Tuisi Garden

Tuisiyuan was built in the reign of Emperor Guangxu of Qing Dynasty. It was built after Lan Sheng, the director of tuisiyuan, was impeached and dismissed. The name of the garden "Tuisi" means "mending fault", which is extracted from Zuo Zhuan. People can see the Qing Dynasty official's heart of retiring. Compared with the four famous gardens in Suzhou, Tuisi Garden is a small garden with a small area of nine Mu and eight Fen. Because of its small size, the design is more elaborate. Most of the buildings in the garden are pasted. The essence is concentrated in the garden. In addition to water, there are a lot of Taihu stones in tuisiyuan. Even if a tree is planted in a small courtyard, there are Taihu Lake stones dotted among them. The layout of Tuisi Garden is unique, with pavilions, platforms, buildings, pavilions, corridors, squares, bridges, pavilions, halls, halls, rooms, and pavilions. The character of the owner of the garden is also integrated in it.

Tuisi Garden

Tuisiyuan, located at 234 Xinmian street, Guzhen District, Tongli Town, Wujiang District, Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province, was first built in 1885-1887. It was built after Ren Lansheng, an official of the Qing Dynasty, was dismissed and returned to his hometown. The name of the garden is quoted from Zuozhuan, which means "Lin's father is the king, he is loyal to him, he makes up for his mistakes"

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Tuisiyuan covers an area of 5674 square meters, with a building area of 2622 square meters. It has a horizontal layout. From west to East, it is residential, courtyard and garden in turn. The house is composed of hall, teahouse, main hall and two small buildings for family members. The central courtyard is the natural transition between the house and the garden, which is mainly used for hospitality. The courtyard is surrounded by an ambulatory. In the south of the courtyard, there is a guest house and a residence for people to meet and entertain guests. In the north of the courtyard, there is a spring moon tower for guests to live in. There are dry boats, flowers and trees in the courtyard, and the moon gate leads to the garden in the east of the courtyard

. Tuisi Garden is a model of small garden

In the limited land or space, it provides a natural museum for modern people

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In June 2001, tuisiyuan was announced as the fifth batch of national key cultural relics protection units by the State Council

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Historical evolution

In 1885, tuisiyuan was built.

In 1887, tuisiyuan was completed

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In 1984, tuisiyuan was restored and opened to the public.

In 1986, the people's pictorial published Tuisi Garden as a representative scenic spot of Suzhou garden, one of the top ten scenic spots in China

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Architectural features

structure

Tuisiyuan covers an area of 5674 square meters, with a building area of 2622 square meters. It has a horizontal layout. From west to East, it is residential, courtyard and garden in turn. The house is composed of hall, teahouse, main hall and two small buildings for family members. The central courtyard is the natural transition between the house and the garden, which is mainly used for hospitality. The courtyard is surrounded by an ambulatory. In the south of the courtyard, there is a guest house and a residence for people to meet and entertain guests. In the north of the courtyard, there is a spring moon tower for guests to live in. There are dry boats, flowers and trees in the courtyard, and the moon gate leads to the garden in the east of the courtyard

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Garden area accounts for more than half of the whole house garden, with lotus pool as the center, rockery, buildings, flowers and trees around. The curved corridor extends to the south, North and west of the lotus pond, connecting almost all the buildings in the garden. On the porch wall beside the gate of the garden is also embedded the words "clear wind and bright moon do not need a dollar to buy". Facing the garden gate, there is a water Pavilion connected with the curved corridor, which is called "Water Pavilion"

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Tuisiyuan is in a closed layout with barriers on each floor. There are also "a pavilion, a bridge and a pavilion" in the garden

. There are mainly "sit Spring Moon tower", "retreat thinking thatched cottage", "rain sit Pavilion" and so on, the whole garden set rockery, pavilions, flowers and trees, ponds and waterside pavilions in one

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characteristic

Tuisiyuan takes "retreat" as the horizontal line and "thinking" as the core

The garden is simple, quiet and elegant, with the architectural style of Jiangnan garden in the late Qing Dynasty

. The main buildings of tuisiyuan are built with water, compact structure and prominent center

. Each building in the park can be viewed independently and corresponding to another landscape

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Tuisi thatched cottage is the main building in the garden. It is located on the North Bank of the lotus pool, facing south and five rooms wide. The front platform is in the water. The appearance of the thatched cottage is simple and dignified without losing any change. The platform in front of the hall is built with water.

There is a piano room on the east side of the thatched cottage. Along the Sanqu stone bridge beside the piano room, you can get to mianyun Pavilion on the East Bank of the pool. Mianyun Pavilion is the top of Xieshan mountain on the second floor, and the lower layer is covered by the surrounding lake rocks. This kind of building and the Lake stone collocation method, has created "does not have the mountain to be better than has the mountain" the artistic conception.

In the south of mianyunting and the southeast corner of the pool, there is a ziyushengliangxuan. The three rooms of Xiaoxuan are built with water. The name of "ziyushengliang" comes from Jiang Kui's Ci poem "niannujiao" in which "Cuiye blows cool, Yurong sells wine, and zipuyu sprinkles more.". Shake it sweetly, and it's cold and fragrant. The owner of the garden is very fond of Jiang's Ci, and most of the landscape names in the garden are taken from them. Xiaoxuan and Xintai on the west side are connected by a section of corridor. There is a rockery behind the pavilion. Xintai is a two-story Pavilion, with the style of Jiangnan folk houses, which echoes with Tuisi thatched cottage. It is the place where the master of the garden reads, named after the meaning of "hard reading poetry and books". Beside Xintai, there is a stone boat moored in the pool, named "naohong Yige". Its shape is simple and easy to carve. The cabin is painted dark red

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Cultural relics

Stele rubbings

The tablet extension of guiqulaici, standing in the back hall of tuisiyuan cottage, was written by Zhao Mengfu, a great calligrapher of the Yuan Dynasty. Zhao Mengfu, Zi'ang, was born in Huzhou, Zhejiang Province. His calligraphy is mellow and beautiful, which is known as "Zhao style". Gu Xin of Taicang specially built the Mo Miao Pavilion in huaiyun Temple of Taicang, and collected the stone carvings such as the poem of returning home written by Zhao Mengfu. After the pavilion was destroyed, the steles in the pavilion existed until the "Cultural Revolution". During the cultural revolution, the stone tablet of guiqulaici was smashed into four pieces by the red guards, and many of the handwriting was damaged and could not be restored. Tuisiyuan is only a well preserved monument

 

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Stone drum inscription

"Shiguwen" is engraved on the leaky window wall of Jiuqu cloister. The verse is taken from the song of Xiangyang written by Li Bai, a poet of the Tang Dynasty. It says that "there is no need to buy the clear wind and bright moon, but Yushan is not pushed.". Each word is inlaid in the center of the leaky window with different patterns, elegant and smooth, without the trace of chisel

 

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Lingbi Stone

Lingbi stone stands on the South Bank of the lotus pond. It is 5.5 meters high. It is called "Laoren peak" because it looks like an old man overlooking the wind. From the stage outside Tuisi thatched cottage, this "Laoren peak" looks like a traditional Chinese character "Shou". The peak of the stone is in the shape of a turtle

 

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Research value

Chen Congzhou, a gardener, once commented: "Ren's Tuisi Garden has a unique way in Jiangnan gardens. It is a special case of water garden. Mountains, pavilions, pavilions, corridors, pavilions and pavilions are all close to the surface of the water, and the garden is like water above the water

 

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Tuisi Garden is a model of small garden

 

In the limited land or space, it provides a natural museum for modern people

 

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protective measures

In October 1981, tuisiyuan was listed as a provincial cultural relic protection unit by Jiangsu Provincial People's government

 

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In November 2000, tuisiyuan was listed on the world heritage list by UNESCO

 

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In June 2001, tuisiyuan was announced as the fifth batch of national key cultural relics protection units by the State Council

 

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On May 26, 2014, tuisiyuan started ecological restoration of water system

 

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History and culture

Lan Sheng (1837-1888), the director of Tuisi Garden, was named Wanxiang and Nanyun. He once served as a soldier of Fengyang, Yingzhou, Liuhe and Sizhou in Anhui Province. Tuisiyuan was built when Ren was impeached and returned home. The name of the garden is "Tuisi", which is said in the twelfth year of Xuangong in Zuozhuan: "Lin's father is a king. He is loyal to the emperor and makes up for his mistakes. How can he kill him

 

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The designer of tuisiyuan is yuan long, a painter and gardener. He integrates spring, summer, autumn, winter, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting into the garden

 

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Tourism information

address

Tuisiyuan is located at No.234 Xinmian street, Guzhen District, Tongli Town, Wujiang District, Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province.

traffic

transit

1. Suzhou direction

Suzhou South Bus Station - tuisiyuan: every 15 minutes, 30 minutes, ticket price: 6.5 yuan.

Suzhou north bus station - tuisiyuan: every 20 minutes, 40 minutes, ticket price: 7 yuan.

2. Wujiang direction

Every 8 minutes, Wujiang bus No.5, No.10, ticket price: 1 yuan.

3. Tongli ancient town

Every 8 minutes, Wujiang bus No.5, ticket price: 1 yuan.

Self driving

1. From Shanghai to national highway 318 to Lixing to songku highway, three kilometers ahead of Tongli.

2. After Shanghai Nanjing Expressway, in Suzhou east exit southbound Tongli direction.

3. After Shanghai Hangzhou Expressway, go to Pingwang direction at Jiaxing Exit, 3 km east of Songling via provincial highway 205.

Walking and tricycle

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