Ancient pine garden

Ancient pine garden

Gusongyuan, also known as Cai Shaoyu's old residence, is located in Shantang street, Mudu ancient town, Wuzhong District, Suzhou city. It is a garden style building built in the Qing Dynasty, and was built by Cai Shaoyu, a rich man in Mudu in the late Qing Dynasty. The buildings in the house are simple and elegant, and the carvings are very delicate, which have certain artistic and cultural value. It is now a cultural relic protection unit in Jiangsu Province.

In the back garden, there is a Lohan pine of Ming Dynasty, green and vigorous, with beautiful posture. The ancient pine garden is named for this pine.

brief introduction

There is an ancient pine garden in the east 50 steps of Lufei bridge, Shantang street, Mudu ancient town, Wuzhong District, Suzhou city. Its architectural layout is the front house and back garden, which is typical of the Qing Dynasty House garden style. The buildings in the house are simple and elegant, and the carvings are very fine. It has certain artistic and cultural value. It is a unit of cultural relics protection in Jiangsu Province.

In the back garden, there is a Lohan pine of Ming Dynasty, green and vigorous, with beautiful posture. The ancient pine garden is named for this pine.

Construction of ancient pine garden

Jianshe gusongyuan was built by Cai Shaoyu, a Mudu rich man in the late Qing Dynasty. Cai Shaoyu's ancestral home is Dongting Xishan. He used to do foreign business in Shanghai, but later returned to his hometown to build houses and land. Cai Shaoyu and Yan Guoxin, Yan Jiagan's grandfather, Zheng lingjiu and Xu Fenglou, are known as Mudu's four rich families

Through the hall and into the patio, looking back, you can see the brick gate. The upper and lower parts of the gate are respectively engraved with a group of historical stories, such as Lao Tzu's journey to the west, the mad monk sweeping the Qin general and Zhang Yu's letter to Ning Qi, fan Niu and so on. The characters Fang are Mingde Weixin, with Zhang Liang's shoes and flowing water on both sides. The whole gate is decorated with deep carvings, especially Zhang Liang's shoes The arch bridge and the water waves in the mountains and rivers are vivid and lifelike, which fully reflects the exquisite carving skills

Cai Shaoyu

Shaoyu's ancestral home is Dongting Xishan. He used to do foreign goods business in Shanghai. After developed, he went back to his hometown to build houses and land. There are thousands of hectares of fertile land. Cai Shaoyu, Yan Guoxin (grandfather of Yan Jiagan), Zheng lingjiu and Xu Fenglou are collectively known as Mudu's "four richest men", who are rich

Gu Songtang

The hall is known as the ancient pine hall. It is a imitative Ming architectural structure. On the beam frames of Buxuan and the inner four circles, there are four pairs of bamboos, which are shaped like two wings of an ancient official hat. Commonly known as Shamao hall, the four pairs of bamboos in Buxuan are smaller. They are engraved with Lu Chunyang's sword, tie Guai Li's gourd, Cao Guojiu's sandalwood, Han Xiangzi's bamboo flute, LAN CAI and Han Xiangzi's flower basket. Among the people, they are called the mountain fog cloud and Baoliang cloud at the head of the dark eight immortals The most interesting thing is that there are eight pipas carved on a square rafter in the middle of the beam frame, which is called eight pipas. It means joy and joy. Yao's eight pipas are used to express harmony. In the beginning of Suzhou Tanci, there are also eight pipas used to perform music There are no two examples of this usage in Suzhou garden architecture

Old pine garden Hall

The pavilion in the ancient pine garden is the most distinctive, because there are 16 hanging flower baskets carved on the bottom of the eaves, and 16 Phoenix carved on the Xuanliang upstairs. Some people call this pavilion the flower basket building or the Phoenix building. The sculptor of the Phoenix building is Zhao zikang, a famous sculptor in Suzhou in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China Zhao Nai, a native of Fenghuang village in Mudu Town, is famous for his Dongshan carved building, and Mudu Fenghuang building is his early work. Therefore, some people call these two buildings the South and North sisters' carved buildings. All the carvings on the Fenghuang building are auspicious patterns. Among the people, they are called "begging for words". The eaves of Ming Dynasty are carved with Yuanbao of painting letters from west to East, and they are called "self owned Golden House". The eaves of the second room are carved with flower basket boxes Eight treasures, such as conch, wind and fire wheel, coral and bronze drum, are engraved on the eaves of the dark eight immortals wing room, such as sword and gourd. Under the eaves, there are flowers of four seasons, such as plum, lotus, chrysanthemum and mountain tea, which are placed in the vase. On the window pane of the downstairs wing room, there are four gentlemen, Mei, LAN, bamboo and chrysanthemum, symbolizing noble character The railings under the windows are engraved with lions and elephants. The former symbolizes authority, while the latter represents the renewal of everything. On each purse beam of the porch downstairs is engraved with a pair of elephants, indicating auspiciousness. The railings upstairs are in a circular pattern, with three painting halberds inserted in the vase in the middle. The sound of harmony rises to three levels, and the horn hanging under the eaves is a bat pattern.

There are eight Pipa carved on the rafters of the ancient pine hall, which is used as a metaphor for "eight music parties". This kind of shape is unique in Jiangnan garden architecture.

According to Wu county records, this tree has been more than 500 years old. From the appearance, it is still lush, lush and vigorous, with no dragon at all. Not far north, there is a ginkgo tree with thick and straight branches. In autumn, the fruit is full of branches. In early winter, it is full of golden trees, bringing a happy atmosphere to the front and back yard of the house

Walking around the tree is a double-layer corridor, which is full of twists and turns. In the corridor, you can not only have a close look at the green color of ancient pine, but also have a distant view of Lingyan mountain, which makes you feel strange. In the garden, there is a pond of half an acre size, Lake rock rockery The pavilions, pavilions and cloisters are set up according to the water. The architectural reflection and sky light and cloud shadow are intertwined together. The scenery is more and more beautiful. The whole garden is a bit more spacious and more beautiful. Such water scenery is just the poetic painting of Du Fu's famous garden according to the green water

On the north side of the pond is Yao Jianping embroidery art museum, the third generation successor of Suzhou embroidery. The traditional Pavilion style architecture is in harmony with the ancient pine garden, and more than 100 pieces of Yao's embroidery are displayed inside.

Address: Lufei bridge, Shantang street, Mudu Town, Wuzhong District, Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province

Longitude: 120.51244562393

Latitude: 31.25149926746

Chinese PinYin : Gu Song Yuan