Love Travels | Yongcheng gardens, endless stories of craftsmanship and whimsy

Taking advantage of this unique geographical advantage of Ningbo is the Ningbo Garden Museum, which is also the first garden-themed museum in Zhejiang Province.

There is such a description about Tiantong Temple: "The temple is located at the foot of the mountainous Taibai Mountain, with the majestic main peak Taibai Peak on its back; East Peak, Zhong Peak and Rufeng Peak on the left; and Boyu Peak on the right, with a round and beautiful protrusion. , shaped like an overturned bowl, the flag peak is steep and precipitous, like a flag spreading, but in the south, the sky is vast and the mountains are far away, and a lush avenue of thousands of pines welcomes guests to the mountain. "

During the Shaoxing period of the Southern Song Dynasty, Guang built Pavilions The ten islands on the Moon Lake are: Bamboo Island, Moon Island and Chrysanthemum Island in the east of the lake, Huayu , Zhuzhou, Liu Ting There are also three embankments and seven bridges, and the Yanyu Island, Xueting Island and Furong Island in the west of the lake complement each other.

It is said that a man cannot stand without bones, and a garden cannot be built without stones. The rockery in front of the Tianyige Baoshu Building uses local materials and reef rocks from the local seaside. Tianyi Pavilion also introduced the living water of Moon Lake into the garden of the library, and set up streams and springs in the garden. This water also makes the garden scenery full of aura. This is the wonderful point of Tianyi Pavilion enriching the spatial level of the garden through stacking mountains and managing water.

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As a native of Ningbo, I always feel proud when tourists from outside mention Tianyi Pavilion. However, I often only know the name of Tianyi Pavilion but don’t know what it is called. There are many Ningbo people around who have never even stepped into Tianyi Pavilion. Just because it is too familiar and too close, they gradually lose their curiosity to take a closer look.

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Tianyi Pavilion is the earliest existing private library in China, the oldest existing library in Asia and one of the three earliest family libraries in the world. These are officially given to Tianyi Pavilion. Your name. In the eyes of Ningbo people, it is a study at the door of their home. When you get close to it, even the air becomes filled with the fragrance of books.

The late Qing Dynasty to the Republic of China was the early stage of the integration of Chinese and Western garden culture in Ningbo. When you walk into the fifth exhibition hall, the first thing you see is the introduction of Zhongshan Park. In the early days of the Republic of China, Ningbo did not have a park in the city, so in May 1927, in memory of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, Ningbo's first indoor open park, Zhongshan Park, was built.

Yu Qiaqing is one of the outstanding figures of the Ningbo Gang. The former residence of Yu Qiaqing is located in Longshan, Cixi, facing south and slightly to the east. The architectural layout has a central axis running through the center of the building, stacked on the left and right, in an orderly manner, with clear layers and natural transitions. It is an example of the combination of Chinese and Western architecture in modern architecture.