Where is the prototype of the Grand View Garden in the Dream of Red Mansions?

The address of the Grand View Garden in A Dream of Red Mansions is still the focus of debate among historians, and there is still no prototype to test.

However, many scholars still believe that the location of the Grand View Garden is in the south of China. For example, only a few places in Nanjing are regarded as the prototype of the Grand View Garden by red scholars, such as Xiaocang and Shanpailou in Nanjing.

Others pointed out that the original site of the Grand View Garden was in Xixi, Hangzhou, and Xixi said that there was always a mystery about the author. Some people think that A Dream of Red Mansions was not written by Cao Xueqin, but by Hong Sheng, the author of The Palace of Eternal Life. According to Hong Sheng's story in Xixi, Hangzhou, and after argumentation in other places, it is finally concluded that the prototype of Grand View Garden is located in Xixi, Hangzhou, with picturesque scenery.

In addition to the south, the dispute over the ruins of the Grand View Garden has also flooded into northern cities, such as Beijing and Xi 'an, two ancient imperial capitals. Grandma Liu once said "in Chang 'an City today" when she visited the Grand View Garden, which made many redologists think that the prototype of the Grand View Garden should be in the ancient city of An.

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The significance of the existence of the Grand View Garden in the novel;

1, Grand View Garden is a love fortress alongside Ningguo Mansion and Guorong Mansion, symbolizing the spiritual home of the good and evil factions. There are lovers outside the Grand View Garden, such as Grandma Liu, Jia Yun, Jia Qiang, King Jing, Qin Zhong, and Five Masters of the Red Chamber. Like the Grand View Garden, they make me feel the harmonious heartbeat of the sacred unicorn, but their thoughts are different. The Grand View Garden is a sacred place in their hearts.

2. The Grand View Garden was built for relatives in Yuan Chun. In the narrative system of the novel, it has occupied half of the royal garden lineage, become a barometer of fate, and is virtually related to the fate of the Jia family. Therefore, the Grand View Garden must be expanded on the basis of the original Fanghui Garden in Changfang Ningguo Mansion, and there is a big main mountain in the garden that symbolizes the ancestral vein of Jiafu.

Baidu Encyclopedia-Grand View Garden (Architecture in a Dream of Red Mansions)