Plum Garden

Plum Garden

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Meiyuan (Wuxi City Park, Jiangsu Province) generally refers to Meiyuan Hengshan scenic area

Plum garden is located on the south slope of Dongshan mountain and Hushan mountain in the western suburb of Wuxi. It is 7 kilometers away from the urban area and 1.5 kilometers away from Taihu Lake. Plum trees are planted in the garden. It is one of the famous plum appreciation resorts in Jiangnan. It is a national AAAA tourist attraction, a national key cultural relic protection unit and a national key park. According to the height of the terrain and the characteristics of the plum garden, the garden designers decorate the mountain with plum and plant plum on the mountain. The plum is beautiful on the mountain, and the mountain is secluded because of the plum. There are more than 5500 plum plants in the garden. There are also tianxintai, xixinquan, qingfenxuan, zhaoheting and other scenic spots in the park.

In February 2020, in order to express our gratitude to the medical staff, we will implement the policy of free admission to the national medical workers from the date of the restoration of the park to December 31, 2020.

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geographical environment

Wuxi Meiyuan, the full name of Wuxi Rongshi Meiyuan, shows its elegant and simple style with old rattan, ancient plum, new osmanthus and rare stones. It is located in Dongshan, Hushan and Hengshan in the western suburb of Wuxi City. Facing the vast expanse of Taihu Lake, backed by the nine peaks of Longshan mountain, it is famous for its plum blossoms and has long enjoyed a high reputation in Jiangnan.

Before liberation, it was the private garden of Rong Yiren, a red capitalist. Meiyuan is famous for Meihua. It now covers an area of 812 mu, of which Meilin occupies 56 mu. There are more than 5000 plum trees, more than 2000 plum piles, and thousands of potted plum trees, most of which are fruit plum. Flower plum has silver red, false cinnabar, gulihong, plain white Taige, small green calyx, etc.

Development history

It has a history of more than 70 years. After the founding of the people's Republic of China, the number and varieties of plum trees have gradually increased. There are more than 4000 plum trees and more than 2000 potted plum trees in the garden, with nearly 40 varieties. Many of them are introduced from Suzhou, Changshu, Yangzhou, Hangzhou, Chengdu, Wuhan and Anhui.

The famous ones are Jade Butterfly plum with pure white color, green calyx plum with Jasper like flowers and emerald like calyx, gongfenmei with red and light makeup, cinnabar plum with rouge drops, dark plum with thick color like ink, and longyoumei with Twirling branches and graceful posture. There are also elegant shape, Qiu branch hanging upside down, withered trees old stem, shadow horizontal oblique plum pile art bonsai.

The plum garden was founded in 1912. The famous national industrialists Rong Zongjing and Rong Desheng opened the garden in Dongshan. They planted thousands of plum trees on the site of XiaoTaoYuan by Xu dianyi, a Jinshi in the late Qing Dynasty. After more than ten years of construction, it covers an area of 81 mu. At that time, most of the plum trees were fruit plum. After liberation, the number and variety of plum trees increased gradually. There are more than 4000 plum trees and more than 2000 potted plum trees in the garden.

Plum Cultivars

Plum garden is famous for its plum blossom. There are more than 70 years of cultivation history of plum blossom in Meiyuan. There are 30 or 40 varieties of plum blossom. The famous ones are yudiemei, which is pure white and pure, green calyx, which is as beautiful as jasper, emerald, gongfenmei, cinnabar, dark plum, longyoumei and so on. And there are elegant shape, Qiu branch hanging upside down, withered trees old stem, thin shadow horizontal oblique plum pile art bonsai.

Main attractions

The main scenic spots are: Meiyuan stone carving, xixinquan, mixiangyang stone worship, tianxintai, Yili Pavilion, qingfenxuan, Xianghai, chanting hall, Zhaohe Pavilion, xiaoluofu, Nianzhe tower, Huoran cave, Kaiyuan Temple, Songhe garden, xiaojingu, Yinfeng Pavilion.

Nianzhe tower

Nianzhe tower is not only the finishing touch of Meiyuan, but also the landmark of Meiyuan. The three story octagonal tower, 18 meters high, was built in 1930. It is a memorial building built by Rong Zongjing and Rong Desheng brothers for their mother, Mrs. Shi Tai, in memory of their parents' upbringing.

At that time, Rong Zongjing's and Rong Desheng's mother Shi Shi's 80th birthday, specially built this tower as a memorial. It happened that Mr. Qian Zhenying came to Meiyuan to enjoy the plum blossom. Mr. Rong asked Mr. Qian to write a composition about the tower. Mr. Qian proposed to Mr. Rong Desheng to change the name of the tower to "Nianzhe". He said: take Xiaoya of the book of songs as an example to show his memory for his parents. In the book of songs, the sentence "Jixin died young, mother's family worked hard" is also used to commemorate mother.

Huaxi scenic spot

Huaxi scenic area has introduced more than 100 varieties of exotic flowers and plants, and built a huge rock landscape with huge green trees and big rocks. The flowing water reflects the blue sky and white clouds and integrates with the mountains. She skillfully combines Chinese and western environmental art, opens her mind like the earth, and attracts the hearts of countless tourists. Let people enjoy the joy and joy of returning to nature, enjoy the eternal and unswerving spirit of mountains and rocks, and experience the inspiration of connecting people with mountains and rocks and with all things. People in the meantime, all feel the ingenuity of the designer.

Stone carving in Meiyuan

"Meiyuan" was written by Mr. Rong Desheng in 1916. The wisteria beside the carved stone was planted by Mr. Rong Desheng himself. It has a history of more than 100 years. It means "Ziqi comes to the East" and symbolizes auspiciousness and wealth.

Reading Office

It was founded in 1927 and a new school was built here in 1929. In 2000, a comprehensive renovation was carried out to restore the appearance of that year, and a number of materials were collected and sorted out, and the Rong's historical exhibition room was established. The banner in the middle hall of the main hall is written by Mr. Rong Desheng in the winter of 1943. Under the banner is the preface to the preface of the reading Office of Huoran cave, which was written by Mr. Rong in 1929. The East and West chambers on both sides of the main hall display the students' selected compositions.

Kaiyuan Temple

Wuxi Municipal Cultural relics protection unit. Located at the foot of Hengshan Mountain in the western suburb of Wuxi, in Meiyuan Hengshan scenic area. Nanjing Shanghai Expressway, Xiyi Expressway and Taihu Lake ring highway are all direct access. It is a famous Buddhist cultural landscape and tourist attraction in Wuxi. Founded in 1930, it was donated by Mr. Rong Desheng, a famous Chinese industrialist, and completed in 1933.

Kaiyuan Temple was built according to the Convention of Han nationality in China. On the upper block of the main axis, facing south, there are Tianwang hall, main hall, Daxiong hall, sutra collection building, and another Jade Buddha building. On the East and west sides are the bell tower, Drum Tower, Guanyin hall, dizang hall, Gongde hall, etc. Although the temple was built late, there are many treasures, showing a unique style. There is a copy of the Tripitaka of the Qianlong reign of the Qing Dynasty, a bronze Maitreya Buddha presented by Thai friends, a jade Burmese Reclining Buddha donated by American believers, and a Japanese style "Pingfeng" bell tower built by the Japan China Friendship Association in Mingshi, Japan. These not only reflect the deep friendship of Buddhist disciples, but also show the common aspiration of people all over the world to pray for peace. On New Year's day and new year's Eve, it has become a traditional custom for Kaiyuan Temple to strike a bell to pray.

Yanquan

When it was excavated in 1914, an ancient inkstone was excavated and printed with the word "Wen Guang she Dou" on its back. Mr. Rong Desheng called it "inkstone spring" because of his name. Because "Yan" and "Yan" are interlinked in ancient Chinese, the seal spring is named "Yan spring".

Xixinquan

Chiseled in 1916, Mr. Rong Desheng specially named it "xixinquan", which means "things wash, then clean, heart wash, then clean." In 1983, chongjun, a famous plum blossom expert, Professor Chen Junyu, wrote the name of the spring. The stone wall is newly engraved with the stone inscription "xixinquan Ji" written by Rong Yiren in his youth.

Le Nong Villa

Built in 1919, because Mr. rongdesheng was named "Le Nong", the building was named "Le Nong villa". In the spring of 1985, Mr. Rong Yiren returned to his hometown, especially for "Le Nong villa". Now, as the "Rong's history exhibition room", it is open to the public to show the historical achievements of Rong's family in hard work, saving the country through industry and benefiting Sangzi.

Chanting Hall

Chanting hall, commonly known as "nanmu hall", is the main building of "Rong's Plum Garden". It was built in 1916. Mr. Rong took the meaning of planting crops and hard work in the book of songs as the name of the hall. Now, it is written by Wu Zuoren in 1979. The furnishings in the chanting hall are all the original works of the Rong family. The architecture and furnishings are perfectly matched and affectionate. It echoes with Xianghai north and south, with nine wide faces and three main halls in the middle. Because of using nanmu as beam, it is called nanmu hall. Wu Zuoren wrote the plaque of "chanting hall" in the middle hall. A panoramic view of the plum garden is hung under his forehead. It was written by Zhou Huaimin in 1979. Hanging on both sides of the nave are the eight chapters of the book of songs, CHENFENG, July. On the left and right sides of the hall, there are couplets, Qin Qinong's record, and Zhu Jingzhao's sentence: "there are mountains on all sides, all of which are painted; there are flowers every day of the year." The couplets of Tang kenshu and Qian Yizhen:

So that there are millet silk surplus world;

Often with the lake and mountain as the master.

There are also couplets written by Shen Zhaolin in Qiantang

Make the best wish, make the best fortune, and enjoy the best fortune;

When you stand on a high place, sit flat and walk wide.

In front of the hall, there is a plaque of "No.1 lake and mountain" by Cen Chunxuan of Guangxi. The West hillside of chanting hall is Liuyue village. It's all around

The stone tablet Pavilion and Peony Pavilion with corridor eaves.

Xianghaixuan

Xianghaixuan was built in 1914. Mr. Rong Desheng found Kang Youwei's calligraphy "xiangxuehai" with 50 silver. In August 1919, Kang Youwei came to visit Meiyuan and saw that it was a fake work by others. He wrote "Xianghai" with great care. The original plaque is missing, and the two characters on the lintel are written by Kang Youwei's famous calligrapher Ms. Xiao Xian in 1979. In 1991, he found Kang Youwei's original handwriting in Nanjing Museum, made a new plaque and hung it in the pavilion.

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