Geng Le Tang

Geng Le Tang was built by Zhu Xiang, a scholar of Ming Dynasty. The layout of the building is front house and back garden, which is typical of Ming and Qing Dynasty house style. There are still 41 Geng Le halls, including gardens, rooms, pavilions and pavilions. There are lotus pond, mandarin duck hall, Huanxiu Pavilion, osmanthus hall and other characteristic landscape buildings in the garden, with pleasant scenery.

Geng Le Tang is mainly made of root carvings, supplemented by stone carvings. It spans the entrance hall and has three rooms in the Ming Dynasty. It is solemn and simple, tall and spacious, and it is a building in the late Qing Dynasty. On the west side of the house, there is a lane leading directly to the back garden. In the garden, there is a lotus pool. The lotus pool is surrounded by stone inlaid lakes, which is different in height and quiet. In the south of the lotus pond, there is Yuanyang hall, three rooms wide, with bright and clean windows. It faces Huanxiu Pavilion across the pond, one high and one low. Out of the courtyard, over three small bridges, you come to the elegant Huanxiu Pavilion. Huanxiu Pavilion is built across the water with unique shape. From the Huanxiu Pavilion around the rockery and down, is the osmanthus hall. Osmanthus hall has its own courtyard, in which there are two ancient trees, golden osmanthus and silver osmanthus. Through the vicissitudes of wind and rain, the ancient osmanthus is still fragrant in the golden autumn every year.

Geng Le Tang

Geng Le Tang is located in lujiadai (xiliuwei), Shangyuan street, Tongli Town, Wujiang City, Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province,

It was built by Zhu Xiang, a scholar in Ming Dynasty. Geng Le Tang, covering an area of about 6 Mu and 4 cents, was built with 52 rooms. Mo Dan wrote about it and called it Yanyi building. After the rise and fall of several dynasties, there are still three into 41, there are gardens, there are Zhai, there are pavilions, there are pavilions. In 2013, it was listed as a national key cultural relics protection unit.

brief introduction

Stepping into the foyer, there are three rooms in Luming, solemn and simple, tall and spacious, which is the building of the late Qing Dynasty. On the west side of the house, there is a lane leading directly to the back garden. In the garden, there is a lotus pool. The lotus pool is surrounded by stone inlaid lakes, which is different in height and quiet.

Architectural features

In the south of the lotus pond, there is Yuanyang hall, three rooms wide, with bright and clean windows. It faces Huanxiu Pavilion across the pond, one high and one low. Out of the courtyard, over three small bridges, you come to the elegant Huanxiu Pavilion. Huanxiu Pavilion is built across the water with unique shape. From the Huanxiu Pavilion around the rockery and down, is the osmanthus hall. Osmanthus hall has its own courtyard, in which there are two ancient trees, golden osmanthus and silver osmanthus. Through the vicissitudes of wind and rain, the ancient osmanthus is still fragrant in the golden autumn every year. Geng Le Tang was listed as one of the eight scenic spots in Tongli of Taihu Lake scenic spot in 1981, and was listed as a cultural relic protection unit of Wujiang City in July 1986.

Address: Tongli Town, Wujiang District, Suzhou

Longitude: 120.7137686084

Latitude: 31.159180300501

Traffic information: within walking distance of the ancient town

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