Carving building ( Spring is in building) Travel Suzhou of China

Open hour

7: 30- 17: 30

Ticket

45 yuan

Traffic

Take bus No. 502 and arrive directly on the east mountain (run every 20 minutes, the time of driving a vehicle is 100 minutes at the railway station, ,ticket price of 4 yuan) ,There is No. 62 (car Southern Station east mountain in Suzhou) besides , No. 500 (the bus surrounded by mountains of east mountain) ; Or ride the intersection of center district and bus stop Wu east the intersection of mountain and China and Pakistan of town, at the interval of 5-10 minutes, fare is 7 yuan.

To east mountain train is shown disrespect on the wood, visitors can show disrespect on and take China and Palestine in the wood directly to go to the east mountain. There were minibuses travelling to and fro between every beauty spot last peak tourist season in the east mountain town, can only go to take the power-driven tricycle at ordinary times, start and take 5 yuan.

Introduce

The building is the east mountain rich trader Jin Xi s private residence originally, built in the 11th year of the Republic of China, in three years, having spent 170,000 silver dollar, or 187.05 kilograms of gold.
Spring is the structural building of Chinese courtyard house of a polygon in the building. Floors the whole by gold, stone, brick, wood, carve as main fact. Carve exquisitely, superb, and carve everywhere, carve everywhere ,Enjoy the first floor of the South Its reputation.
hide treasure pavilion, mysterious secret tunnel, child lotuses It is a magical view of the scenic spot, there is treasure, stretch out one s hand richly, step on blissfully, look up and have longevity, have officers later, go out in the family wayly to enter the door It is the quintessence of the building.
Spring is in the building, have another name called the carving building, in the loose garden of garrison post of east mountain is got, it is the building of de luxe colony of a brick timber structure. Establish in 1922, complete 1925, last three year, cost 187.05 kilograms of gold. The residence garden is large-scale, the carve is luxurious, have won fame both at home and abroad. Announced as the historic reservation unit of Jiangsu Province in 1982.
Hold in the east in the west, make the form of Chinese courtyard house in floor in spring. With an area of 5516 square meters. Residence garden is single distribute building by central axis,is it successively screen wall facing the gate of a house, arch over a gate from east to west, before floor, behind floor and last room, the north is the courtyard. Rationally distributed, the function is clearly demarcated. The splaying of screen wall facing the gate of a house, tall and big and grand. It is thereafter the arch over a gate of tile carving. The thin brick of arch over a gate is carved, carve grants pure Gu big in the square-column of word at the door Four words, includes the meaning which is bestowed by heaven the great good fortune. Carve in the square-column of word in the door Yu is repaired and fainted to Germany Four words, the meaning of accumulating virtue that practise Buddhism or Taoism. Undergarment part on both sides Carve Yao and Shun abdicates and hand over the crown to another person , the gentle king visits the story virtuously . The up and down square-column is carved with separately The Eight Immortals celebrates the longevity , ten scenes of deer And Guo Ziyi celebrates the longevity , descendants full hall Wait for the lucky pattern, the gentle personage s story of play. Portray vivid nature, sound to cause. Remarkable craftsman s teacher carves out the heavy and complicated pattern in the thickness but brick of more than one inch with the tactics of openwork and high relief, outside to in,is there six levels, layers of layers of deepening often, be lasted pictured, be lasted actor superb carving skills folk fully. Front floor, pieces of rich five bring both sides, enter dark two purlin. The intersection of lower floor and roof beam for sitting room, veranda, connect plane, the intersection of roof beam and cushion with, construct have the intersection of relief and the intersection of flowers and pattern at the the intersection of oar and of timber wood,etc.. The surface is stuck on two walls of detailed bricks left and right sides of the hall. Also construct and carve at the the intersection of size and the intersection of window and the intersection of skirt and board in front of the drawing room, the pattern content is 24 filial piety , with Romance of the Three Kingdoms . Its fineness carved, the abundance of the content is staggering. Communicate with wing-room among the time between the bright second floor, former circle form, gallop along on horseback form of the corridor. Western-style casting iron of breast board is made on the second floor. Engrave the bat holds the longevity Pattern. It is carved along the board that heavy The cloud flows in ten thousand good fortune Pattern.
The stained glass is fitted in the doors and windows, have Western color. The back floor, three storeys of layers of eaves. One is wide to bring both sides in five, enter nine deep purlins. Third floor floor,before and after every indentation two circle. The interval of both sides tip is broken, form the darkroom, peculiar. The north garden, area 318. 5 square meters. There are rockery, pond, song bridge, pavilion in the garden. And plant it with flowers and trees in four seasons such as bamboo, crape myrtle, gold the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, wintersweet,etc., the overall arrangement is ingenious, in picturesque disorder. Particularly a rare one is, the small garden, in order to take advantage of the tactics of the scene, on the rising and falling enclosure, 13 leak the window, make the internal and external scenery of the garden combine together. Mount the rockery, have a panoramic view of the scene outside the garden. It is large-scale, intact to carve the dress circle. Building decoration is collected the masterpieces of wood carving, tile carving, stone carving, have extremely high viewing and admiring, studying value.
The carving building holds the grass festival of the lotus flower of children on the 10th of 20-5 months of every April; Hold ancient crape myrtle flowers festival on July 20 October 10; Hold ancient ginkgo money leaf festival on November 20 November 30; Hold the plum blossom grass festival of the white sandalwood on December 20 February 20; May Day, 11, holding the art festival of music of Tai Hu on the Spring Festival.
The shopping of diet: Can taste the Tai Hu ship dish with unique flavor here, can also buy some green spiral shell s spring tea, Bai Sha loquat, red bayberry,etc. to present relatives and friends. Local product: There is Triratna in Tai Hu of ten thousand qings: Silverfish, white shrimp and Mei Ji are wide receive visitor s praise.
In addition, Bai Sha loquat, dark purple red bayberry, ginkgo, Chinese chestnut and green spiral shell s spring tea,etc. are the east mountain local product.
Remind: Traditional Bi Luochun(a green tea) east mountain produce more every year, the intersection of Bi Luochun(a green tea) and tea at the Chinese market estimate, have 90% quantity fake now.
Distinguish Bi Luochun(a green tea): 1, Appearance: The color is dark green, there is white fine hair, the shape is curled tinily, when open the pot, there is special perfume; 2,Quench 60 warm water into the transparent cup, put Bi Luochun(a green tea), then the tea sinks to the bottom of the cup slowly, there is not a leaf tea to float, sink to the tea in the bottom of the cup and make and disperse the form, the ones that do not play closely are got together, in addition, the tea is so clear that you can see to the bottom, there is no muddy phenomenon of a silk; 3,Behind the entry to the tea, there is natural sweet taste that is aftertasted in the mouth among the tongue, except for, it must be false, there is not a astringent taste phenomenon absolutely! 4,Must not believe the anti-counterfeit trade mark!