Gao Yiyuan

Gao Yiyuan

Located at the southern foot of Tianping mountain (Suzhou), Gaoyi garden was built in the Baoli period of Tang Dynasty and was originally Fan Zhongyan ancestral hall of Song Dynasty.

brief introduction

Gaoyi garden has a total of five entrances. It is built in accordance with the mountain. The ground level rises gradually, with a depth of about 70 meters. The first gate, the first gate, and the third gate, the "Le Tian Lou", formerly known as Yu Shu Lou and formerly known as Chen Han Lou, are magnificent and exquisite buildings with double eaves and Xieshan style. Its surface is 15 meters wide and its depth is 10 meters. The upper and lower parts are three bays. The lower part is the four side hall around the corridor, and the upper part is the open pavilion with four side windows. The fourth entrance is the Xiaoyao hall, which is elevated in the sky and opposite to the Lotte tower; the pavilion is of the Xieshan style, with two wings on the left and right, like double towers, which has the potential of restoring the pavilion. The back yard is the main hall of gaoyiyuan, with a single eaves and three wide faces. There are two sides of the inscription "gaoyiyuan" with blue background and gold characters and a stele of "two poems of sixteen rhymes of youtianping" written by him in 1751.

Historical evolution

There are small courtyards on both sides of Letian building, which make use of cliffs and pebbles to gather springs to form pools, and are matched with lush bamboo trees, adding natural and lively interest to the symmetrical building. The eastern courtyard is large and has a square stele Pavilion called "enlun Pavilion". Baiyun ancient temple is located in the west of the garden. It was built in the second year of Baoli (826) of Tang Dynasty. It was originally baiyun temple, named after Baiyun spring. In 1044, Fan Zhongyan, the fourth year of Qingli period in the Northern Song Dynasty, was invited to play for fan's Gongde xianghuoyuan because of his ancestral tomb. Zhao zhener, the benevolent emperor, called "baiyun temple", also known as Tianping temple. It was destroyed at the end of Yuan Dynasty and rebuilt in Hongwu of Ming Dynasty. The existing temple is rebuilt in the late Qing Dynasty. The only thing left is the hard mountain style hall with three rooms and two chambers, and the mountain gate. The platform foundation of the hall and the lotus petals encircling the Lianzhu and the basin type column foundation are antiquities. Fan Shenyi temple is located in the east of the garden. There are two entrances: the gate and the hall. The hall is now a "winter hall" with a hard mountain style, three rooms in width and two opposite chambers on the left and right. Laiyanxie is located in the east of the ancestral hall. Outside, there is a "fanjingtai" near shijingtang. Inside, there is a concave shaped pool named "fish paradise". In the north of the pool, there is a Square Pavilion protruding from the north. The "tingyingge" faces the water on three sides, overlooking the fish in the pool. The back of the pavilion is connected with "gayan hall". The hall is five rooms wide, and the two end rooms are the sandwich rooms. Around the pool, there is a long corridor, the South Corridor splits the door, and the forehead is "Lai Yan Xie". Further east is the mantra pot nunnery, next to the fan Sui tomb gate Shinto stone square and peach blossom stream, a total of three. The second one is a three Bay hut, with stone carvings of "between mountains and rocks" and "Buddha in the person", and the third one is a Buddhist hall.

Fan Zhongyan ancestral hall:

Address: South foot of Tianping mountain, Wuzhong District, Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province

Longitude: 120.50056827688

Latitude: 31.28092448316

Tel: 0512-66261382

Ticket information: no ticket required. Included in the 30 yuan ticket of Tianping mountain.

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