Yanshan Garden

Yanshan Garden

Yanshan garden was built in 1869. It was a private garden of Tang Yue, a gentry in Guilin of Guangxi in Qing Dynasty. It was called "Yanshan garden villa". In 1911, CEN Chunxuan, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi in the Qing Dynasty, bought the garden with 40000 taels of silver and renamed it "Yanshan Park". "Guilin is a wonderful place to see.". In the 300 mu yard of Yanshan garden, you can see the beauty of Guilin mountains, the beauty of water, the wonder of caves and the difference of trees, so it is called the epitome of Guilin. After the construction of Yanshan garden, it was called "the first garden in Lingnan".

It condenses the best landscape of Guilin landscape, and is also the Jiangnan garden in Guilin landscape. Yanshan garden is a collection of "geomantic treasure", "magical landscape", "celebrities elegant residence" in one place. The geomantic omen of Yanshan garden conforms to the best principle of Chinese geomantic omen. The Zhongru mountain, facing the gate, has a mysterious cave and countless bats. It is the only place in Lingnan where "the green mountain is the place to collect blessings". The water of the mysterious Acacia river flows from the south to the north without a trace; there are thousands of ancient trees in Yanshan garden, with different shapes and growing along the river. Zhongru mountain and Fangzhu mountain in the garden are "natural botanical garden of karst landform" with unique flowers and trees and luxuriant growth. The square bamboo, green plum, red bean and Osmanthus fragrans in the garden are the famous four treasures of Yanshan garden. The scenery in the garden: Acacia River, flower temple, camphor and gingko all have magical landscapes. Yanshan garden is also a gathering place for celebrities. Famous figures in modern history, such as Sun Yat Sen, Chiang Kai Shek, Linsen, Hu Shi, Ma Junwu, Yang Dongchun, Chen Yinke, Zhu De, Zhou Enlai, Jin Yuxi, etc., have been living or wandering here. Yanshan garden is one of the birthplaces of Guangxi modern culture. Guangxi University, Guangxi Normal University, Yanshan middle school and Guangxi agricultural college all run schools here. It is the creative base of Chinese New literati painting school and Lijiang painting school. It is also the campus of Fengyi academy, Lijiang International Culture College of Guangxi Art College and affiliated high school.

geographical position

Yanshan town in the middle of Guilin Guiyang highway,. At 110.31 E and 25.07 n, it is 24 km away from Guilin city and 40 km away from Yangshuo County. It is the only way from Yangshuo to Guilin and the central area of Guilin University Town. Opposite: Guilin Botanical Garden of Chinese Academy of Sciences and Guilin campus of Guangxi Academy of Arts, 3 km south of Guilin Yuzi paradise.

Main attractions

1. Artistic conception of Taoyuan: there is a natural stone cave named Xiangsi cave on the bamboo mountain in the garden, which is named after peach trees and also means "paradise". The entrance of the cave is shallow and narrow. Enter the cave, buttress and down, around a boulder, then suddenly clear, artistic conception do not open, "high cliff tens of feet, allow dozens of feast." Looking out from the cave, there are three or two clumps of green bamboos and hundreds of peach blossoms. Among them, there is a thatched pavilion, cool and quiet. Compared with the bustling impression of pavilions left in my mind when I entered the cave, I felt as if I had entered a secluded "paradise". Therefore, it is also called "Acacia cave". In the 1930s, Hu Shi came here and proposed to change it into "Acacia cave" because he felt that the red beans were growing in front of the cave. Dinosaur fossils were found in the cave.

2. Mysterious Acacia River: Acacia river is like a soft "Qingluo" floating northward from the foot of Fangzhu mountain. Strange rocks are born in the river, and the bank is covered with green shade. When the river opens, it changes. The river is clear and clear, and the fish can be counted. There is a stone rainbow across the water, reflecting like a ring. What's more strange is that the river appears from the foot of Fangzhu mountain to the West foot of ruzhong mountain, and suddenly disappears. There is no gap in the surrounding walls, no culvert holes in the road, and the river is nowhere to go. Only 200 meters of river section is embedded in the garden. It can be said that there is no source and no trace. There is a folk song that says: "a section of immortal river falls in the garden, and the road has no place to pass around the wall. It flows all the year round Some people call it "Feilai River" according to the characteristics of its absence.

3. Osmanthus Wonderland: there are more than 1000 odd osmanthus trees in the garden. In the golden autumn, the garden is full of fragrance, and the ground is covered with snow when the flowers fall. The osmanthus trees along the two banks of the Acacia River have different shapes and long ages, which are integrated with the natural environment of the garden.

4. Thousand year old camphor: the seven headed camphor in the garden is a thousand year old tree with branches distributed in the shape of Beidou. It is a sacred tree juxtaposed with the big banyan tree in Guilin. According to legend, the big banyan tree in Yangshuo is a female sacred tree, and the ancient camphor tree in Yanshan garden is a male sacred tree. Local folk song: first there are seven camphors, then there are Yanshan garden. It was this tree that the master saw that he could be promoted, and the idea of gardening came into being. It is said that the master saw this place and thought of monopolizing the sacred tree.

5. The first geomantic omen in Lingnan: the geomantic omen of the whole Yanshan garden is in line with the principle of the best choice of Chinese geomantic omen, especially in the old gate area, which is a living course of geomantic omen. Zhongru mountain, just opposite the gate, has a mysterious cave and countless bats. It is the only treasure land in Lingnan where "green mountains and hidden blessings" can be seen. 6. Longji ancient path: the only remaining Longji road in traditional Chinese gardens is preserved in the garden. The ancients built a garden, which was named after the imperial examination. 7. Xuanzhu fishing for the moon: in the Ming Dynasty, the ancient bridge, the lady's building and the childe's building are facing each other. The moon goes up to the East Mountain, fishing for the moon by the platform, and the fishing songs are very beautiful. Miss building in the garden is now the studio of Huang Gesheng, a master of traditional Chinese painting. The word "Rongyuan" is inscribed by Qi Baishi.

8. Flower God Temple: there is the only flower god temple in Lingnan, with 12 flower statues. Visitors here can worship flowers, bless youth, beauty and family members. Chen Shouxiang, a famous scholar, wrote a couplet for Huashen Temple: 108 bells awaken the spring dream of all families, 24 trade winds blow around the mountains and ponds.

9. Don't sweep path: the path in the middle of the garden is covered with fallen leaves in late autumn. The mood is far-reaching. The owner can't bear to sweep the fallen leaves, so it's called don't sweep path. There is a couplet at the gate of the garden: "flowers gather and disperse, leaves gather and disperse, human feelings gather and disperse, mountains float and sink, water float and sink, time does not float and sink.".

10. Hongdou Pavilion: in the garden, there is a wonderful tree, Hongdou tree. Beside the tree, there is a Hongdou Pavilion. Chen Yinke, the most learned scholar in China, lived here for one year and left many poems and essays. Chen Yinke, who is proficient in more than 20 languages, is famous for his study of Sui and Tang Dynasties. After liberation, he publicly declared that he would not study Marxism Leninism. He died of illness at Sun Yat sen University during the cultural revolution. He is recognized as a Chinese academic master. He is the son-in-law of Tang Jingsong, a native of Guilin, Guangxi, and the governor of Taiwan. Hu Shi also came here and wrote a poem about Acacia bean: "Acacia River on Acacia rock, Acacia rock under Acacia cave, it's not too late to have a son in three years, one night Acacia makes people thin."

11. Biyun Lake · Qingxiang ink painting: Yunhu lake is also known as "Yuanyang Lake", with mountains and rocks as the shore, which is natural and simple. Willows are planted on the lakeside and lotus is planted in the lake. In the lake, there are two-story and three-story large water pavilions, which are shaped like boats, so they are called "Biyun Lake boat". There is a long curved corridor across the water and connected with the Hantong building. On the Blue Cloud Lake boat, you can see the weeping willows, the red lotus, the painted boat and the reflection of the green peak. The Lake boat was changed into a waterside pavilion by Cen Chunxuan. It is the largest painting school base in contemporary China, where the original works of Chinese Lijiang painting school writers are displayed and their studios are concentrated, by the water Pavilion of Biyun lake and in the center of the water Pavilion. 12. Chenghuai Academy: China's modern academy, founded by China Academy of Arts. There is a work center of Chinese New literati painting school. In addition, famous masters such as Chen Shouxiang, Xie Tiancheng and Jiang Bibo all have studios here. Qingxiang bookstore (also known as childe building) is the birthplace of Jin Yuxi, an internationally famous Chinese entrepreneur and cultural celebrity.

13. National treasure "a hundred mile map of the Lijiang River" Art Gallery: national treasure "a hundred mile map of the Lijiang River" is Huang Gesheng's work, which is a masterpiece depicting the landscape of Guilin. Its album has been collected by the library of Congress of the United States, and the original work is stored in the garden and the culvert building.

14. Four treasures Garden: Guilin Karst natural ecological precious plants: square bamboo, red bean, osmanthus, green plum, is the treasure of many plants in the garden, also known as the four treasures of Yanshan.

15. Chengtan wonder: not far from Taoyuan cave, there is a small lake, covering an area of more than 100 square meters, which is inexhaustible all year round. Every spring and summer, when the rain is strong, the spring water comes out from the ground, there is a sound, and the rolling water pattern is like a flower. In one corner of the lake, there is a wandering vortex, which takes the water away from the lake. Therefore, no matter how much water is poured into the lake, the water will not overflow the shore, and the water balance will always be maintained, which is rare in the world. There is a Xilin Memorial Pavilion in the pool.

16. The past of Xilin: Yanshan garden was purchased by Cen Chunxuan, governor of Guangdong and Guangxi. Cen was from Xilin, Guangxi, so the garden is also called "Xilin garden". As the private garden of the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, cen Xilin spent a lot of effort to build the garden here. The Qing Dynasty style garden architecture restored in the garden today is the work of Cen. CEN is a very influential figure in modern history. There are stone carvings of Cen Xilin's portrait and handwriting in the garden, which are precious historical materials.

17. Culture of the Republic of China: in Contemporary Chinese gardens, Yanshan garden is one of the places with the heaviest traces of the culture of the Republic of China. A considerable part of the buildings in the park are restored according to the old style of the Republic of China, and the University square remains the same as the original style of the Republic of China. Auditorium Huixue hall is the only auditorium of the Republic of China that can be used in China. The inscription of Lin Sen, chairman of the national government of the Republic of China in Yuanzhong, is the only inscription of the highest leader of the Republic of China in Guilin, Guangxi.

18. Hantong building (under restoration): the main building in the garden is famous in Lingnan Garden Architecture in Qing Dynasty. The building is two stories high, which was called by Qing people as "towering buildings, high buildings, fine weather distance..." This is the first library in Guangxi in the late Qing Dynasty. The reconstructed Hantong building will become the Lijiang School Literature Museum.

19. Chengyan culture: at the foot of the bamboo mountain in the garden, there is a Chengyan pavilion where the original owner lived. The owner met guests and wrote books here. It was once the salon of the regional cultural center at that time. This pavilion is backed by mountains and faced with water. There used to be a god fish in the water, "lacquer carp is as slender as a fish."

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