Willow in Changdi

"Changdi Chunliu" is one of the 24 scenic spots in Yangzhou. From the entrance of the Slender West Lake to XIAOJINSHAN, a long dike is planted with peach trees and willows. When the spring is exciting, the willow color sets off a piece of gorgeous red, as bright as cloud brocade, making people stay.

Willow in Changdi

"Changdi Chunliu" is one of the 24 scenic spots in Yangzhou. From the entrance of the Slender West Lake to XIAOJINSHAN, a long dike is planted with peach trees and willows. When the spring is exciting, the willow color sets off a piece of gorgeous red, as bright as cloud brocade, making people stay. At the end of the levee, you can see a round gate with the word "Xu Yuan" written on it. Inside the door is a pool of clear water, full of lotus, decorated with various forms of rocks around the pool, and a few green willows dancing in the wind. The main hall in the garden is called "listening to Oriole hall", with exquisite structure and elegant furnishings. On the front, there are mahogany walls, screen style, 5 pieces of Qing Dynasty landscape porcelain paintings on each screen, covered with glass, with exquisite workmanship.

Famous historical sentences

Du Mu once chanted "willows on the street" and Du Xunhe also said "willows on the bank hanging drizzle". It must be that the city has become the world of willows. And the countryside is "green poplar, such as shepherd's purse around the river", even Li Bai also issued "flowers all over the river, suspected to be Longshan snow" praise. There are green willows all over the eyes, and green waves are surging everywhere. The spring willows on the long dike are beautiful and graceful enough. Slender embankment, three steps a willow, pavilions such as cover, "Jasper makeup into a tree high, ten thousand down green silk", soft state, long silk, pure love, fluttering charming, elegant beauty, exuding authenticity. The drooping willow line, or gently brush the water, or fondle the grass, a school of tenderness. Lake wind, graceful dance, such as smoke, such as green fog, Shujuan erratic, very charming. If water is the meridian blood of Yangzhou, then weeping willow is the crown belt clothing of Yangzhou. Weeping willows dress up the beauty of the water town, edify the temperament of the people in the water town, and become an unforgettable scenery. "Willow river shadow", "willow lying in the sound of water", "catkins pond light wind", "Jiaan Zhulou separated by willows", "twenty four bridge thousands of steps willow, spring wind ten miles on the Pearl curtain", "Zhuxi song Blowing as Pingwu, twenty four bridge side without moon. There are several willows on the dike, half of them are like the West Lake Every classic sentence and the breeze come, all of which are praises of Liu.

Willow with sorrow

However, willow has its own sorrow. Luo Yin of Tang Dynasty wrote a song Yangdi mausoleum, which linked the color of willow with that of Sui Dynasty: "when you enter guodeng bridge and go out Guochuan, the red chamber is full of sunshine and willow year by year; the monarch resents that he flattened chenye and only exchanged a few mu of land in leitang". From then on, the willow tree felt a kind of deep-rooted sorrow and guilt: "willow trees on the two embankments are green, I remember the time when the Sui emperor was new.". Low pressure Dragon Boat gold thread, random pull sleeve brocade pile branch. Ten thousand dancing shadows are burning with smoke, and thousands of flying flowers are blowing with snow. Today, the setting sun and the spring are horses. It's very sad. In fact, the demise of Sui Yang emperor was not related to willows. Du Mu made it clear in "Sui Gong Chun": "when the dragon boat goes down to the East, everything becomes empty, and the Palace Museum is full of weeds. The color of the lost country and the lost family is "dew peach still hate the east wind". Li Shangyin, who is good at chanting the rise and fall of the emperor, denounced the wastefulness of emperor Yang of Sui Dynasty: "Ziquan palace locks the haze and wants to take wuheng as the emperor's home. The jade seal is not destined to return to the corner of the sun, and the brocade sail should reach the end of the earth. Today, there is no firefly in the rotten grass, and there are evening crows in the weeping poplar. If you meet the empress Chen in the underground, you should not ask the queen flowers again. " In the Ming Dynasty, someone wrote a poem to explain it: "the emperor of the Sui family loved to be romantic, and he threw his mind at the river and the mountains. After realizing that prosperity has become a dream, the sunset and decaying grass are already full of sorrow. "

"Bianhe river is full of newly planted willows, and the east wind still hates them." in fact, willows need not be sentimental.

internal structure

Entering the gate of Slender West Lake Park, which is composed of hall, box office, corridor and Water Pavilion, there is a plaque of "Slender West Lake" written by sun longfu, a late calligrapher and painter. Beside it is a couplet and a book written by Li Shenghe: "heaven and earth are selfless. I stay in spring and autumn as long as I can. Leisure is the master. Besides, there are no trees and plants in Pingquan. Who can decorate Hushan xinduoli and Jiege mountain pavilion? It's really hard to see "Close the picture." The entrance is a bank hundreds of ten long. The east side of the bank is the Grand Lake, and the west side is the long flower bed. Both sides of the levee are planted with weeping willows and peach trees. Peach and willow alternate with each other, one tree in three steps, and the branches meet each other. In spring and February, willows are surrounded by green eyes, peaches report red dimples, green willows and red peaches are tender and sweet, making people relaxed and happy.

The scenery is as beautiful as a painting.

As early as the reign of Emperor Qianlong, Yangzhou had a long dyke from the north gate to Shugang Pingshan hall. The scenery along the way is: "the two dykes of flowers and willows all depend on the water, and all the way up to the mountain." It is one of the 24 famous scenic spots in Yangzhou. In the middle of the east side of Changdi, there is a Square Pavilion, half on the bank and half in the water, with a plaque of "Changdi Chunliu" hanging inside. It is written by Chen Chongqing, a famous calligrapher and Jinshi of Qing Dynasty. "Spring willow on the Yangtze River bank" is more than charming! In summer, the land is covered with shade, the wind is cool, the cicadas are singing on the branches, the lake is rippling on the bank, and the summer heat is fading; in autumn, the sky is clear, the willows are clear, and the heart is very comfortable; in winter, the yellow leaves are falling, and the branches are stretching. If the snow is pressing on the branches, the jade trees and the qiongzhi are dazzling, and visitors are like entering the Guanghan palace, it can be said that "spring willows on the Changdi" are picturesque all the year round.

Address: a long dike from the entrance of Slender West Lake to XIAOJINSHAN, Hanjiang District, Yangzhou City

Longitude: 119.42608833313

Latitude: 32.406442371475

Chinese PinYin : Zhang Di Chun Liu