The best views are often hided.
They wantted to give people surprises angain and angain .
Distant fragrance hall (远香堂）
"堂“ refers to the principal room of a house ,it is often as a place for host to greet guests ,hold the banquet(盛宴） and so on.
The Humble Administrator's Garden（拙政园） The Lingering Garden（留园） The Lion Gorest Garden（狮子林） The CangLang Pavilion Garden(沧浪亭）
All of them have been included in World Cultural Heritage List （世界文化遗产名录）since the end of 1997. Among these gardens ,The Humble Administrator's Garden is the most famous and biggest garden which shows the all typical characters of the classical garden. so i will take this garden for example to show you what the classical garden of suzhou is?
Why is it called "远香堂”？
The answer is about a
famous chines essay-My
Love on Lotus (爱莲说）
Do you remember the
sentence……
So the poet compared
…
himself to flower（借花自
苏州园林
The Classical Garon
1.The hosts : rich men , painters, poets or officials etc. 2.The common methods:
barred views,framed views,borrowed views
there are :
"Brush, Inkstick, Paper,
Inkstone(笔墨纸
砚),chess,calligraphy(书法）,
couplets（对
…
联）,and,bonsais
（盆景）.and so on
Outside the window, there are
lotut,bamboos, plantain(芭
Corridor
Ornamental Perforated Windows
（花窗，漏窗）
These windows are used to decorate the corridor and framed views
Framed Views
As its name implies ,the view was framed by something ,so that the view just looks like a painting or a picture .
3.The main architecture types are: pavilion（亭，轩，榭，阁）,terrace（台）,hall （堂，馆） ,tower(楼）corridor（廊）
亭台楼阁轩榭廊堂馆
Introduction
4.There are four very famous classical gardens of suzhou:
one step ,one view
Rockery
Rockery is a small man-made hill,which is a very essenticial part in the garden. sometimes ,it is like a big screen ,blocking our view ,so that we fail to see the sights behind the rockey
喻） ,using the object to
express his thoughts(托
物言志）
He wanted to
preserve his moral integrity and purity.(洁身 自好）
The Pavilion in The Lotus Breezes
荷风四面亭
" 亭”everybody is familiar with it .
this is the fairyland.
The other one is the beauty of poetry. in the garden ,we can see calligraphy,poetry,steles(匾 额)couplets,paintings ect added to it . All of them show the masters's aspirations(z志向） ,interest,of course ,and the chinese culture. And all of them combined perfectly with the nature . the hills ,the grasses ,the stones and so on,no longer are themselves,each of them has the life,the endless meaning.
In the summer ,the lotus flower bloom on the four sides .
when the warm ,gentle wind blows,and there comes . a scent of lotus.
Sitting on this place ,we can see the stream flowing,the flower bloming, the stream flowing,and the sallow dancing in the air ,the fish playing in the water.
情近 水 远 山 皆 有
价清 风 明 月 本 无
蕉）.
i
Two beauties The one is the beauty of the nature strolling in the garden, we experience the wonderful natural scenery that almost disappeared from modern life.
Barred Views
Why did the encient people did that?
The reason relates to the chinese people's chaaraters and culture .
Chinese people are reserved and indirect ,so they don't want people to see all wonderful views at a time.
……
The Listen to Rain Pavilion.
听雨轩
"轩“ ，a small ,high and ventilated (通风) room a ,always has the big,long windows.
In the room
A scene of antiquity(古色古
香 spreads out before us .
It is the most common building in the classical gardens,even in the whole ancient chinese architecture.
Why do we call it "荷 风四面亭？“
This pavilion is surrounded by the water and lotus flowers on four sides.