Suzhou Garden: "Master's Garden"

? I have been back from Suzhou for almost half a year. It's really a pity that I finally settled down to write some words. It is said that flowers bloom at dusk. Before my memory has completely changed, I still hope to leave something for my first trip to Suzhou. Most importantly, I'd like to share my experience of this trip with my friends who are far away from home. ?

Because of the APEC meeting, last June, 5438+065438+ 10, just before winter came, Beijing unexpectedly got a once-in-a-lifetime holiday. People who have seen enough 1 1 day holidays are stuck in traffic jams, and now an opportunity that belongs only to Beijing falls from the sky. It can be said that the whole city is jubilant and out. So much so that we all lamented that it seems good to have a holiday in the province in the future. We will take turns in spring, summer, autumn and winter and1February. Of course, this is another story and a joke. Because of the season and distance, we mostly go to Suzhou, Hangzhou and Shanghai. Every day, the circle of friends is taking photos of the water town in the south of the Yangtze River. Wuzhen, Xitang, Tongli and Zhouzhuang are all so similar. However, everyone's happiness is real. After all, it is extravagant to have such a comfortable and non-congested trip during the holiday.

? When I was at school, I read articles about Suzhou gardens, pavilions, rockeries and waterside pavilions, soft words of Wu Nong, orchestral music of bamboo and silk, and bridges of talented people and beautiful women on the walls. Before people entered the country, they were already stunned by the warm wind. Jiangnan is like a dream lover, often dancing at the other end of the dream, and the shadows are dancing, but I have never had a chance to see it clearly. The more I yearn for it, the more I miss it. This rare trip to Suzhou is also a kind of right, which has satisfied my wish for many years. ?

? Off-topic, I have been to very few places since I was so big. When I was at school, my family's financial situation was only enough to maintain my studies, and I had many wishes, but I finally held back, thinking that I would make money on my own one day. After graduation, if you go to a place for business, your heart is often bound by work, and you will never have leisure to enjoy the beautiful scenery. Life has been a little easier in the past two years, and I can have the opportunity to fulfill my wish, go to Qingdao to see the sea, go to Suzhou to see the gardens, and take my parents abroad. Of course, maybe these are nothing to many people. On the contrary, I enjoy this process very much. I reap what I sow. Rather than encouraging people to work hard, it is better to encourage people to enjoy the fruits of their labor. No fatigue of insight and calculation, and no cheating. After working for seven or eight years, you gradually find that peace of mind is the greatest happiness.

? Of course, it is not difficult for China people to travel now. Every scenic spot is crowded with people, but whenever I am asked about my travel experience, the word "but not" is always on my lips, which surprises me. What is tourism and shopping? Curiosity? Occasionally, I see the news that China people go to Japan to buy toilets, and occasionally I see the news that China people importune at the airport. I think traveling is probably a process of discovering yourself. All ugliness and ignorance may meet unexpectedly in travel, and what is easy to get will lose the aperture of "dream" and will also be vulgar. I've been waiting for the opportunity to go to neon, and I'm still willing to let my dream settle for a while, leaving more beautiful things, and don't let it become the toilet I snapped up.

? This trip is also with my parents, a virgin Scorpio mother in the moon, who is slightly more neat. It's really not easy to make a strategy, which is economical and practical, clean and refreshing, and the journey is not urgent or slow. These are the key points they care about. Jtv broadcasted "Traveling with Parents" last year. Listen to my mother, my family has been like this for a long time, and I am still very proud. So is this trip to Suzhou. Even the tour guide said, "It's all girls who take their parents out to travel, and it's rare to see their sons. Most of them give the old couple money to swim by themselves. " There is a lot of helplessness in words. There is a sad scene in My parents are going on a trip. I mainly want to take my parents around while they are still alive and leave more memories for them. At least, they won't be too lonely and sad when they sit at home and look at photos in the future. I also have some bad things to do, for example, I get irritable when I change my itinerary. For example, if I take more detours, I will easily complain. I know too little about my parents' wishes and have insufficient patience for persuasion. I hope I can improve more in my future trip.

? Back to the topic, I took the high-speed train to Suzhou for five hours. It's already midnight. Fortunately, my colleague has booked a hotel for me. My parents and I share a room, and the three of us sleep like a Datong shop. The first trip in the morning is to find food. Going out at this time, Suzhou is really tolerant. First impression, it's really a small town. Beijing has no expressways extending in all directions and no overpasses flying all over the sky, but it is very life. Supermarkets and small shops everywhere are the real pace of life. The second impression is that it is really like Jiangnan in the painting, with white walls and black tiles, and ink painting. There are many houses built by water, which basically maintain a relatively simple atmosphere. After breakfast, we followed the map to the first scenic spot-Netscape Garden. The most considerate place in Suzhou is its house number, which is very specific and conspicuous. As long as you find a street first, the house number will be clear. Unlike in Beijing, I can't see the house number anyway. Even if the address is detailed, the taxi driver will probably disdain it, with a look of "God knows where". At this time, you can only say "just drive, I can find it" in a pleasant way. It is estimated that the method of "following the map" is only slightly practical in a small city like Suzhou. According to the map, we successfully crossed an alley and then arrived at Netscape Garden. Suzhou gardens are almost all private gardens of literati, probably because ancient literati did not show off their wealth, and the courtyard walls and lintels were built very high, so they were "covered" tightly, and it was impossible to see whether it was a mansion or a large family outside the courtyard walls. After several visits, they finally marveled that there was a hole in it. An old man who was filming in Suzhou Gardens told me: Visiting Suzhou Gardens is like a scholar tasting tea. You should swim slowly and taste slowly. Master Wang's garden life is very interesting, and the scenery is very compact, which is very consistent with the basic pattern of Suzhou garden "water in the garden" and "scenery in spring, summer, autumn and winter". The ancient people's design concept of home is not worse than that of modern people. In addition to conforming to tradition, lighting, waterproofing and viewing are all matched in the most reasonable way. My mother's analogy may be more grounded. The model houses here really match. I thought to myself, your old man's eyes are really high After seeing the model house of this size, I don't think I can see the villa. Because the understanding of garden art is very shallow, it is worse than "Ye Gong Ai Long", and the garden is basically a cursory tour, listening to the rough free introduction of the tour guide, and dare not prevaricate with the knowledge that can be found on Baidu. We must correct the attitude of "knowing what they know, not knowing what they don't know". We are new here, and the feeling is still more important. After visiting the garden, read A Dream of Red Mansions again.

For the convenience of explanation, the following is a text introduction of Master Wang Garden by a senior landscape photographer:

"There is a wall in front of the gate of Master Nets Garden, with a horse pen between the walls and a locust tree on the left and right." The wall is the necessary treatment of quadrangles, a traditional architectural form of Han nationality in China. Feng shui pays attention to guiding qi, and qi can't go straight into the hall or bedroom, otherwise it will be unlucky. The way to avoid air rush is to put a wall in front of the house. In order to keep the "air unobstructed", this wall can't be closed, so the architectural form of facing the wall is formed. The display wall has the function of preventing wind and blocking the line of sight. If the wall is decorated, it will have the effect of scenery. Zhaobi can be located inside or outside the gate. The former is called the interior illuminated wall, and the latter is called the exterior illuminated wall. There are also many theories about the reasons for planting Sophora japonica. Sophora japonica is known as "national Sophora japonica" and "home Sophora japonica" and has always enjoyed a lofty position in traditional culture. It is the symbol of the three highest official positions in ancient times. The so-called "three public offices", namely Taishi, Taifu and Taibao, are the general names of the three highest official positions in the Zhou Dynasty. The ancients often planted locust trees in front of their homes, yards and houses for good omen. People also think that planting locust trees can make money. There is a folk proverb: "A locust tree in front of the door is either a treasure or a fortune." In addition, Sophora japonica is a symbol of the ancient imperial examination. Sophora japonica blooms at the end of summer, which is the time when candidates in the Tang Dynasty are diligent. Therefore, there is a saying in the Tang Dynasty: "Sophora japonica is yellow and busy raising a child." Later, the imperial examination was represented by Sophora japonica, which was called "Huai Qiu" and "stepping on Sophora japonica". People in some places regard Sophora japonica as a god who prays for their children. Infertile women should eat locust tree seeds and pray to them in order to "conceive children".

-Just planting a tree can tell so many doorways. I really admire the profoundness of China's splendid culture. Others say that in the past, the poor planted many kinds of mulberry trees, but mulberry trees were homophonic "mourning", so some people pointed out that this may indicate a certain reality of polarization between the rich and the poor at that time. This statement has no textual research and is noncommittal. I think, even if there is a lot of traffic in front of this door, few people can knock on the master's door. As soon as Houmen entered the sea, it was all rules and exquisite. Now, the owner's house is strolled around like Granny Liu in the Grand View Garden, but it is a bit abrupt and beautiful.

"There are two doors facing each other, and there are two feet and five inches high doors below, all of which are black. There are drum stones on both sides of the door, with lion rolling hydrangea relief on them. There are three entrances in front and back of the house, which are not large, that is, the lobby is the sedan chair hall. This is the old place where sedan chairs were parked. There is a plaque in the middle of the hall that says' Qing can make big'. " Drum-hugging stone is a symbol of the hierarchy of ritual architecture and the family status of "being rich or not". "Holding a drum stone is not a" suitable match ",but it can be used as a reference for marriage identity matching. As for the so-called "being bright and able to arrive early", according to the explanation of senior people, "being bright and able" is the moral character flaunted by feudal dynasty officials. In the current words, it is to have both ability and political integrity; " "Early arrival" means early development.

-In a word, "tomorrow can arrive early" shows the ambition of the garden owner to be an official. It is necessary to be famous early, and officialdom is indispensable. It was also a trend at that time that the master still cared about the imperial court after returning home. I hope to understand incompetence and think that the owner of the garden probably wants to get into the habit of getting up early and not be a dude who ruined his family and career. This guess is also very embarrassing.

When you enter the gate, you should look at the model house. I didn't expect the beams in ancient times to be so high, unless the family was full of children and grandchildren. According to the size of a family of two or three, it is really empty. Compared with the slightly dull inner room, the courtyard alleys in the garden are more charming, and the unique and lightweight design stretches out between the high walls, which has far-reaching implications. Walking, my mind suddenly came up with many graceful pictures of ladies. There is also a small hall dedicated to enjoying flowers and greenery, which is full of potted plants. Someone once commented that in ancient times, flowers were men's famous wine sports cars. From this point of view, the owner of the garden is quite rich. Moreover, in addition to artificially carved green plants, countless flower shows are also staged in various places in the park. However, only the owner of the garden with flowers can feel the perfect scenery of spring, summer, autumn and winter, morning and evening, wind, frost, rain and snow, while most tourists are not so lucky and can only do it for one season or even one day.

? Nature, fate also has its beauty. It's a wonderful fate to meet students who sketch and draw. As long as you stop quietly and watch teenage boys and girls concentrate on drawing on paper, your mood will become very happy. In other words, people who learn painting have always had an inexplicable fascination, such as peaches and leaders. They always fantasize that one day they will fall in love with a boy who loves painting. It seems that being the person in his painting becomes a promise to hold your hand and grow old with him. Only now, it seems that such a fantasy is less likely than pretending to be Cinderella and wearing glass shoes.

? Among Suzhou gardens, only Master Wang Garden is open at night, perhaps because it has little flavor of life. It is neither a literati like Canglang Pavilion, quiet and lonely, nor a bureaucrat like Humble Administrator's Garden. A little ostentatious, narrow and concise, few people and warm. If you go to Suzhou next time, you will probably choose Master Wang Garden as your first stop. This time, I may be able to enjoy the "undergrowth flavor" that belongs exclusively to the orientals.

The next article is Canglang Pavilion, the second stop of Suzhou Garden. I hope I can write slowly and diligently.