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1、精选优质文档-倾情为你奉上 苏州园林英文介绍the Humble Administrators GardenCovering 51,950 sq.m,the Humble Administrators Garden is the largest of all classical gardens in Suzhou. It is centered upon the broad expanse of a lake, making up about one fifth of the total area. With well spaced buildings, the garden landscap
2、e and water scape are simple, extensive and natural, possessing the traditional appearances of the Ming Dynasty. It is divided into three parts; the eastern, middle the western parts. The house lies in the south of the garden.The middle part is the cream of the garden with marvellous mountains, clea
3、r water, exquisite buildings and exuberant trees and flower reminiscent of the scenery in the south of the Lower Yangtze. Lying here and there to the south of the lake are garden buildings and courts in cluster. On an east-west axis theres the Hall of Drifting Fragrance in the middle, flanked by the
4、 Loquat Garden Court, the Malus Micromalus Makina court, the Poeny Pavilion, the Listening to the Sound of Rain Pavilion, the small canglang, A Pure Mind Thinks Deep, and the Magnolia Hall. Rising from the lake are the east and west hills made from a mixture of earth and rocks, and covered with tree
5、s. the Prunus Mume Pavilion and the Orange Pavilion stand atop of the hills.By the side of the lake there are forsythias gently stroking the surface of water, and bringing about delightful effects of nature. Much of the surprise comes from the disposition of the Fragrant ISle, the pavilion in lotus
6、breezes and the Mountain-in-View Tower to the west of the lake.from the secluded pavilion of Firmiana Simplex and Bamboo one is able to catch sight of the pagoda of paying debts of gratitude in distance. The picturesque scene of the pagoda mirrored in water is an example of the garden technique call
7、ed borrowed view from afar.The buildings in the western part of the garden are properly arranged by the lake.To the south of the lake is a big mandarin ducks hall with two halves. The northern half is named the Hall of 36 pairs of mandarin ducks and the southern half the hall of 18 camellias . built
8、 to the west of the lake are the Inducalamus Pavilion, the With Whom Shall I Sit?pavilion,the Floating Green Tower, the Stay-and-Listen Pavilion, the Pagoda Reflection pavilion.Going up and down and in a zigzag, a unique veranda over the water is a stucture built along the wall to the east of the la
9、ke. The Good-For-Both-Families Pavilion on the top of the hill overlooks the middle and western parts, another example of the garden technique called borrowed view from near.Decorated with the Cymbidium Virens Hall, the lotus pavilion, the Celestial Spring Pavilion, the Far Away Looking Pavilion and
10、 the All blue Pavilion, the eastern part of the garden has verdant hills with pine and bamboo , distant islands encircled by winding streams, and an extensive area of grass, flowers and trees.Glowing out of the mud, lotus blooms still keep themselves pure and clean. The farther theirsmell drifts the
11、 purer it becomes. A good number of buildings in the garden are named after lotus blooms, often known as a true person of the virtue among flowers, such as the Hall of Drifting Fragrance,the Lotus Pavilion, the pavilion in the Lotus Breeze, and the Stay-and-Listen Pavilion,expressing the theme of th
12、e whole garden-to be pure as lotus blooms. Lying to the south of the garden is the house, which is the typical residence in Suzhou. Ona north-south axis there are four successive buildings, namely the Sedan-Chair Hall, the Reception Hall and two two-storeyed buildings. to the east of the axis are th
13、e Mandarin Ducks Hall with flower-basket decoration, the Flower Hall and the Four -Sided Viewing Hall. The Humble administrators Garden boasts altogether 48 different buildings, 101 parallel couplets and door plateaux, 40 stelae, 21 precious old trees, namely Wistaria, Sabina chinensis, Pterocarya s
14、tenoptera,etc.falling into 13 different catalogues, and over 700 bonsai (potted landscape) kept in the Bonsai Garden in the western part of the garden, representing the Suzhou style bonsai, one of the four leading bonsai styles in china.the Lingering GardenThe Lingering Garden was listed from the fi
15、rst as cultural relics of national importance in 1961. With an area of 23,310 sq.m.it is celebrated for its artistic way of dealing with the spaces between various kinds of architectural form.Buildings make up one third of the total area of the garden,the hall of which being the most remarkable in S
16、uzhou. The garden is separated into the middle ,eastern,northern and western parts. The ancestral temple and the house lie to the south of the garden.Featuring man-made mountain and lake scenery in the west and garden courts in the east,the middle part of the garden is the original site of the Xus E
17、ast Garden and the Lius Hanbi Villa,and is regarded as the best part of the whole garden. The eastern,northern and western parts are the extensions of the Shengs Garden. The eastern part is noted for its strangely shaped limestones,the northern part idyllic scenes,and the western part the delights o
18、f woody hills. A winding roofed walkway behind the small entrance of the garden,while leading to the places of quietude,shows the masterly use of contrast between big and small,straight and zigzag,and light and shade. After strolling for about 50 meters,one can catch a glimpse of lattice-windows rev
19、ealing a half visible landscape garden behind. Interestingly enough,the view is changing at every step.The middle part of the garden is centered upon a lake with man-made moutain in the north-west and a numger of attractive buildings in the southwest ,such as the Hanbi Moutain Villa ,the Pellucid To
20、wer,the Green Shade Pavilion,the Zigzag Stream Tower,the Hao Pu Pavilion,and the Refreshing Breeze Pavilion by the lake.The mountains made mainly of yellowstones and earth,believed to be desigtned and piled up by Zhou Binzhong,look very much archaic and splendiferous.The admirable Crane House, the S
21、mall Garden of Stone Forest, the Return-to-Read Study in the east with the Celestial Hall of Five Peaks as the chief stucture are laid out in such a way that the indoor spaces have been brought into perfect harmony with the outdoor spaces. With an evocation of infinity,they are successfully made to
22、be labyrinthine.Flanked by the Auspicious Cloud and Mountainous Cloud peaks,the 6.5-meter-high Cloud-Capped Peak, the highest limestone in the classical gardens of Suzhou, is believed to be left behind by the imperial collector of the Northern Song Dynasty,Mass of buildings, including the Old Hermit
23、 Scholars House, the Cloud-Capped Tower,the Cloud-Capped Terrace and the Awaiting Cloud Temple,are put up to give emphasis to the Cloud-Capped Tower,The northern part is now a bonsai garden in which about 500 valuable bonsai are put on display.The western part of the garden sets a fine example of go
24、od-looking earthen hills studded with yellowstones and covered with maple trees.There is a winding brook lined with peach trees and weeping willows. The number of stelae in the Lingering Garden has never been surpassed by any other gardens in Suzhou.Superbly inscribed with the works of more than a h
25、undred calligraphers in the Jin,Tang,Song,Yuan,Ming ,and Qing Dynasties, these invaluable stelae bring to light the evolutionary course of Chinese calligraphy in the past 1,000 years.The whole garden possesses with pride 42 rooms and halls , a 670-meter-long roofed walkway,200 lattice-windows of dif
26、ferent kinds, 44 parallel couplets and stone carvings , 373 stelae,and 17 such valuable old trees as gingkoes,southern wistaria,etc. which fall into 8 the Lion Forest GardenCompactly yet harmoniously spaced,the Lion Forest Garden has a prominent part for series of man-made mountains with various bui
27、ldings around the lake ,and an artificial waterfall and cliffs at the edge of the lake on the west. Remains of the 14th century man-made mountains,covering 1,152 sq.m.and being the largest of all at Suzhou,can be still seen today.Noted for its labyrinthine mountains with winding pathways and caverns
28、,old pines and cypress trees,awesome peaks and jogged rocks of grotesque shapes resembling dancing lions with striking and unusral poses,it possesses with pride the true delights of mountain and forest scenery in limited space with a flavor of Zen Buddhism.The Hall of Peace and Happiness,one of the
29、principal buildings in the garden,is a master-piece of typical mandarin duckshall at Suzhou. Divided in halves, the northern half of the hall differs from the southen half in many particular aspects ,such as beam-framing systems,furnishings,pavements,carvings,window designs and so forth.With painted
30、 patterns and beam carvings and looking splendid in green and gold,the True Delight Pavilion in the royal style with the True Delight tablet inscribed by the Qing Emperor Qianlong is a main viewing place in the garden and differs from the other plain and elegant gardens of Suzhou.Other buildings inc
31、lude the pointing at Cypress Trees Hall,the Asking Prunus Mume Pavilion and the Stone Boat, etc.The Lion Forest Garden boasts 22 buildings of varied types, 25tablets and plateaux,71steles inscribed with the famous Calligraphy Collection of the Listening to Rain Tower,23 brick carvings,5 carved woode
32、n screens,and 13 valuable old trees such as gingo biloba L.,pinus bungeana Zucc,etc.,which fall into 5 catalogues.the Canglang PavilionCelebrated for the delights of the wilderness of mountain and forest scenery,the Canglang Pavilion is the oldest among the existing classical gardens of Suzhou. The
33、exact location of the Canglang Pavilion can be found in the Song Dynasty map of Pingjiang (Suzhou,A.D.1229) inscribed on the stele.The northern Song poet Su Sunqin said in A Record of the Canglang Pavilion,.To the east of the Confucian Temple were earthen hills covered with trees and grass,and a wid
34、e expanse of water,quite different from the urban scenes. I was reluctant to leave because I fell in love with this place.So I bought it for 20,000 coins,built a pavilion on the rock projecting over the water on the north and called it the Canglang Pavilion.Fan Chenda wrote in Historical Records of
35、Wu Jun under the Song Dynasty,The Canglang Pavilion is located to the south of the Confucian Temple,fronting an area of about 1.6 ac.of water space.During the reign of Qingli(1044 A.D.) Su Sunqing bought it and built a pavilion by the water,called the Canglang Pavilion.The name of the Canglang has b
36、een known to all far and wide since then. On the whole the present garden of the Canglang Pavilion still keeps the style of the Song.It features a range of man-made moutains inside the garden and waterscapes outside.Proceeding past the pure expanse of water over a zigzag bridge of stone and through
37、the entrance,one comes to the garden and catches sight of man-made mountain covered with age-old trees and bamboo,running from east to west. At the foot of the mountains are rocky slops.The Canglang Pavilion in the shape of a square stands at the top of the mountain and has a parallel couplet from t
38、he Song poets on the stone pillars to heighten artistic conception,reading ,The refreshing breeze and the bright moon are priceless,the nearby water and the distant mountains strike a sentimental note,Most of the garden buildings,simple and plain,were rebuilt in the Qing Dynasty,carefully arranged a
39、round the mountains and connected by a long roofed walkway. A double-corridor built by the canal lies to the northof the garden,unifying waterscapes outside the garden and mountain scenery inside in one breath through its latticed windows, one of incredible examples of borrowed scenes in the classic
40、al gardens of Suzhou.Therere over 100 different latticed windows with impressive designs,possessing extremely high artistic value.To the south of the mountains is the chief building of the garden,called the Enlightenment Hall. Other building include the Smelling Prunus Mume Pavilion,the Realm of Yao
41、hua (Yaohua is said to be a kind of jade-like,sweet-smelling flower in the Chinese garden of Eden,which can help prolong the life expectancy of those who behold it.),the Mountain-in-View Tower,the Elegant Bamboo House,the Temple of 500 Sages,the Pure Fragrance House, the Imperial Stele Pavilion,the
42、Pavilion Fronting Water, the Fish Watching Spot, the Water Pavilion of Lotus Fragrance,and the Prunus Mume pavilion.The garden has altogether 20 different building, 22 plateaux and tablets, 23 parallel couplets,153 steles,and 12 such valuable old trees as gingo biloba L.,pterocarya stenoptera,celtis sinensis pers,camellia japenica L.,santalum album,chimonanthus praecox,etc., which fall into 10 catalogues,70 kinds of valuable cymbidium spp.,and 18 kinds of bambusoideae专心-专注-专业