GuYi Garden
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Guyi Garden is a classical Chinese garden located in Nanxiang
, a town in Shanghai
Municipality, China
. The garden is located about 21 km from the city centre. Designed in the typical style of a Jiangnan
classical garden, Guyi Garden is regarded as one of the five most important classical gardens of Shanghai.
. After passing through various private hands, it was extensively re-modelled in 1746, during the Qianlong era of the Qing Dynasty
. In 1789, the local gentry pooled funds and purchased the garden to serve as the spiritual home of the patron deity of the prefecture, associated with the local City God Temple. The garden then become communal property, and saw the addition of various pavilions and shrines, as well as the opening of shops, taverns and restaurants.
s and rock
s are from the famous Zhuyu Song Jiang set bamboo
hands. Take “Book of Songs,” “green bamboo Yi Yi,” the sentence, naming “Yi Park.”
Guyi Goose Pond Park in order to play as the center, west of the crane built in Ming Dynasty
pavilion to the north stone boat, also known as the Department of boat does not. Plum east hall, its architecture and Hall Flower Street have adopted plum blossom design around the kinds of full of plum. Lotus poolbuilt in the Song Dynasty
Pu Dong Thap, carvings. South Hall and the Pavilion before the microphone, each with a stone Jing Zhuang, more than years of history. Marble Boat Club after the other side is a floating-jun mountain bamboo. Park with green bamboo planted as a feature of the park are wild Yi Tang, kite flying diving Hin, small Songgang, Xiaoyun pocket, play goose pond, clouds Court, Songhe Park, Qing-Qing Yuan, Yuanyang Lake, Nanxiang wall , Zigzag Bridge, Plum Hall,pavilion, Bamboo and other King own special characteristics. There Tang Jing Zhuang, Song Dynasty stone pagoda
s and other artifacts.
Nanxiang
Nanxiang is one of the districts in the Shanghai Jiading District.-Sights:It is home to Guyi Garden , a large Ming Dynasty Suzhou-style park...
, a town in Shanghai
Shanghai
Shanghai is the largest city by population in China and the largest city proper in the world. It is one of the four province-level municipalities in the People's Republic of China, with a total population of over 23 million as of 2010...
Municipality, China
China
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. The garden is located about 21 km from the city centre. Designed in the typical style of a Jiangnan
Jiangnan
Jiangnan or Jiang Nan is a geographic area in China referring to lands immediately to the south of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, including the southern part of the Yangtze Delta...
classical garden, Guyi Garden is regarded as one of the five most important classical gardens of Shanghai.
History
The garden was originally owned by magistrate Min Shiji during the Jiajing era (1522–1566) of the Ming dynastyMing Dynasty
The Ming Dynasty, also Empire of the Great Ming, was the ruling dynasty of China from 1368 to 1644, following the collapse of the Mongol-led Yuan Dynasty. The Ming, "one of the greatest eras of orderly government and social stability in human history", was the last dynasty in China ruled by ethnic...
. After passing through various private hands, it was extensively re-modelled in 1746, during the Qianlong era of the Qing Dynasty
Qing Dynasty
The Qing Dynasty was the last dynasty of China, ruling from 1644 to 1912 with a brief, abortive restoration in 1917. It was preceded by the Ming Dynasty and followed by the Republic of China....
. In 1789, the local gentry pooled funds and purchased the garden to serve as the spiritual home of the patron deity of the prefecture, associated with the local City God Temple. The garden then become communal property, and saw the addition of various pavilions and shrines, as well as the opening of shops, taverns and restaurants.
Description
The layout of the garden treeTree
A tree is a perennial woody plant. It is most often defined as a woody plant that has many secondary branches supported clear of the ground on a single main stem or trunk with clear apical dominance. A minimum height specification at maturity is cited by some authors, varying from 3 m to...
s and rock
Rock (geology)
In geology, rock or stone is a naturally occurring solid aggregate of minerals and/or mineraloids.The Earth's outer solid layer, the lithosphere, is made of rock. In general rocks are of three types, namely, igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic...
s are from the famous Zhuyu Song Jiang set bamboo
Bamboo
Bamboo is a group of perennial evergreens in the true grass family Poaceae, subfamily Bambusoideae, tribe Bambuseae. Giant bamboos are the largest members of the grass family....
hands. Take “Book of Songs,” “green bamboo Yi Yi,” the sentence, naming “Yi Park.”
Guyi Goose Pond Park in order to play as the center, west of the crane built in Ming Dynasty
Ming Dynasty
The Ming Dynasty, also Empire of the Great Ming, was the ruling dynasty of China from 1368 to 1644, following the collapse of the Mongol-led Yuan Dynasty. The Ming, "one of the greatest eras of orderly government and social stability in human history", was the last dynasty in China ruled by ethnic...
pavilion to the north stone boat, also known as the Department of boat does not. Plum east hall, its architecture and Hall Flower Street have adopted plum blossom design around the kinds of full of plum. Lotus poolbuilt in the Song Dynasty
Song Dynasty
The Song Dynasty was a ruling dynasty in China between 960 and 1279; it succeeded the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period, and was followed by the Yuan Dynasty. It was the first government in world history to issue banknotes or paper money, and the first Chinese government to establish a...
Pu Dong Thap, carvings. South Hall and the Pavilion before the microphone, each with a stone Jing Zhuang, more than years of history. Marble Boat Club after the other side is a floating-jun mountain bamboo. Park with green bamboo planted as a feature of the park are wild Yi Tang, kite flying diving Hin, small Songgang, Xiaoyun pocket, play goose pond, clouds Court, Songhe Park, Qing-Qing Yuan, Yuanyang Lake, Nanxiang wall , Zigzag Bridge, Plum Hall,pavilion, Bamboo and other King own special characteristics. There Tang Jing Zhuang, Song Dynasty stone pagoda
Pagoda
A pagoda is the general term in the English language for a tiered tower with multiple eaves common in Nepal, India, China, Japan, Korea, Vietnam and other parts of Asia. Some pagodas are used as Taoist houses of worship. Most pagodas were built to have a religious function, most commonly Buddhist,...
s and other artifacts.