In the early years of the Ming Dynasty (65438+the beginning of the 6th century), Wang, an imperial envoy who returned to his hometown because of the frustration of officialdom, took the site of Dahong Temple as a garden and named it "Humble Administrator's Garden", which means "irrigating the garden for eating in the morning and evening" ... This is also the policy of my Humble Administrator's Garden.

Li Xiucheng, an outstanding general of Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, is inextricably linked with Suzhou and the Humble Administrator's Garden. In the tenth year of Xianfeng in Qing Dynasty, after Li Xiucheng led the army to capture Suzhou, Sufu Province was established. According to "Mi Lu Ji", "Fu Zhai extended to Pan in the east and Wang in the west, and became one palace".

It is said that when Li Xiucheng was in Zhongyi Wang Fu, he liked to work in the back garden and look at the mountain buildings. This building is built by the mountains and rivers, and the upstairs and downstairs are not connected with each other, which is relatively safe. When he is closed, he can look out of the window, overlook the western mountains and get a close look at the garden.

In the second year of Tongzhi (1863), after Li Hongzhang occupied Suzhou, he took Zhongwangfu as his governor's residence in Jiangsu, and Francisco also served in it. Shan Post Office paid 3,200 silver to the original owner Wu, returned the garden to the public, and the house surnamed Wang in the west still belonged to the king. At that time, the government also attached a medical bureau in the park, which could practice medicine and apply medicine.

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Garden features:

1, good at water

Humble Administrator's Garden uses the advantage of more accumulated water in the garden to dredge the pool; It looks like a lake, forming a swaying personality and characteristics. The existing water surface in the middle of Humble Administrator's Garden is nearly six acres, accounting for about one third of the garden area. "All pavilions and pavilions are based on water", creating a cheerful atmosphere in a large area of water garden space, basically maintaining the characteristics of "bare forest" in the Ming Dynasty.

2. The courtyard is patchy

Garden architecture of humble administrator's garden. Most of them were single in the early days, and great changes took place in the late Qing Dynasty. First of all, the number of garden buildings such as pavilions, verandahs and painted boats has increased significantly. The building density in the middle reaches 16.3%. Secondly, the architecture tends to group combination, and the courtyard space changes twists and turns. For example, as can be seen from the map of Wen Zhiming Humble Administrator's Garden, there is only a small pavilion near the water.

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