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Mountain Villa with Embracing
Beauty
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 Celebrated
for its wonderful limestone mountain, the Mountain Villa with
Embracing Beauty,covering only 2,180 sq.m.,enjoys the same reputation
as other famous garden in China. According to the historical
records,the limestone mountain was designed and piled up by
the great Qing master GuYuliang (1764 A.D--1830 A.D). Within
an area of less than 500 sq.m.,the man-made mountain seems to
be spontaneous an uncontrived ,possessing high peaks (about
7M),dells,pathways,carverns,stone houses,stone steps,ravines,precipices,gullies,bridges
and cliffs.Like a free hand brushwork in Chinese painting characterized
by vivid expression and bold outline,it ranks first among all
existing man-made mountains in Chinese gardens.
A number of buildings are arranged opposite to the mountain.
There are two halls to the south of the mountain,facing each
other over a stream. The front hall is called "In Company
with a Ravine" and the rear hall "the Mountain Villa
with Embracing Beauty". On the top of the mountain is a
pavilion called "Housing the Mountain with a Half-Filled
Pool in Autumn".At its foot are the Putting-a-Question-to-the-Spring
Pavilion and the Make-Up Autumn Galley. To the west of the mountain
is a unique side structure with a long walkway on the ground
floor and rooms one floor upstairs.There are viewing places
high above or down below,far away or quite near. The man-made
mountain scenery is changing at every step,and gives great pleasure
to the viewer from any direction.
 There
are 8 buildings,22 brick plateaux stelae,and 4 valuable old
trees,namely pinus bungeana Zucc,Celtis sinensis Pers,etc.,falling
into 3 catalogues. |
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