Jiangnan Classical Gardens "The First Lake in Jiangnan", "The First Scene in Jinling" and "Mochou Lake"

Mochou Lake, located in jianye district, Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province, is a famous Jiangnan classical garden with a long history of 1500 years and rich human resources. It is a famous scenic spot in the south of the Yangtze River, the first scenic spot in Jinling, and the first of the 48 scenic spots in Jinling.

Mochou lake introduction

Mochou Lake Park, located outside the southwest gate of Nanjing, is a famous Jiangnan classical garden. It is a scenic spot in the Six Dynasties and has the reputation of "the first lake in the south of the Yangtze River", "the first scene in Jinling" and "the first of the 48 scenic spots in Jinling". Haitang in spring and lotus in summer in the park always attract some photographers.

The origin of the name

Mochou Lake, called Hengtang in ancient times, is also called Shicheng Lake because it belongs to Shicheng. According to legend, Mochow was a beautiful girl in Luoyang, the State of Qi in the Southern Dynasties. Her family was poor and sold herself to bury her father. She married Jinling far away, so she couldn't stand her uncle and aunt and threw herself into the lake. Hence the name Mochou Lake.

Shengqi building

The sacred building in the park was built in the early years of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty and rebuilt in the tenth year of Tongzhi in Qing Dynasty (187 1). According to legend, this is the place where Zhu Yuanzhang and General Xu Da played chess in the Ming Dynasty. Xu Da secretly marked the flag "Long live" and only said it was a draw, which made Zhu Yuanzhang admire him very much, so he gave Mochou Lake to Xu Da. This building is called "Winning Chess Building".

Yu Jintang

On the west side of the sacristy building is Yu Jintang, the former residence of Mo Chounv. The word "Yu Jintang" was inscribed by Liu Haisu. Chen Dayu's "The First Scene of Jinling" landscape painting is hung in the middle of the front hall, and the back hall is in the living room. Xiu Xiang of Mo Chounv is sitting at the round table, and her bedroom is on the left. Antique mahogany furniture in late Qing Dynasty. On May 5, 20 12, Mo Chounv's former residence was designated as a municipal cultural relics protection unit.

Statue of Mo Chounv

Yujintang is located in the north and south halls in the west, with the Lotus Pavilion surrounded by cloisters on the east and west sides and the Lotus Pond in the middle, in which there is a 2-meter-high white marble Mo Chounv statue. I saw her arm in arm with a mulberry basket, a long skirt sweeping the floor like Ling Boxian, and a pair of complaining eyes seemed to tell the tourists about her misfortune.

Editor: Flying Fish