Introduction to the Retreat Garden Why is it called the Retreat Garden?

Situated in Suzhou City, Tuisi Garden is a characteristic garden with great charm and humanistic atmosphere, showing a brand-new aesthetic artistic temperament. Here, you can feel the wisdom and great talent charm of the ancients, and promote the ancient aesthetics of China to a higher level.

Introduction to Reflection Garden Reflection Garden is located in Tongli, an ancient town in 5A. Tongli is one of the six ancient towns in the south of the Yangtze River. The reason why it won this title depends on many gardens in the ancient town, among which the most brilliant is the reflection garden.

The architectural sketches in the retreat garden all have an elegant name, which activates the aesthetic value of each building and entrusts the owner's feelings.

The retreat garden is like an aesthetic maze, which vividly interprets the oriental artistic conception of "small aesthetics". For this reason, it was listed in the World Cultural Heritage List by UNESCO in 2000, which is the only world cultural heritage of the ancient town in the south of the Yangtze River and established its position in the garden.

Why is the retreat garden called the retreat garden? "Zuo Zhuan" said: "The matter of Lin Fu and the matter of loyalty have been made up." Even if you come down from your official career, you should not think enough and strive to serve your country again one day. The name "reflection" embodies the owner's heart of joining the WTO.

The owner of the retreat garden is Ren Lansheng. He was born in a military camp in his early years and later served as a provincial judge in many places. This is an important position of ancient local officials. His main task is to inspect and evaluate the management of officials in various places, and of course it is easy to offend people.

During Ren Lansheng's reign, he worked hard. Historical records record that he "built water conservancy projects and dredged ponds" and vigorously transformed people's livelihood. "Bridges near and far, water conservancy in Beitang, temples on the city walls" have all been repaired, which has gained a good reputation among the people.

Nevertheless, Ren Lansheng was impeached and resigned by others, and finally returned to his native land to build this exquisite garden. After returning to his hometown, Ren Lansheng, who has feelings of home and country, is still not idle, setting up a righteous village and running a family school for the benefit of the clan.

The designer of the retreat garden is Long Yuan, a famous gardener in the late Qing Dynasty. He skillfully laid out, combining spring, summer, autumn and winter with piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. In two years, he created a garden where he could be an official and retire to study and practice.

The retreat garden is not as big as expected. It covers an area of 10 mu, which can be completed in 1 hour. It completely includes four parts: hall, inner room, atrium and garden. Different from the vertical layout of common gardens, the retreat garden adopts horizontal layout, highlighting the garden part, and each floor is equipped with a grating to create a profound and broad artistic space.

During the tour, you will be impressed by the infinite beauty of the retreat garden. Every grass, tree, pavilion and stone are carefully designed. Taking advantage of the scenery to hide the scenery, you can move the natural landscape into a narrow garden, draw pictures, write poems and enjoy the scenery.

Bridges, pavilions and pavilions can be seen everywhere in the East Garden, and there are "nine-winding cloisters" and "three-winding bridges" on the lake. Curved bridges are particularly interesting. Stepping on the curved bridge is like boating on the West Lake in Hangzhou, which is quite poetic.

"Talking about Gardens" said: "The big garden should depend on water, and the small garden should be heavy with water. The key is the water level. " As a model in a small garden, Tuisi Garden has handled the lake very skillfully. There is only one lake in the whole park, which is flush with Shi 'an and surrounded by waterside promenade. Reflected on the lake, there is no boundary, so it has the reputation of "molten iron garden"

During the tour, I accidentally boarded a Range Rover Pavilion, which is a three-story building, similar in appearance to the imperial palace in the Han Dynasty, towering into the sky, overlooking the whole garden from the spiral staircase, with excellent vision. Looking down from a height, the retreat garden has a rigorous layout, rocks stand on the walls, and bamboo shadows dance, just like a secret place on earth.

Tel: (05 12)63333 120.

Address: No.234 Xinzhan Street, Guzhen District, Tongli Town, Wujiang District, Suzhou

Transportation: Take Line 4 to Suzhou Tongli Station and transfer to Bus No.725 to reach Guzhen.