Walking time: 2021.3

Walking method: self-driving

Walking route:

D1：

Nanjing--Tongli Ancient Town, Suzhou (Tuisi Garden--Lizze Girls 'School--Wang Shaoao Memorial Hall--Pearl Tower--Chuanxin Lane)

D2：

Tongli Ancient Town, Suzhou (Jiayintang-Chongbentang-Geng Letang-Luoxingzhou)-Tongli Beilian Village-Suzhou Luzhi (Baosheng Temple-Shen Baihan's Former Residence-Mihang-Jiangnan Cultural Park)--Nanjing

Pearl Tower Park Scenic Area

Address: No. 16, Shipi Lane, Wujiang District, Suzhou City

The courtyard walls here are not high, just like ordinary residential buildings, and the door faces are not conspicuous. If it weren't for the words "Pearl Tower View Garden" on the lintel, it would have been easy to overlook.

After entering a gate, there is a courtyard. Behind the courtyard, the courtyard walls and doors have become taller, giving the feeling of a big family. It is really low-key and elegant. You need to show your ticket to pass through this door.

It is another simple and elegant courtyard full of spring scenery.

The ceremonial door of the mansion is solemn and simple. The "Yi Gate" is a door inside the gate of the old government office and mansion.

A plaque of "Imperial Censor's Hall" hangs high inside the ceremonial door, and there are pictures and texts on both sides of the wall introducing the history of the place. Pearl Pagoda Garden is the former residence of Nanjing Supervisor Chen Wangdao during the Jiajing Wanli Period of the Ming Dynasty. The entire scenic spot is divided into three parts: east, west and north. The east is the Chen Yushi Mansion, the west is the back garden, and the north is the ancient ancestral temple, Chen family archway, and ancient stage. We walk through this door,

As soon as you enter the courtyard, you will find the space in the courtyard. There are halls and pavilions. The vermilion main body is equipped with black tile walls and black pillars, making the courtyard lively.

There is a vermilion sedan hall in the courtyard surrounded by pink walls and black tiles

The upper half of the sedan hall is all decorated windows, which is very exquisite and elegant. In general gardens, sedan halls are so large, but it is relatively rare to see such beautiful ones.

The sedan hall of Pearl Tower Garden is where the owner or visitor stops and alights the sedan chair. The deacon signs arranged on both sides of the sedan hall indicate the identity and majesty of the owner.

The sedan hall also functions as a tea hall and is also a place for sedan couriers and attendants to drink tea.

In the center of the hall, there is a panoramic view of the splendid Pearl Tower Scenic Garden

The brick carved walls and the door of the inner house of Chen Mansion are majestic

The exquisiteness of each floor demonstrates the superb craftsmanship of the craftsmen.

In this courtyard is located the hall of the mansion-Honglue Hall.

The hall of the Chen Mansion is the place where the Chen Mansion holds grand ceremonies or holds wedding and funeral celebrations and receives distinguished guests.

The middle hall of Honglue Hall has a "pine and crane aging", and the furniture in the hall all shows the craftsmanship of exquisite wood carving.

I walked around the corridor, where calligraphy art was displayed on the walls of the corridor.

Various small scenery in the park exudes spring scenery.

Looking up at the high courtyard wall. Walking on the streets of Tongli, you have no idea that there are still such deep houses hidden here.

The Chen Yushushi Mansion consists of two deep courtyards with five entrances, so the preparations connecting them seem so long.

I went around to a courtyard on the west axis of the mansion. There was a two-story wooden building in the courtyard, still in a vermilion tone. This was the fragrance reading building where the owner read.

Jiangnan folk houses with pink walls and black tiles are matched with the vermilion main building. The colors are beautiful and highlight the main body.

Back on the east axis, this is the inner residence building of the fourth entrance of the Chen Imperial Mansion, where the owner's family lives. Upstairs is Miss Chen Cui-e's embroidery room, downstairs is the east room is the bedroom of Censor Chen and his wife, and on the west side is the bedroom of his wife and maid.

Both sides of the garden are connected by corridors, and the window mullions between the buildings seem to have been carefully carved.

In the courtyard of Sanjin is the front hall of the inner residence of the Chen Mansion-Lanyun Hall, also known as the living hall, which is the place where the owner lives and meets relatives.

The scene displayed by the statue in the hall is one of the story scenes of the Xi opera "Pearl Tower", which is widely circulated among the people in Jiangnan. Back then, Fang Qing was able to enter this hall because he was the nephew of the hostess Fang family. They were humiliated by their aunt because of poverty, became famous after the imperial examination, and came here to humiliate their aunt all in this hall.

Looking up at the green willows and red flowers outside the high courtyard wall is so yearning.

From the sedan hall, to the main hall, and then to the inner house, with white walls and black tiles, you feel like "the courtyard is deep."

Walking out of the mansion and compound, I didn't expect that there would be another village with dark willows and bright flowers. A small river flowed through it, but this was not above the ancient town, but it was still the residence of Censor Chen. This is not a mansion. It is clearly a small town. There are many scenes of small bridges and flowing water.

Unexpectedly, rivers and rivers entered the former site of Chen's family and became the inland river of Chen's back garden.

This is a truly big family, with amphibious doors on land and land, boats on water, a dock for barges at the end of the river, and a sedan hall on land. The Zhaidi River and the Outer Stream are separated by wooden fences to prevent foreign ships from entering the Zhaidi Inner Stream. There is a red Chenjia archway beside the river.

The small river, the stone streets are like an ancient town. There are doors on the courtyard walls that allow us to return to the mansion.

The peaches and willows are green by the river, the small bridges on the river are beautiful in shape, and the ancient town has many elements. However, it is still unbelievable that such a scene is actually located in a mansion.

There is a dock along the river. In ancient times, rich families came to their homes by boat, and things could be transported directly to their homes.

The dock is similar to the current parking room.

There is a ancestral hall entrance on one side of the inland river

This is a place where ancestors are worshipped and sacrificed, and it is a symbol of the clan.

There is a round door beside the river, and when you enter, there is a stage. The ancient stage is an old-style square traditional stage. Entrance is marked with two words: entry, and entrance is also marked with two words: entry.

Above the stage is a jilong-shaped caisson, which is very beautiful in structure, especially the wood carving of hundreds of birds praying to the phoenix, which exudes an antique flavor everywhere.

On both sides of the stage are Zhiyin Zhai, named after the ancient Zhongziqi period, Yu Boya, the story of finding a friend in the mountains and flowing water.

The ridge decoration of the stage is exquisitely shaped, with dragons playing with beads and whiplash warriors.

The stage is carved with beams and painted columns, with flowers, birds, and characters, telling stories one by one.

You can see the beautiful back garden through the flowered window on one side of the stage.

Entering the back garden from the side of the stage, this small building is the silhouette of the Cuifeng Boat.

Walking around the pond, you will see a panoramic view of the Cui Fang listening to the rain.

Around the pond, step by step, there is endless change. After a few more steps, the Fucui Boat will be like a boat parked on the green lake.

View Qingyuan Hall across the bank. The ridge on the top of the mountain is tall at the four corners. The platform in front of the door is adjacent to the water and surrounded by carved railings.

The mountains are piled with rocks by the pool, deep and lush pines, and the green willows float green.

Many tree species are planted beside the pond, and flowers are fragrant and refreshing in different seasons. The crabapple flowers are the protagonist here. Taking the green boat and covered bridge as the background, give a close-up view of the Chinese Begonia.

Pavilions, pavilions, quiet corridors, rockery ponds, lush flowers and trees.

Jing Mingxuan on one side and the Green Autumn Pavilion on one side emit beautiful brilliance under the sunset.

The purpose of the bridge corridor is a bridge, and the building is a corridor. You can lean on the railing beside the bridge corridor to see the scenery. There are not many tourists in the park, so it is a kind of enjoyment to enjoy the tranquility that matches the garden in the park.

The red tail swayed in the pool, and the cheerful chase brought some movement to the originally silent garden.

The covered bridge flies with rainbow and waves. Behind the covered bridge, there are one or two floors of "Water and Flowing Clouds in the Pavilion". When you climb the Pavilion and view the scenery, the perspective is naturally different.

Use a top-down perspective to see the flying corner of the Xuan and the covered bridge.

The covered bridge under the eaves flies with rainbow and waves, the water is sparkling with blue waves, the trees are verdant and green, and the flowers are endless all the time. Coupled with the pavilions and pavilions by the pool, the picture is full of prosperity.

The various buildings in the back garden-terraces, pavilions, buildings, pavilions, and pavilions are basically built around the water and close to the water.

Looking out at the garden through the flower window

The covered bridge is like a rainbow, with long corridors leading to the tranquility and beautiful green trees.

Qingyuan Hall faces the water and faces the mountain, backed by a bamboo dock, windows on all sides, and corridors can be connected to it. Therefore, it is also known as the Four Side Hall and is a place for banquets for guests in the host garden.

The Jingmingxuan built on the water and the Xiaolan Pavilion standing on the top of the mountain, the scattered architectural scenery, coupled with the mountain streams and flowing water, this architectural model is also unique to the Pearl Tower Garden, full of Jiangnan style.

The painted boat moors quietly on the willow bank, waiting for people to cross Tianjin.

The fallen leaves in a small pool also have a sad and beautiful artistic conception.

The winding promenades and covered bridges connect the various attractions in the garden like ribbons.

This is the Pearl Pagoda Garden. It is not a scenic spot with a tower as we understand from the name. There is no tower here. The Pearl Pagoda is just one of the historical facts of Nanjing Supervisory Censor Chen Wangdao marrying his daughter to present the Pearl Pagoda. I went to Tuisi Garden first. The exquisite and exquisite beauty of the garden created by Tuisi Garden in a small place formed a sharp contrast with the large area and large-scale craftsmanship here. To my surprise, this place is simply a miniature version of the ancient town. The newly restored Tower Garden is divided into three roads: East Road Residential, Middle Road Ancestral Hall, and West Road Garden. There is a small river between the East Road and the Middle Road. There are large houses and high courts with strict access. The wood carvings, stone carvings, brick carvings, clay sculptures, furniture furnishings, architectural structures, etc. in the mansion have all been carefully designed and meticulously carved, leaving people with the flavor of a mansion. The back garden has Qingyuan Hall as the core, where Jing Mingxuan and Shui Liuyun stand apart across the water... The mountain streams in the park are gurgling with water, rockery stands tall, promenades are winding and winding, and stone bridges are close to the water. The Pearl Tower Garden is dominated by the "literati's comfortable landscape garden" and creates a 360-degree panoramic painting. There are many ancestral halls and ancient stages. What amazes me even more is the inland river of the Zhaidi that is introduced from the north side. It's not surprising to see ponds in large households. Isn't this the first time in my memory that I've seen rivers?