Suzhou Huazhuo Hotel

When the car drove into Suzhou City, the opening sentence of A Dream of Red Mansions flashed in my mind: "On that day, the land fell to the southeast, and there was a place called Gusu in this southeast corner. The city called Nagato was the most prosperous and romantic place in the world of mortals."

Since ancient times, there has been a proverb that "there is heaven above and Suzhou and Hangzhou below". Isn't Suzhou in ancient times and Suzhou now a second-class place of wealth and romance? !

In other words, the monk said to Baoyu, Jia Baoyu's psychic, "Take you to that prosperous country, a poetic and polite family, a prosperous place with flowers and willows, a gentle and rich country, to settle down and work." I have never happened to meet that monk, so I have no resources to live and work in peace and contentment, but it is a pleasure to pass by Suzhou, a bustling place of flowers and willows.

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Humble Administrator's Garden

I specially booked a hotel near Humble Administrator's Garden. When I arrived, I threw away my luggage and hurried to Humble Administrator's Garden. Because of its reputation, Humble Administrator's Garden must be the first choice to go to Suzhou.

Four famous gardens in China: Humble Administrator's Garden, Summer Palace, chengde mountain resort and Lingering Garden. Besides Lingering Garden, I have been to the third one. I sometimes think: What are their advantages? How can we surpass many gardens?

Yu Yue, a scholar in the Qing Dynasty, said that "the famous garden is clumsy, and the political crown is three Wu". Suzhou gardens are famous all over the world, but Humble Administrator's Garden is crowned with three Wu, so what's good about Humble Administrator's Garden? Yu Yue is a great man, Zhang Taiyan's teacher and Yu Pingbo's great-grandfather. His words should carry some weight.

With some doubts, we entered the hospital from the east gate. There is a screen in the middle of the house that enters the door, embedded with trees and stones, pavilions and pavilions, which seems to be the overall layout of the garden. Brother and sister touched it with their hands and said, "Is it silver?" I said, "If you break it, you have to pay for it." The two brothers and sisters immediately put their heads in their hands. After crossing the door, you met the pool, and you can clearly see the aquatic plants. The two ducks are small and exquisite, and there is a hibiscus pavilion by the pool.

After crossing the lotus pavilion, you arrive at the fragrant pavilion, which means fragrant rice. It can be seen that farmland was all around at that time. According to the museum, Humble Administrator's Garden was built in Zhengde period of Ming Dynasty, that is, Zhu Houzhao era. About 15 10 years ago, Zhu Houzhao was an absurd emperor. It is said that he had been to Suzhou, and perhaps visited the Humble Administrator's Garden.

There are mountains ahead, trees on the mountains and bamboos under the trees. They are very low, less than half as high, like shrubs, and I don't know their names. There are more and more pavilions at the foot of the mountain, but I don't know the names and I'm too lazy to remember them. Walk along the corridor, the corridor follows the water, there are lotus in the water, graceful, ducks under the lotus, and the red palm is clear.

Suddenly I saw a man climbing over the fence under the porch, leaning out of the porch, holding the post in one hand and taking pictures in the other. When my sister saw this, she smiled and said, "Is this the legendary photo taking with life?" And made that man laugh.

When I saw the main building in the south, I couldn't remember how many times I went in and out. It was magnificent and profound. Later, I came back along the water and met the lotus root, which was covered in the pool. There are windows on all sides, and there are winding corridors on the left and right, which are also crossing the water to meet the shore. It is exactly the same as the lotus root in A Dream of Red Mansions. It is estimated that it was just copied by later generations, because A Dream of Red Mansions has not been written yet.

At noon, the heat was unbearable, and the two brothers and sisters clamored to leave the garden. For them, the world-famous gardens, winding gardens and natural and harmonious gardens are not as cool as an ice cream.

The Summer Palace and the Summer Resort belong to the royal gardens, which are large in scale. A Kunming Lake is the area of several humble administrator's gardens, and the layout of humble administrator's gardens is more exquisite, with pavilions, winding paths, lush flowers and trees, and some poetry.

Wang, the architect of the garden, is unknown, but the designer is somewhat famous. One of the four gifted scholars in Jiangnan was also named after Tang Bohu. Unlike Tang Yin's "If you are not crazy, you will not survive", Wen Zhiming's talent is slightly inferior, but he is diligent and has a long life. His poems, essays, books and paintings are all excellent, and he is called "Four Musts".

Wang is not successful as an official, but he has a place in history because he knows how to advance and retreat. More importantly, he should be rich. There are 78 acres of Humble Administrator's Garden. At first, I didn't know how big it was. How much does it cost to build such a big garden? Suzhou is really a second-class rich and romantic place.

What I am really interested in is the name Humble Administrator's Garden itself. The name of the garden is taken from Pan Yue's "Idle Residence Fu" in Jin Dynasty, "Irrigate the garden and eat it in the morning and evening" ... This is also my humble policy. "The implication of" governing by villains "is that there are other ways to be an official. According to Milan Kundera, this is called "living elsewhere".

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Pingjiang road

Asked a few locals, the most lively places in Suzhou are Pingjiang Road and Qilishantang. Because we live near, we paced to Pingjiang Road.

When I first looked up, I was disappointed. It turned out that there was a small doorway with three small words "Pingjiang Road" written on it. On second thought, after several storms, the legacy of real history will inevitably be broken and crowded, and I am also happy.

There is a shop on one side of Pingjiang Road and a river on the other side, which is called Ping He Jiang. There are awning boats and fake awning boats in the river to earn tourists' money. As a historical old street in Suzhou, it is said to be the most intact area of Suzhou ancient city so far, which can be called the epitome of the ancient city.

Wandering on Pingjiang Road all night, we just walked back and forth. Of course, we walked slowly and stopped. On the way to find Gu Jiegang's former residence, in a remote alley, I met a small shop called "A Mu Clock", which was full of customers. Curious, I pushed through the door. The boss is a woman, wearing a red skirt with suspenders, white and round, and moist as jade.

The shop is narrow, there is only one kitchen, and my sister is familiar with others. See the boss mixed powder, why See the boss to cut vegetables and ask why? The boss said, "Why do you have so many?" The smile on your face is like the spring breeze.

I wanted to listen to pingtan, but my brother and sister refused to live or die. From time to time, they turned into small shops, and I became a follower. I saw them groping around, looking around and sighing constantly: this is good, that is not bad, but I have no money to buy it.

Going around, I remembered a dream of red mansions again and said, "There is a Shili street outside this gate." Is Pingjiang Road Shili Street? If this is the case, then Zhen Yinshi lives on Pingjiang Road, and A Dream of Red Mansions continues: "This Zhen Yinshi is indifferent to people, regardless of fame, and only likes to enjoy flowers and plants, drink and recite poems every day, but he is a first-class fairy."

Rich, leisure and interesting, he is a first-class figure among immortals.

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Tiger Hill

When I saw Tiger Hill, I couldn't help laughing. How dare such a mountain bag be called "the first mountain in Wuzhong"? But Liu Yuxi has a cloud: the mountain is not high, and the fairy is famous. What immortal lives in Tiger Hill?

Two thousand five hundred years ago, He Lv, the king of Wu, died, and his son Fu Cha buried him in Tiger Hill. He Lv and Fu Cha both fought against Gou Jian, the King of Yue. Because of this idiom, Gou Jian is more famous than both of them. Gou Jian defeated He Lv, and He Lv was seriously injured and died; Fu Cha retaliated, defeated Gou Jian and was imprisoned for three years; Gou Jian designed to escape. He tried to get rid of Fu Cha in one fell swoop and became a tyrant in the Spring and Autumn Period. It's time for revenge

What children are interested in is what I said about Sun Wu's training. In Sun Wuzi Pavilion, I told you that Sun Wuzhen killed two beautiful women in Harmony and trained a heroic female soldier. Brother and sister opened their eyes wide: "Really killed?" What a pity. Actually, it's a pity for me. The prince of Wu's favorite concubine must be as beautiful as flowers and jade. If she did, she would cut it. Sun's adult is too heartless.

But that's often the case. You can do things well simply and neatly, but you can't do things well if you are indecisive and worried.

After passing the Hall of the Great Hero, I saw two holes on a bridge. The tour guide said that the monks in the Song Dynasty dug wells for water. It is inconceivable to dig a well on the bridge. Climbing to the highest peak, Yunyan Temple Pagoda, is what people often call Tiger Hill. There is a folk saying that "Tiger Hill comes first, then Suzhou City".

Tiger Hill was built in the sixth year of Zhou Xiande after the Five Dynasties (959). It is the earliest existing stupa in the south of the Yangtze River, with large scale and exquisite structure. It is also the Leaning Tower, commonly known as the Leaning Tower of Pisa, China. It's tilted too much, it's blocked, and there's no luck to climb it. The two brothers and sisters smiled and said, "Look, there is grass on the tower." At the junction of the first floor and the second floor, there are indeed some bushes, lush and swaying in the wind.

How many years of wind and rain have blown away before flowers and trees can grow in Shi Zhuan?

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Hanshan Temple

At the entrance of Hanshan Temple, on the stone bar beside the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, looking at the rolling river, I said that there was a night berth near Fengqiao that was not allowed to enter. The younger brother looked puzzled: Really? My sister can recite it three times, five times and two times, while my brother is still rubbing on the stone and keeps asking: Really? I can't help it I said you can ask your sister to carry it for you. The younger brother said, "Here's fifty. You can help me with it." Sister smiled and said, "You still owe me 200. If I add 50, it won't be 250? "

The sun was getting higher and hotter, so I stopped pestering and went in. The temple is small and built along the river. The yard was filled with smoke and pilgrims scattered. Brother and sister are smelly and avoid incense everywhere. The bell tower bells are ringing, all because of five yuan a clock. If Zhang Ji had heard such a bell, there would have been no poetry. My brother and sister also want to ring the bell, but I won't allow it. If I'm not a monk, why should I ring the bell?

The towering puming pagoda is a Tang-style building, not a Tang-style building, but was rebuilt in 1990. 1937 One day, Liang Sicheng and Lin Weiyin discovered Wu Keji in Wu Taidou Village, Shaanxi Province. It is a wooden structure building discovered and preserved in the Tang Dynasty, and is called the first national treasure of China. Lin Wei became a legend not only because of her looks, but also because her looks made people ignore her efforts and talents.

On the wall of Hanshan Temple, there are poems, which are dazzling. They are all written by famous people of all ages, but they are not as good as a night berth by the Maple Bridge. For thousands of years, why can a night berth near Fengqiao touch the hearts of generations?

"Frosty night, Jiang Feng fishing sorrow sleep. Hanshan Temple outside Gusu City, passenger ships are ringing at midnight. " In just 28 words, it depicts a vast world. Melodious bells and long melancholy are intertwined, like a mass of hemp, like frost all over the sky, boundless, causing * * * vibration and * * * sound.

Zhang Ji, who dropped out of the list, passed through Suzhou, leaving a famous work "a night-mooring near maple bridge" to be told by later generations, which became a scenic spot. And when I pass by Suzhou, I won't leave a sound, even a sigh. But Tagore said: There are no traces of wings left in the sky, but birds have flown. Only I know, although there is no trace, but I walked through Suzhou, a prosperous, gentle and rich town.

Liu Hua is prosperous, moderate and rich. After all, it belongs to others, and I can't envy it. I keep my duty and my poverty, just like grandma Liu said: save more bowls and eat more rice.

Wuzhen, August 20, 2020