The shade mountain house among the four famous gardens in Guangdong: shrinking dragon into inch, elegant fragrance

We always think that we can visit the beautiful scenery around us anytime, so we often ignore it. For example, I have been in Guangzhou for decades, but I have never been to the Chen Family Temple. I only went to the Yuyin Mountain House in Panyu last year. Today, I flipped through my mobile phone photo album and found a photo of Yu Yinshan's house taken last year. After sorting it out, I was ready to delete the pictures.

I heard that the crape myrtle flowers in Yu Yinshan's house are very beautiful. For a purple fan like me, I wouldn't miss them.

Yu Yinshanfang is one of the four famous gardens in Guangdong. It is a private garden owned by Wu Bin, a ruler of the Qing Dynasty. It was built in the third year of Tongzhi in the Qing Dynasty (AD 1864) and has a history of more than 150 years.

Wu Bin, this is the first time I've heard of this name. After searching dogs, I discovered that this person is amazing. The word Yan Tian was a member of the Qing Dynasty. He was an official to the head of the Ministry of Punishment and served as a seventh-grade councilor. His two sons were also Juche, so there was a saying that "there were three Juche in one family, and the father and son were admitted together." It's really not easy for a family of three to be officials in the government, and they're still getting through the exam on a practical basis. Don't underestimate the candidates. The candidates are the lowest threshold for being an official. Winning the candidates is equivalent to stepping into the official door with half a leg. In the novel "Scholars Outside History", Fan Jin was so happy that he went crazy after being elected, which shows how important the position of the candidates was.

Wu Yantian retired from his old age and retired in seclusion in the countryside. He hired famous craftsmen and craftsmen to absorb the essence of Suzhou and Hangzhou garden architectural art, and combined it with the style of Fujian and Guangdong garden architectural art to build this famous garden with distinctive characteristics and lasting forever. In order to commemorate the blessings of our ancestors, the word "Yu Yin" was taken as the name of the garden. The building closely connected to Yu Yinshan's house is Shanyan Wu Gong Temple, which is the ancestral temple of the Wu family.

The park covers a total area of about 1598 square meters and is famous for its small, exquisite and fine layout artistic characteristics, fully demonstrating the unique style of ancient garden architecture and superb gardening art. The layout of Yu Yinshan House is very clever. The pavilions, halls, pavilions, bridges, corridors, embankments, mountains, mountains, rivers and water in the garden are all contained in a radius of 300 steps, which fully reflects the cultural characteristics of the unity of man and nature and expresses a kind of A world view of harmony and unity between man and nature.

Arriving at the North Gate Archway is the main entrance of the attraction. A small river in front of the door reflects the reflection of the archway. The upper part of the archway building is tilted high, simple and conspicuous.

Entering the Yuyin Shanfang Scenic Area and walking to the front of the Wugong Temple, the purple-red crape myrtle flowers are in full bloom, exuding the atmosphere of early summer.

Wu Gong Temple was built in memory of Wu Bin, the owner of Yu Yinshan House.

From the entrance of the hidden Wugong Temple, you can see the green garden inside the gate and the beautiful spring and summer time.

The layout of Yu Yinshan House is exquisite. It uses the techniques of "hiding but not revealing" and "shrinking the dragon into an inch" to accommodate the painting hall, pavilions, mountains, pavilions and bridges into three acres of land, laying it into a mountain forest within a distance, creating a garden in the garden and a scenery in the middle. A wonderful and beautiful scenery, deep and vast. Through the meticulous carving of famous craftsmen, the decorations in the whole garden are rich and exquisite, plain and elegant, giving people a sense of tranquility and elegance, as if they are in the midst of "waves of warm dust and fragrance".

There are two most prominent features of Yuyin Mountain House: First, it "shrinks into an inch". The architectural layout in the park is exquisite and elegant, hidden but not exposed. The tiny place includes pavilions, terraces, buildings, pavilions, halls, pavilions, bridges, corridors, stone mountains, clear waters, and floating lotus flowers. The corridors, flower windows and shadow walls borrow scenery from each other. When you swim in it, you feel that there is a garden in the garden. There is a scenery outside the scenery, which is a deep winding path.

Pavilions, halls and pavilions, bridges, corridors and embankments, mountains, rivers and waters are all contained within a radius of 300 steps. Within three hundred steps, the various corridors are complex and the scenery is similar, but with each step you see a different scene.

The famous Wenchang Pavilion in Yu Yinshan's house is 15.4 meters high and has an octagonal appearance. It is separated by a space that looks like four floors but is actually three floors, which not only enhances the beauty of the facade, but also conforms to the auspicious meaning of the positive number.

The cornices are dynamic, the wings are raised, and the bells are jingling. They are beautiful and auspicious, demonstrating the integration and compatibility of Lingnan gardens and Jiangnan gardens. The interior of the building is beautifully decorated, with folk stories and characters such as Guan Gong and Wenquxing.

Water pavilion tower platform clear water floating lotus

The rocky mountains in the park, represented by the "Hanging Green Mountains", shrink into inches, giving people the feeling of being in the mountains and forests.

Climb the rocky mountain and have a bird's eye view of the gardens, pavilions, lakes and water pavilions.

Ancient trees reach the sky, dazzling flowers, and the garden shines brightly.

The second is "scholarly and elegant", which never leaves the room. The garden is full of poetry couplets and masterpieces, which can be regarded as a masterpiece in Lingnan's garden architectural art. Rainy days are the best time to admire the garden. The pattering light rain shines in the green water lily pond, rolls on the dark green lotus leaves, and touches the pale green water lily petals. The garden is filled with a faint aroma of water lily. Several huge red koi carp pass through the flowers, surrounded by green cloud-like bamboo leaves rustling in the rain.

Coming out of the hidden Wu Gong Temple, passing through the back garden, you will come to the back door of the old park of Yuyinshanfang.

There is a two-story building in Yuyuan, which was built and lived by descendants of Wu. There are buildings such as boat hall, Tingyuxuan, and Luohan Hall.

Entering the first floor, the home features are obvious. The decoration is ingenious, ingenious, the combination of soil and foreign, and the combination of practicality and artistry.

Climbing to the second floor, there are rooftops and corridors, pay attention to spatial layout, and have good lighting and ventilation.

The interior layout is antique and beautiful. Ming-style furniture, artistic window.

In the Tingyuxuan, the silently placed guqin seems to have lingering sound, making people think of the tranquility of the past. It reminds people of the beauty of listening to the rain while playing the piano when it rains. The piano music and the pattering rain are singing a romantic sound. How beautiful everything is.

In another room, you can see a carved bed leaning against the wall and a pink curtain hanging from the sky, adding a touch of makeup and powder. No wonder this building is also called Miss Building.

couldn't help but sit inside for a while.

Continue moving forward, the winding path leads to the secluded place, the ancient house is connected with corridors, and the green trees are hidden, making it even more elegant and deep.

Soon, we arrived at one of the landmark attractions of Yuyin Shanfang: Huanhong Crossing Green Bridge Corridor. The bridge corridor is only 20 meters long and cleverly combines the bridge, corridor, pavilion and railing into one, which is very exquisite.

The covered bridge divides the park into two parts, with "red rain" on the west side and "green clouds" on the east side, so it is named "Huanhong Crossing Green". The buildings are built around the pool, highlighting the water-centered garden layout.

A clear stream under the bridge merges into a pool of water on the west side. Water lilies are planted in the pool. When encountering the intermittent spring rain, imagine the scene of water droplets rolling on the lotus leaves. The crystal clear water droplets are really wonderful. The semicircular arch bridge, with the reflected light just like a circle, can be called a model of static beauty.

A couple were taking a wedding dress. We were afraid of interfering with them and didn't dare to walk past and passed by many beautiful scenery.

The Wu family pursues the purpose of reading books from sages and practicing benevolence and righteousness, and respects Confucius as a teacher for generations. It not only cultivates a family tradition of learning and progress, but also influences his clansmen and future generations, and still has influence today.

Yu Yinshan's pen opening ceremony was held here.

Loving this quiet alley makes me involuntarily focus and capture it. It seems to reflect the comfort and tranquility of this garden, but also seems to be an extremely profound story waiting for us to slowly explore.

Crape myrtle flowers are everywhere. She grows next to pavilions and pavilions. Her clusters of purple-red flowers stretch out to the water, as if kissing the water.

The flower language of crape myrtle flowers is independence, good luck, addicted love, eloquence, and femininity. The flowering period of crape myrtle flowers is in summer and autumn. It does not bloom in spring like other flowers. It does not rely on other things, but is independent., firmly open flowers, so it gives the flower language of independence. At the same time, it also symbolizes good luck. The crape myrtle flowers will protect you and bring you happiness. Crape myrtle flowers represent the vitality and vitality of life. In the hot summer and autumn, we try our best to burn life and release beauty. It also means addicted love. Although it is not amazing in itself, it will make people willing to indulge in it.

Song Dynasty poet Yang Wanli wrote:
It seems as if it is as beautiful as being drunk, and the dew presses the wind.

Who knows that flowers will not be red for a hundred days, and crape myrtle blossoms for half a year.

Yu Yinshan House does not have the majestic momentum of the royal gardens in the capital, nor is it famous like the Suhang Gardens. However, Yu Yinshan House's architectural styles of "hiding but not revealing" and "shrinking dragon into an inch" are still worthy of being a treasure of the garden. If you want to find the roots of Guangfu's history and culture, Yu Yinshan House is indeed a must-visit Lingnan courtyard.

I like to wander there in the quiet morning. If my heart is still, the wind is helpless. If you are not hurt, the years will be safe.

（2452 2021/11/30）