to other classical gardens, the visitor gets to see the garden before entering the reception pavilion, in this case the Shilun Tang (世 纶 堂 Shìlún táng) designed by Wen Zhenmeng. On the north side of the pond is the five- bay Hall of Long Life (延光 阁 Yánguang gé), the largest water pavilion in the Suzhou Gardens. Immediately to the north of this is the Hall of Learning and Elegance (博雅 堂 Bóyǎ táng), which was used to worship ancestors and entertain guests. You do not enter it through the building front as usual, but from the side, which is probably due to the geometry of the property.
The hall of longevity, which is used today as a tea house, offers a view to the south over the water and the artificial hilly landscape from its window front. Limestone rocks from the Tai Hu are arranged on the hills . At the highest point there is a small pavilion with a hexagonal floor plan, which in turn stands under a mighty camphor tree . In the southwest corner of the garden there is an artificial gorge that you enter through a moon gate . Here the artificial hill with the limestone cliffs drops steeply into a foothill of the pond, which gives this corner of the garden a very lively atmosphere. The southwest boundary wall is very high and overgrown with vines. To the west of it is the Fragrant Grass Pavilion (香草 居 Xiāngcǎo jū), whose elegant calm and order contrasts strongly with the atmosphere of the gorge. The library and study used to be owned by the owners. In the southeast corner of the pond is the fish farming pavilion (direkt 鱼 亭 Rǔyǔ tíng) directly on the pond bank . It is made entirely of wood, has railings instead of side walls and an elaborately designed roof structure. Immediately next to it, the fish observation bridge spans the water inflow into the pond.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Classical Gardens of Suzhou / Jardins classiques de Suzhou on the UNESCO World Heritage Center website ( English and French ).
- ↑ a b c d 国家 文物 局 (Ed.): 全国 重点 文物保护 单位 (第六批) . 1st edition. tape 5 . 文物 出版社, Beijing 2008, ISBN 978-7-5010-2446-9 , pp. 82-84 (Chinese).
- ^ A b c Ron Henderson: The gardens of Suzhou . University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia 2013, ISBN 978-0-8122-2214-2 , pp. 86-94 .
Coordinates: 31 ° 18 ′ 54.9 ″ N , 120 ° 36 ′ 17 ″ E
