Fun Garden

Located in the northeast corner of the summer palace, because of its small size, it has its own situation in the summer palace, so it is called "the garden in the garden". There are five bridges in the park, among which Zhiyu bridge is the most famous. The bridge is close to the water surface, so it is easy to watch fish, so it is named Zhiyu bridge.

Fun Garden

Located in the northeast corner of the summer palace, because of its small size, it has its own situation in the summer palace, so it is called "the garden in the garden". There are five bridges in the park, among which Zhiyu bridge is the most famous. The name of the bridge comes from "Zhuangzi and Huizi swim in Haoliang" in "Zhuangzi autumn water".

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This small garden was built by imitating Jichang Garden at the foot of Huishan in Wuxi during Qianlong period of Qing Dynasty. It was originally named Huishan garden. After its completion, Qianlong once wrote the poem of eight sceneries in Huishan garden, which said in the preface: "a pavilion and a path are full of harmony and wonder.". In Jiaqing, it was rebuilt and renamed "harmony garden". At the completion of the project, Jiaqing said in the story of harmonious and interesting garden: "the quiet interest outside the object, the harmony of cuntian, so it's called harmonious interest, which means to express the meaning of smoothness." For a small garden with only a few acres of land, where is the interest. In the eastern foot of Wanshou mountain, the garden of harmony is an independent garden with southern garden style. At that time, it was called Huishan garden. It was built after Wuxi Huishan Jichang Garden. After reconstruction in 1811, it was renamed "harmony garden" with the meaning of "tranquility outside things, harmony between cuntian and Zhonghe" and the poem "One Pavilion and one path, full of harmony". There are 13 pavilions, platforms, halls and pavilions in the park, which are connected by 100 corridors and five different bridges. There is a stone bridge in the southeast corner of the garden. On the stone square at the head of the bridge, there is the word "Zhiyu bridge" inscribed by Qianlong, which is based on the argument between Zhuangzi and Huizi about "autumn water Haoshang".

Sound interest

In the garden, there are a bunch of green bamboos. Deep in the shade of bamboos, a mountain spring flows into the lotus pond. The water source of this mountain spring comes from the east end of Houhu lake of Kunming Lake. The main purpose of taking such a low-lying terrain is to form this mountain spring, so that the water surface of the garden and Houhu lake can form a drop of 12 meters. In the drop of 12 meters, the stones are stacked and divided into several levels, so that the continuous sound of water can be raised and suppressed, just like the rhyme of a zither. No wonder it lies beside the spring On one of the huge stones in the cave, there are three characters "Yuqin gorge". With such a view, the garden in the garden is full of sound and color, which can be described as the "sound and interest" of the humorous garden.

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In the west of Yuqin gorge, there is a new building, which has two floors from the inside, but one floor from the outside. It turns out that in front of the gate of the palace is the lowest point of the downhill road. If you go on, you can step into the upper floor of the new building. This kind of design, which looks like a building but not a building, can be described as "interesting building".

Bridge interest

There are five bridges in the park, among which Zhiyu bridge is the most famous. Close to the water, easy to watch fish. The name zhiyuqiao refers to a philosophic game of debate between Zhuangzi and Huizi in the Warring States period about knowing fish but not happiness. One said that the fish are really happy; the other said that if you are not a fish, how can you know that the fish are happy; the other retorted that if you are not me, how can you know that I don't know that the fish are happy. It is the "bridge interest" in the garden to treat people with their own way and to add interest to visitors with stories of the ancients.

legend

At that time, Emperor Qianlong visited Jiangnan six times and lived in Jichang Garden in Wuxi seven times. And "I'm glad that it's quiet, and I've come back with my pictures." at the foot of Wanshou mountain, I built a garden in the garden, imitating Jichang Garden in Huishan, Wuxi.

As the saying goes, when the emperor moves his mouth, the common people break their legs. In a few days, thousands of skilled craftsmen gathered at the foot of longevity mountain. We dug up the lake, built the temple, built the hall, moved the northern pines and cypresses, planted the southern bamboos, there was a colorful gallery by the lake, and in front of the hall was a white jade carving fence After the garden was built, it was beautiful and lovely.

The garden was so well built that Qianlong was overjoyed. He often enjoys the scenery, drinks and banquets in the garden. One day, when I had drunk too much, I made up a crooked poem: people say that Suzhou and Hangzhou are paradise. I say that this garden is better than Suzhou and Hangzhou. I'm happy to be the owner of this garden. Who would like to be the emperor.

As a result, the reputation of the park spread. It soon spread to the ears of two immortals who practiced in Penglai Island in the East China Sea. At first, the two immortals thought that this was just exaggeration. No matter how beautiful the garden is, can it be more beautiful than Penglai fairyland? Later, when I heard so much, I couldn't help thinking of taking a trip to the park and seeing it with my own eyes.

On a clear evening, two immortals riding Red Crowned Crane left Penglai Island and came to the park. When I look up, I can't help but be surprised. It's really extraordinary!

The two immortals patronized the beautiful scenery in the garden, but they surprised an old eunuch who was looking at the garden. When he heard the sound in the garden, he thought: in the middle of the night, did a thief come in? He quickly dressed himself and came out of the room with a stick. He saw two old men with white beards in the garden. As soon as the old eunuch was about to shout, he heard an old man say, "brother Xian, I used to think that the scenery of Penglai is incomparable. Today I know that the harmony garden in the world is no worse than Penglai."

On hearing this, the old eunuch knew that he was not a mortal. He dared not shout and hid behind a stone of Taihu Lake. At this time, another old man said: "fairy brother said it very well. It's such a beautiful place. It's a feast for the eyes. However, in the view of Yu brother, there are still some shortcomings in this garden. There should be something else in the lake. It seems a little empty as it is now. " With that, he threw the dragon's stick into the sky. Suddenly, the light was shining and the clouds were steaming. The stick turned into a white dragon. After flying a few circles over the Xieyuan garden, it plunged into the lake. The dragon's body became a white stone bridge, and the dragon's head became a stone archway at the end of the bridge.

Seeing this, the old eunuch was stunned. With this bridge on the lake, it's just like the finishing touch. The garden looks more beautiful.

The fairy brother also accepted and said along his mouth, "brother Xian, your bridge is really a place. It's really icing on the cake for the garden."

Brother Xian said, "the beauty of this bridge is closer. We can see it more clearly. Let's walk on the bridge."

The old eunuch hiding behind the Taihu stone coughed.

Startled, the two immortals jumped on a blooming lotus and flew away as two auspicious clouds.

After daybreak, Qianlong came to the park. As soon as he entered, he was stunned. Why is there such a beautiful stone bridge on the lake? The old eunuch said all about what happened at night. Qianlong suddenly realized that it was the beauty of the garden that moved the gods. He went to the bridge and wrote "Zhiyu bridge" on the stone archway.

The two cranes were not taken away by the immortals, but stayed in the purple bamboo forest of the park. After a long time, they became two bronze cranes. When Cixi heard the story, she thought it was an auspicious thing, so she took two bronze cranes to the Leshou hall where she lived. Now they are still in front of the hall.

Address: in the summer palace, No.19, Xinjian Gongmen Road, Haidian District, Beijing

Longitude: 116.28126288153

Latitude: 40.000418534012

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