Suzhou Travel - Lion Grove Garden

Spanish to English translation
Of the four classical gardens of Suzhou Lion Grove Garden is the most unique and original. Lion Grove Garden is famous for its labyrinth made from Taihu rock.

History

Lion Grove Garden has been funded and built in 1342 by a group of Zen Buddhist monks as a residence for its Abbot Ru Tian. Tian was a disciple of the monk Ru Zhong Feng Leon's house on the cliff of Tianmu Mountain so the garden was named in honor of Lion Grove Monk Zhong Feng.

The Lion Grove Garden was very popular among the ancient rulers of China and sponsored by various emperors. Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1912) visited the garden in 1703 and provided the garden with a tablet that he had written "Lion Grove Temple." With a 61-year reign, Emperor Kangxi Emperor was China's longest reigning emperor and a pattern of incalculable value to the garden.

Qianlong Emperor, Kangxi's grandson, visited the garden 6 times and wrote 10 poems about the garden. He was so enamored of the gardens made replicas of the gardens in Beijing and Chengde. Emperor Xianfeng, great-grandson Qianlong, was not a big fan of the gardens and the Lion Grove Garden has deteriorated during his reign.

The garden was bought by a wealthy merchant in 1918 Renyuan Bei that he had been repaired and added attractions such as gay ballroom. The garden was "donated" (a nice way of saying requisitioned) to the government after the liberation of China in 1949. The government renewed the garden and opened in 1954. The garden was listed as a World Heritage Site in 2000.

Subjects and Design

The garden is divided into two main parts. The housing complex and the combination of pebbles (labyrinth) and a central pond.

The housing complex contains richly ornamented buildings, halls and pavilions that each has its own style and character. Interestingly, this part of the garden has a concrete boat on the edge of the pond with a level structure on the boat. This boat is almost the same as the concrete boat in the Summer Palace in Beijing.

The rock garden / labyrinth is quite common from the outside, but inside is amazing with over nine trails through 21 caves across 3 levels. The labyrinth is very complicated, confusing and is easy to become disoriented while inside. Moving from one part of the garden near the pond to another is very indirect because most access points through the maze.

The maze is made of limestone rocks Taihu Lake Taihu in Wuxi City. Originally the garden rock formations were willing to look like lions in the standings, playing, fighting and sleeping. Through the centuries the limestone rocks were worn by erosion and no longer resemble lions.



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