A Guide to Famous Gardens in Jiangnan (Part 1)

Author: Zhu Yuhui
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Publish Date: 2001-12-01
Features: As people go, the wind is gentle, and the garden remains the same. Strolling in the small courtyard of Yipu Qinlu under the moonlight, watching the shadows of shallow and deep trees cover the tall, weathered walls, one often becomes lost in thought for centuries. The lights of the night performance at Jingshan Temple by Ming Dynasty scholar-officials, the hoofprints of Southern Song loyalists "searching for fragrance on Cuiwei," and the graceful sails of Wei and Jin figures playing the flute, visiting Dai at night in snow, all appear and disappear among the interwoven branches. The lights flicker, the hoofprints fade away, but their soaring personalities, exceptional aesthetic tastes, and upright integrity seem to linger long in these deeper nights and high walls, silently radiating brilliance. The tree shadows are like a painting.