Chapter 200: Orchid Garden (Ask for Recommendation Votes)
Orchid Garden is a very mysterious place in Yanjing, and most young people nowadays do not know that there is such a place, as if it has been forgotten.
Only some old people will remember such a place, and even they have heard it from their parents.
But that's not to say that Orchid Garden isn't famous.
It can only be said that the former glory of the orchid garden has gradually been forgotten.
A hundred years ago, there was once a prince who built a garden in the suburbs of Beijing, and the name was Orchid Garden.
The orchid garden covers a huge area, but it is surrounded by high walls, and people at that time only knew that there was a garden, a very large garden, but they did not know what was in it.
That prince seems to be very low-key, never opening the garden to the outside world, and there are very few people who enter the garden every day, just like a forbidden place in Yanjing City.
Over time, this garden has been shrouded in a veil of mystery, and its vermilion gate, which is closed almost every day, gives people infinite reverie.
It wasn't until the Qing Dynasty was overthrown that the so-called prince was just a name left, but because of everyone's previous speculations about this garden, which was almost demonized, some people rumored that it would be haunted, so the simple and timid people did not dare to push open the vermilion gate of the garden.
Later, when the revolution took place, the revolutionaries who did not believe in evil rushed open the vermilion gate, and then the face of the orchid garden appeared in front of the world. Kneel and beg for a hundred unique *eye* songs
It's a paradise-like place, not as mysterious and scary as everyone thinks, and it's not as magnificent as some people think.
This is a landscape manor, which is full of flowers and plants, rockeries and flowing water, and patches of forests are planted in all corners of the yard.
However, this is not the most extreme, people also found dozens of acres of fertile land in the garden.
The true face of the orchid garden finally appeared in front of the world's eyes, and the layers of mysterious veil faded.
It is also because they know the true face of the orchid garden, so everyone understands the purpose of the prince to build this garden.
He is not for pleasure, but wants to place his affection on the mountains and rivers, born in the royal family, like a bird living in a cage, put on a set of invisible shackles.
He longed for freedom, but because of his identity, he couldn't just walk away like those hermits.
So for the yearning in his heart, he built such a garden in the suburbs of Yanjing.
It is full of flowers and plants, and there are rockeries, and water flows through the whole garden, and some birds will stop on the branches to rest, and some birds may think that the environment is good and build a nest and take root.
The houses in the garden are not high-rise, just ordinary grass huts, no different from the houses where the people live.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, for some reason, this garden was sealed, and after some simple transformations, it became a state-owned asset.
Even now, the orchid garden is not open to the public, and as the years go by, it is gradually forgotten.
And along with the Orchid Garden, there is also the legendary prince.
Even if he was once in power, he will not be mentioned again, and all he has left may be the orchid garden.
The Orchid Club was originally held not in an orchid garden, but in a private club.
Later, the operation of a certain elder was scheduled to be held in the Orchid Garden.
Because everyone thinks that the Orchid Society, in the name of orchids, should be held in the Orchid Garden, so that it will live up to its name.
Moreover, the most orchids in the orchid garden are orchids, with a variety of varieties, such as Chunlan, Jianlan, Huilan, Chunjian, Molan, Hanlan, and Lotus Petal Orchid, all of which are planted in it, not to mention the beauty of a hundred flowers.
When Qin Shi and Su Youxia came to the Orchid Garden, it was not early.
The Orchid Festival is not a simple meeting, it ends in the morning when the sun rises in the east until the moon hangs high in the sky.
When Qin Shi and Su arrived in the summer, it was already past eight o'clock, and most of the people who should have come at this time had already come.
"Why did everyone come so early?"
Qin Shi entered the orchid garden and saw the endless flow of people inside, I am afraid that there are not twenty or thirty young and handsome people, some people carry kettles in their hands to water the flowers and plants, and there are also people sitting around the stone table in twos and threes, and they are interested in drinking tea elegantly.
It seems that everyone has their own circle, and everyone has something to talk about with each other.
"The orchid garden is not open to the public on weekdays, and even the daily maintenance and care of the garden are done by the younger generation of the major families, and there will be a family to undertake the orchid every year, and which family will undertake the orchid this year, and which family will be responsible for the maintenance of the orchid garden this year."
Su Youxia whispered in Qin Shi's ear, he is not from Yanjing, so he doesn't know the rules of this orchid garden.
"It's a really interesting place."
Hearing Su Youxia's explanation, Qin Shi also chuckled a few times, he felt that these families in Yanjing were really good at playing, just a garden, and it was really amazing that they could make so many famous halls.
"It's free time, so I'll show you around first."
Su Youxia said to Qin Shi, although she was eligible to enter the Orchid Club, she had never been to it once, and this orchid garden was still when she was a child, she came with her elders once, at that time she was also ten years old, she was still a child, and she was full of curiosity about this garden of flowers and plants.
And the beauty of the Orchid Garden is well-known in the upper class of Yanjing, and many people want to enter it to see the lineup, but they don't have that qualification.
"Hmm."
Qin Shi nodded, as soon as he entered the orchid garden, he was deeply attracted by the orchids planted in it, he originally thought that the orchid garden was a garden like the Summer Palace, with magnificent buildings inside, and every place was filled with the dignity of the royal family.
But as soon as he stepped into this garden, he knew that he had guessed wrong, it was not like a royal garden, but more like a paradise hidden in the suburbs of Beijing, walking in the style of a hermit, which made him more interested.
"The most famous thing about the orchid garden is this lake."
Su Youxia and Qin Shi came to a small lake in the northwest corner of the Orchid Garden, the water of the lake was clear, and there were fish roaming in it.
"Forget the lake?"
Qin Shi looked at the towering stone tablet by the lake, the word "forget worries" was engraved on the tablet, it looked like it had been a long time, and the stone had traces of weathering and erosion by the years.
"Legend has it that these two words were engraved by the prince himself, and I think he took the name of forgetting his worries, but also to relieve the sorrows in his heart, but I don't know if he can really forget the worries of the world when he looks at this lake."
Su Youxia looked at this lake of forgetfulness with his eyes and said softly.
"I think I've been here before."
Qin Shi, who was standing on the side, suddenly said such a sentence, his eyes stared at the calm lake, and a strange emotion rose in his heart. (To be continued.) )