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Introduction
Garden of pleasance is one of the classical gardens in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China. It is located in No. 43 Renmin Road, Suzhou (now No. 1265). The name of the garden is taken from the sentence meaning "brother harmony" in The Analects of Confucius. Suzhou classical gardens, or Suzhou gardens and Su-style gardens, are an important branch of Chinese classical gardens, and also important representatives of southern gardens in China. It is dominated by privately built classical gardens. As one of the representatives of Suzhou gardens, the garden of pleasance has a long history. It was built during the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty and covers an area of 6,270 square meters. The garden is divided into east and west parts. The western part of the garden is a shrine, and the southern part of the garden can be used as a residence. Due to the late construction of the garden, the directors of the various gardens have been absorbed, such as the gallery, the hall, the rockery, and the stone which creates a pleasant scene. It was listed as a cultural relics protection unit in Suzhou in 1963, and as a cultural relics protection unit in Jiangsu Province in 1982.

Garden structure
Suzhou gardens are famous for their picturesque landscapes and varied forms. The garden of pleasance is divided into east and west parts. The west of the garden is the ancestral hall, and the south of the garden can be connected to the residence. There is a unique small gatehouse on the north side of the garden. There are a pair of stone lions in front of the door which is carefully carved. Entering the gatehouse, a rockery surrounds the garden, and the gurgling water flows northward which brings a peaceful natural scenery. The double-sided corridor and garden windows play significant roles in the garden structure .In the Qing Dynasty, the western part of the garden was the main part of the entire garden. The corridor is an important architecture connecting the east and west of the garden. A boat-shaped pavilion anchored at a small entrance west of the central pond is one of the best pavilions in Suzhou. It can be connected to the corridor around rockery.

History
The garden of pleasance was built during the Guangxu period(1874-1882) of the Qing Dynasty and it was built by Gu Wenbin's third son Gu Cheng. It was a garden where many scholars wrote poems .At the beginning of the construction of the garden, celebrities in the Jiangnan region gathered here, making the garden famous for a while. In the autumn of 1919, in order to promote the music culture, a variety of instrument clubs were held in the garden, bringing together famous musicians of the time. The activities wrote a new chapter for the history of modern Chinese music. During the 1935 period, because of the war and social chaos, The garden is declining day by day, especially during the period of the Japanese puppet domination. Many precious collections in the garden were looted at the time. In the 1940s, the garden re-emerged and became the famous "Suzhou great World” which was later converted into a public garden for tourists to visit .In September 1949, the ninth regiment of the Second Corps of the East China Military and Political University was stationed here. In 1950, "New Suzhou News" was established here. In 1953, the descendants of Gu Cheng dedicated the garden to the country. In 1992,The resident unit moved out, and the city government allocated funds for maintenance and opened the garden to the public. From the establishment of the garden to the present, many historical changes have taken place in the garden of pleasance. The main reasons for the changes in the garden of pleasance are the expansion and changes of urban roads and the changes in the nature and function of gardens which lead to the changes of the entrance and buildings inside the garden. But small changes such as plants and rocks reflect omissions in management and protection. The widening of Suzhou ’s urban roads, changes in public roads, and surrounding city buildings all affect the change of the garden. The garden of pleasance was a private garden at the beginning of its construction. As a provincial cultural relics protection unit, it also occupied an important position in the cultural activities of the late Qing Dynasty. With the birth of new China and the reform and changes of China's land private system, now the garden of pleasance has become an ordinary toll park, and the change of its nature also changes its service target from private to public.

Yuyan pavilion
There used to be a bamboo forest here. Moreover, the name of this pavilion also related to forest and it is chosen from the poem which means that the wind blows the bamboo forest and makes the jade sound.

Poxian instruments hall
The room is divided into the east and west part and the west part is the poxian instrument hall which was the place where the musicians gathered. In the outdoor courtyard, there are lakes and stones like old people bowing and listening to music.

Bai shi Xuan(The pavilion of worships)
It is the main building of the east part of the Garden. The founder of Bai Shi Xuan likes to collect strange stones. If he sees strange stones, he worships. Therefore, he is called “Worship the stone". Hence, the place where many strange stones are collected is called “The room that can worship the stone". The porch, holly, square bamboo, and camellia are all planted on the patio in the south of the garden.

Stone cabin
The stone boat is also in the east of the garden. Because there are many stone utensils displayed in the room and the interior decoration of the stone boat resembles the cabin, it is named the stone cabin.

Double-sided corridor and garden windows
The compound corridor is located between the east and west parts. There are twelve square leaky windows on the compound corridor, the patterns are different, the two sides can borrow the scenery from each other which shows the beauty that echoes the landscape.

Hoe yue pavilion（the pavilion of uprooting the moon)
It is the main hall of the whole garden with the style of the “Mandarin duck” hall which the interior is divided into north and south parts with equal space. The north of the hall is taken from Du Fu's poem "Sparse Trees and Clouds, Spring lotus root scent", named after the lotus and it is also known as the lotus hall. Indoor display of boxwood and tree root tables and chairs, half natural, half-human The window mullions are beautiful in appearance, with distinctive shapes and compositions. The windows are large and the beautiful scenery is easy to see.

Book stone
There is 101 carved stone inscribed on the walls of the garden Corridor with Chinese famous calligraphers such as Wang Xizhi, Huai Su, Mi Fu, and so on, which is called “the copybook of the garden of pleasance". The concentrated distribution place is on the south side promenade of "Fang Fang Zhai" in the west. The "Jade Pillow" Lanting Pavilion and Donglin Five Gentlemen's Books are rare collections. Among them, the carved stone of "Lanting Collection Preface" is "Jade Pillow" Lanting. According to legend, Wang Xizhi's "Lan The ink on the "Preface to the Pavilion" has been buried for Tang Taishou Li Shimin in the 23rd year of Tang Zhenguan (649 AD). In Song Dynasty, Jia Sidao obtained a copy of the ink on the ink that was the same as the real one, and the craftsman spent a year and a half carefully engraving it on the jade pillow to save Wang Xi's true story. The stone at this moment is copied according to Song Tuoben's copy, which is very precious.

Gardening Feature
Suzhou gardens have the property of "protecting the house”. The feature of Suzhou gardens is small and exquisite. Although the area is not large, the design of Suzhou gardens makes every inch of the land play incisive which creates a rich sensory experience. The Garden of pleasance occupies a small area but can absorb the length of each garden, cleverly set the landscape, and form its own style. The layout of the park is divided by east and west by the compound corridor, and the courtyard is the main part of the east. The building is mainly built with lake stones, flowers, and plants in the middle of the courtyard. The western pool is in the middle, surrounded by rockery, flowers, different kinds of trees, and buildings. In the art of gardening, the garden of pleasance can explore various gardens, such as the compound corridor is imitating from the Canglang Pavilion, the pool is affected by the Master of the Nets Garden, the rockery is learning from Mountain Villa with Embracing Beauty, the cave is affected by lion grove garden, and the dry boat is proposed like Humble Administrator's Garden. The layout is natural, the pavilion is small and elegant, and the flowers and trees in the mountain pond are sparse and pleasant, which can be called a boutique in the garden. In the west, the Humble Administrator's Central Park is the model, the north digging the ground in the pool, and the south of the pool which is the “mandarin duck” Hall is the main building in the park. The northwest stacking stones refer to Mountain Villa with Embracing Beauty, Shi'an hill, which is praised by people as weird and interesting. The buildings include "Biwu Qifeng Pavilion", "Painting Fangzhai", "Mianbi Pavilion", "Xiaocanglang", "Luojia Pavilion", various human landscapes, especially the calligraphy art of the slate stone embedded in the corridor wall which is called “The copybook of the garden of pleasance". Chinese classical philosophical thoughts are also very obvious in garden design.

Chinese classical philosophical thoughts are also very obvious in garden design.The world view of "man and nature in one" in Chinese thought has many manifestations in the living environment. For example, as early as "Classic of poetry" in the pre-Qin Dynasty, there are " The ever-flowing stream’s limpid.The remote south hill’s so silent.The bamboos are prosperous. Lush is the pine wood.”  “As noble ancestors’ heir. Hundreds of houses he does bear. Gates open to south and west. To live here is the best.With gay and zest.”

In addition, in "Classic of poetry, Gong Liu", there is also a chant that is " Duke Liu his men looked upon. His land was broad and long.To measure many a hill and mound. He surveyed them around.He surveyed the water sources,  splitted into three his forces."This is a statement about the relationship between the residence and the environment. The direction and location of the residence are selected by taking advantage of the situation and using the back of the terrain. When choosing a living environment, the issue of water source must be considered before.The idea of  “man and nature in one”  is also widely used in garden construction. It is reflected in both traditional Chinese Confucianism and Taoism which means that man and nature live in harmony .In the setting of the garden landscape, the mountains and rivers are connected, and the Chinese classical architecture is built around the mountains and rivers and merges with the mountains and rivers which shows a pleasance view just like the name of the garden.

Touring route
Entering the garden is the east part of the garden, mainly with courtyards and buildings. Follow the curved corridor south, pass the “Yuyan” Pavilion, and fold to the northwest, until the “four-day chic” pavilion, the corridor is divided into two roads: go west along with the Yuhong Pavilion, Shifang, Suoluxuan, exit the courtyard gate at the north end of the corridor, and reach the rockery at the north end of the west. The other road goes south to Po Xianqin Hall(Po Xian instrument hall) and Bai Shixuan. Go west again from the south end of the compound west.