The most beautiful thing in life is the time you spend with your loved ones.

Liu Tianyu and Zhou Ruolan walked hand in hand, envying countless others.

The two came to the main hall of Hanshan Temple, the Daxiong Treasure Hall, flying to the spine, according to the corner stretching.

A pair of stone pillars in front of the main hall are called dew plates, which are the utensils for monks to put food and water before meals for the so-called hungry ghosts.

In the center of the terrace, there is a copper tripod on the stove, the front of the tripod is cast in a serious way, and the back is cast in a hundred alchemy steel. Religious legend: There was a dispute between a monk and a Taoist priest in China, and there was a contest to see whose scriptures could withstand the fire. The Buddhists will be put into the bronze fire, and the scriptures will be undamaged. In order to praise this past, this eight-character is engraved on the tripod to commemorate.

On the mast of the temple door hangs the plaque of the Daxiong Treasure Palace, and the couplets of the book written by the monks are hung on the pillars of the courtyard in the hall: the Buddha land is solemn for more than 1,000 years, and the Hanshan Temple outside the city of Gusu is vigilant; The tall Sumeru seat in the middle of the Daxiong Treasure Hall is carved and built with white marble, which is crystal white. On the lotus seat, the golden Buddha statue of Buddha is enshrined, with kind eyebrows and kind eyes, and a serene expression.

The elder with snow-white eyebrows standing to the left of the Buddha is called Kasya, and the young man standing to the right of the Buddha is called Ananda, and they are the right-hand disciples of Nyorai. After the death of the Buddha. Kasaba presided over the first assembly of Buddhist believers at Vulture Mountain.

Ananda was the cousin of the Buddha, intelligent and wise, good at memorization, followed the Buddha for twenty-five years, and wrote the words of the Buddha during his lifetime on the leaves of the bay leaf tree, which became Buddhist scriptures. On both sides of the wall, there are eighteen fine iron gilt Arhat statues cast during the Chenghua period of the Ming Dynasty. It was moved here from Mount Wutai, a sacred place in Buddhism.

Behind the Buddha statue, unlike other temples, enshrines stone carvings found in the cold mountains of the Tang Dynasty, rather than island Guanyin. The portrait is from the hand of one of the eight monsters of Yangzhou in the Qing Dynasty, with a bold and rough pen and smooth lines. In the picture, Hanshan points to the ground with his right hand, talking and laughing, picking up his chest and abdomen, listening happily and quietly. Both of them are disheveled, and they are simple.

The special feature of the Daxiong Hall of Hanshan Temple lies in the back of the hall. In general, a bell is hung on the wooden frame on the right side of the temple, and a drum is placed on the wooden frame on the left side, reflecting the family's cultivation life of morning bells and evening drums. But the bell hanging on the right side here is different, this is the Japanese imitation Tang bronze ** bell. The inscriptions on the bell are all in Chinese characters.

The so-called morning bell and dusk drum are a timekeeping method in the ancient Tang Dynasty: the bell is struck in the morning, the day begins, and the drum is beaten in the evening, and the day's work is over. The temple maintains the ancient style, welcoming the bell ringing in the morning and the drumming in the evening to end the day's Buddhist affairs, also known as homework.

Out of the Daxiong Treasure Palace, the left passes the Puming Pagoda and the abbot's room, the right reaches the bell tower that is famous for listening to the bell in the middle of the night, and the two-story house in front of it is the scripture building. Looking at the roof, you can see the statues of Tang Seng and Sun Wukong in the West.

After visiting Hanshan Temple, Liu Tianyu and Zhou Ruolan came to the Humble Administrator's Garden non-stop.

The Humble Administrator's Garden is very well-known, and there are two main reasons why it has such a high reputation.

One reason is that the Humble Administrator's Garden is a treasure in the national cultural heritage, a masterpiece in the classical gardens in the south of the Yangtze River, and its layout design, architectural modeling, calligraphy, painting and sculpture, flowers and gardening and other aspects have unique features, and is known as the mother of gardens in the world.

Another reason is that the Humble Administrator's Garden has provided a venue for many figures who have dominated the stage of history.

Looking at the three words of Humble Administrator's Garden hanging above the main gate of the high clear water brick wall door, Liu Tianyu and Zhou Ruolan entered hand in hand.

The Humble Administrator's Garden was built in the Ming Dynasty in Zhengde four years, the imperial history returned to the hometown because of the frustration of officialdom, and the site of Dahong Temple was expanded to build as a garden, the pavilions and pavilions in the park, the small bridge and flowing water, the ancient trees towered to the sky.

After passing through the wall gate of the Humble Administrator's Garden and the waist gate of the Humble Administrator's Garden, the two came to the eastern part of the Humble Administrator's Garden.

After entering the park, the first thing that caught the eyes of the two was a three-bay hall called Lanxue Hall. The word Lanxue comes from Li Bai's independent world, and the breeze sprinkles Lanxue, symbolizing the noble sentiment of the owner who is as chic as the spring breeze and clean as Lanxue.

Enter the gate of antique, it is a relatively open simple garden, the ground is paved with light-colored ashlar, surrounded by three powder walls, under the root of the east wall, a hundred-year-old privet branch and leaves are swaying, the posture is very into the painting, in the front wall, a plain and elegant flower bed is built with lake stones, and the ancient pine, strange stone is the theme of landscaping, which points out the scenery style of the ancient garden.

The two sides of the flower bed are the circular cave door, it is the passage of visitors entering and exiting the ancient garden, there are two pieces of brick carved door, the left is to enter the win, the right is to pass the secluded. A man and a woman walked through the cave door, and there was a small patio, and Lan Xuetang was in front of them.

Lanxue Hall is the five thatched cottages, the east and west laurel trees are the screens, and then there are mountains such as banners, and plum blossoms are planted vertically and horizontally. There is bamboo outside the plum, the bamboo is the neighbor, the sound of the Buddha in the twilight, when it comes from the bamboo, the environment is secluded. There is a lacquer carving painting on the middle screen door, which is a panorama of the Humble Administrator's Garden.

From the map, the Humble Administrator's Garden is divided into three parts: the east, once named Gui Tianyuanju, with the pastoral scenery as the mainstay; the middle, also known as the Compound Garden, won by the Chidao rockery, is the essence of the Humble Administrator's Garden; the west, also known as the Supplementary Garden, most of the buildings in the garden were built in the Qing Dynasty, and its architectural style is obviously different from the eastern and central.

Moreover, the Humble Administrator's Garden has no obvious central axis, no traditional symmetrical pattern, most of them are adapted to local conditions, scattered, sparse and open, almost natural, and it is the most successful example of the layout of many gardens in Suzhou.

On the north side of the board is a huge green bamboo figure. In addition to the furniture, such as flower tables and piano tables, there are also four marble screens in the hall, showing the solemnity and elegance of the main hall of the Jiangnan literati garden.

The two walked out of Lanxue Hall and saw a rockery, verdant bamboo bushes and ancient trees, surrounded by a huge stone peak, like a cloud, standing tall.

On the west side, there are two strangely shaped lake stones, and between the two stones is a sheep intestine path. The stone peak in the middle is called the Cloud Peak, which is like a huge screen, blocking the view of tourists. This straightforward approach to gardening, known as a barrier, plays an attractive role.

Bypassing the cloud peak, you can see these two mountain stones, one east and one west, and the clouds are connected to the peak. Many people come here with a sense of déjà vu. This is because of the great works of Chinese classical literature. The rockery at the entrance of the Grand View Garden described in the book is very similar to this rockery.

After the rockery, it is the main scenery of the eastern part of the Humble Administrator's Garden. During the Ming Dynasty, after the squire of the criminal department bought the east, he built a pastoral residence. There are mountain islands, lotus ponds, Matsuoka and bamboo docks in the park, which is a good pastoral scenery. The main buildings in this part, in addition to the Lanxue Hall, also have the Qinxiang Pavilion, Tianquan Pavilion, Furong Pavilion and so on.

From the avenue between the mountain stone and the Lanxue Hall, all the way to the west. You can go to Hanqing Pavilion. Hanqing Pavilion is a half-pavilion with water on the wall. The flat seat of the main pavilion is picked out of the water surface, like a water pavilion, the sub-pavilions on both sides retreat slightly, unfold to the left and right, like a corridor and not a corridor, the main pavilion sends two stalks, the sub-pavilion sends a sting, the whole pavilion is like a phoenix that spreads its wings and wants to fly, adds the momentum of flying to the originally straight and monotonous wall.

Leaning on the edge of the pavilion, the beauty sits on the side. Between the sky and clouds, the koi swim. Lotus swings lightly. On the edge of the lotus pond in the northeast of Lanxue Hall, the building on the top of the hill is the Hibiscus Pavilion. Pavilion is a type of garden architecture in Suzhou, located at the water's edge, facing water on three sides and empty buildings on all sides.

There are two types of hibiscus: wood hibiscus and water hibiscus. Hibiscus is a color-changing flower that is pale red at the beginning of the morning glow, purplish red in direct sunlight at noon, and pink in the evening when the sun sets. Water hibiscus. Refers to the lotus flower or lotus flower. The Hibiscus Pavilion faces the lotus pond and is backed by a high wall, open on one side and closed on the other, forming a strong contrast.

Liu Tianyu and Zhou Ruolan walked to the door of the Furong Pavilion and looked west, and they could see that the door frame of the water pavilion was equipped with a carved round light cover, through which you could see the small bridge and flowing water in front of it, like an oil painting inlaid in a round frame.

Walk over and take a closer look, and you can find that the door frame of this water pavilion is equipped with a carved rectangular floor cover, the river in front of it is tortuous and graceful, and the peach and willow green on both sides of the bank lead people into a quiet and tranquil, simple and natural realm. This is a relatively common landscaping technique in Suzhou gardens, called framing.

The owner probably wanted to focus the guests' eyes on the best angle through this technique to achieve a satisfactory effect.

Tianquan Pavilion, standing on a green lawn north of the Furong Pavilion, accumulates sharp corners, heavy eaves on eight sides, and looks particularly eye-catching under the blue sky and white clouds. There is a well in the pavilion, which is said to be a relic of Dahong Temple in the Yuan Dynasty. When the garden was built, the Tianquan Pavilion was built on the temple well.

The building, which from the outside appears to be two-storey, has only one floor from the inside. Admire the buildings in the Suzhou Gardens, and look up at the tall pavilions. If you stand under the corner of Tianquan Pavilion and gaze at the fluttering clouds, you seem to feel that the pavilion is soaring in the blue sky, which is the mystery of most of the garden buildings in Suzhou.

In addition to being conducive to lighting and ventilation, these corners mainly increase the sense of dynamism and beauty, and have become one of the local characteristics of Suzhou architecture. The four-sided hall in front of it with a light and bright appearance and a large volume is the Nose Incense Hall. As the name suggests, the Rice Fragrance Museum is a place to enjoy the fragrance of rice and wheat.

The owner of the Ming Dynasty returned to the pastoral residence, and once built a Qinxiang building in the garden, wanting to emulate the fun of Tao Yuanming's resignation and returning to the pastoral residence. The building can be looked at in all directions, whenever the turn of summer and autumn, the family field is planted, all in sight. The main building of the Humble Administrator's Garden was relocated from Higashiyama during the reconstruction of the Humble Administrator's Garden, and its size is on the large side, which is slightly different from the original scene.

The Eye Pavilion is taken from Bai Juyi's view of the green mountain, which is the highest point of the East Garden of the Humble Administrator's Garden, and the north and the Furong Pavilion and the Tianquan Pavilion have become the opposite scene. Next to the camphor tree in the southwest corner, there is a pond island rockery. This rockery is topped with a large rock, which looks like a small wooden boat that has been turned over and is waiting to be repaired.

The lake in front is open, surrounded by shrubs, and there are a few reeds not far away, just like a small harbor on the edge of Taihu Lake. The owners of the ancient Suzhou gardens, some of them were ministers of the imperial court, some were feudal officials, and some were from the outer prefectures and counties, and they had also worked hard for a while, and they returned to their hometowns for various reasons, and they found a quiet harbor in Suzhou, which is far away from Kyoto.

The customs here are elegant, the products are abundant, you can not only enjoy the blessings, but also avoid political enemies, and it has become the best place for dignitaries to choose after retiring.

It is precisely for this reason that they have a special appreciation for the Buddhist doctrine of emptiness, the Taoist idea of birth, and the Confucian idea of seclusion.

As the saying goes, a flat boat is a leaf. Wandering the world, inaccessible, is my home.

The eastern and central parts of the Humble Administrator's Garden are separated by a long corridor. There are twenty-five windows in the walls of the corridor, like elaborate cut-outs, embedded in long scrolls. People strolled through the verandah. With the replacement of the window pattern, the scenery in the park is constantly changing.

This phenomenon is called a change of scenery. Take a closer look, the different patterns on the leaky window show water ripples and ice ribs, and the cheerful ripples in the pool are superimposed on the solidified ripples on the window, which further renders the atmosphere of Suzhou's water culture.

The third scenic spot in the middle garden of the Humble Administrator's Garden is the Loquat Garden, which is located in the southeast of the Yuanxiang Hall and is a garden within the garden in the middle garden of the Humble Administrator's Garden. It is named after the loquat tree. The gate of the loquat garden is cleverly designed.

When Liu Tianyu and Zhou Ruolan walked here, they saw a cloud wall in front of them, with peonies planted on both sides. I really didn't expect it, as long as I walked further, I could find that the rockery piled up by Yellowstone covered a doorway next to it. As people approached, the opening widened little by little. Arrived at the door. Only then did I find that the door hole was like a bright moon, inlaid on the white cloud wall.

After passing through the doorway, go forward. This bright moon was slowly covered by the rockery on this side. Looking at the moon cave door and peony flowers, people can't help but think of the allusion of the closed moon and shy flowers. This moon cave door is like a huge treasure mirror, and the scenery in the courtyard seems to be the shadow of the scenery outside the courtyard.

The owner of the garden cleverly chose the best position of the Biyue Cave Gate, so that the three points of the Snow Fragrance Yunwei Pavilion and the Moon Cave Gate Jiashi Pavilion are on the same line of sight, and the beautiful scenery before and after is connected through the Moon Cave Gate, so as to form a group of scenes. Thus. In addition to taking into account the access and lighting, the classical gardens of Suzhou pay special attention to capturing the picture when opening the doors and windows, and strive to have scenery everywhere, and the scenery moves with each step.

Leaving the Humble Administrator's Garden, we came to Tiger Hill.

It is known as the first scenic spot in Wuzhong, and the great writer Su Dongpo said that it is a pity not to visit Tiger Hill in Suzhou.

Tiger Hill shows an incomparable artistic charm because of the beauty of its natural landscape and the richness and profundity of its cultural landscape. Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty went to the south of the Yangtze River six times and went to Tiger Hill six times. Qianlong also went to the south of the Yangtze River six times, and also visited Tiger Hill six times.

It is the so-called Tiger Hill Wu Xiaoshan, and the southeast is called a wonder. There are natural huge stone stones, thousands of stones, rare cliffs, sword pond stone walls, dense forests and migratory birds, herons returning at sunset, and famous bonsai exhibitions Wanjing Villa. Since ancient times, Tiger Hill has also been a thriving place for merchants. Especially in the Ming and Qing dynasties, there were many merchants and wine shops here.

When it comes to the Qingming Festival and the Shantang Temple Fair, Tiger Hill is crowded and lively. It is precisely because of the many historical sites, rich cultural atmosphere and beautiful natural scenery of Tiger Hill that it has become the first choice for Suzhou to visit.

That is to say, visiting the tiger craftsman, whether it is spring, summer, autumn and winter, or cloudy, sunny and rainy and snowy, has its unique flavor, and has become the first mountain in Wuzhong and the first scenic spot in Wuzhong.

No matter how beautiful a trip is, there is an end to it, and after swimming in Tiger Hill, Liu Tianyu and Zhou Ruolan's trip is about to end.

The next day, the two set out on their return home.