Why do barriers play a role in Suzhou gardens?

The role of barriers in Suzhou gardens is to play a protective role. The barriers in Suzhou gardens make the courtyard more exquisite, shy and mysterious, creating a sense of layering, which embodies the subtle and graceful characteristics of Suzhou gardens. In line with the ancient concept of geomantic omen, it can play a protective role and prevent evil spirits from entering.

Suzhou garden history

Suzhou Garden is one of the masterpieces of the famous writer Ye Shengtao. The author summarizes the common characteristics of many Suzhou gardens from the perspective of tourists and explains them in many aspects. This passage is like a key, which opens the mystery of the beauty of Suzhou gardens. This article is the preface written by Ye Lao for a Suzhou garden album. At the beginning of 1979, a publishing house in Hong Kong drew up a collection of Suzhou garden pictures, with Ye Lao as the preface.

Ye Lao lived in Suzhou before he was 22 years old. In his spare time, he often visits Suzhou gardens with friends. He has a profound understanding of the taste and characteristics of Suzhou gardens. In writing this preface, he referred to Suzhou Gardens edited by Professor Chen Congzhou. When he published it, he deleted the last words of the preface. When People's Education Publishing House compiled Chinese textbooks, he also sent the first paragraph of the preface, the original title, and the garden to Suzhou Garden as soon as possible.