Yan Guan Town, Haining City, Zhejiang Province is located on the north bank of Hangzhou Bay, bordering Qiantang River in the east, more than 50 kilometers away from the provincial capital Hangzhou in the west and only about 100 kilometers away from Shanghai in the east. It is a beautiful ancient water town in the south of the Yangtze River with a history of more than 2,000 years, and it is also the best scenic spot in the world to watch the tides of Qiantang River. The trend capital of the world? Good name.

Historically, in this ancient and rich land, there was once a beautiful private garden, which ranked among the four famous gardens in the south of the Yangtze River? Chen Jia 'an Lanyuan, a salt official in Haining, and the other three famous gardens are Zhanyuan in Nanjing, Lion Forest in Suzhou and Xiaoyou Tianyuan in Hangzhou.

(A) the origin of An Lan Garden

Salt officials are rich in humanities and many historical sites.

As early as the fourth year of Jianyan in the Southern Song Dynasty (1 130), the Wang Ling family, the ancestor of Wang Guowei, a master of Chinese studies, actively organized the military and civilians to fight against the Jin people's invasion to the south. In the Southern Song Dynasty, in order to settle down for the king of Jue 'anhua County and the first salt official, the court began to build private gardens in the northwest corner of the salt official city where the mansion was located, making it a royal family.

There are all kinds of trees in the park, such as pine trees, osmanthus trees, plum blossoms, orchids and other four seasons flowers. The water diversion base in the pool is turned into a mountain, forming a? Lakes and mountains are ethereal, fish and birds are floating and sinking? Elegant beauty, this is the beginning of An Lan Garden.

After the death of the Southern Song Dynasty to the Yuan Dynasty, Wang's hometown was gradually destroyed due to years of war.

During the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, Chen and Jiao (1544? 16 10) After resigning and returning to his hometown, he bought Wang's hometown. Because Chen and the suburbs are located in the northwest corner of the city, they are named this garden? Garden? .

Chen Yujiao is a famous dramatist, who has made far-reaching contributions to the legend of traditional Chinese opera. He wrote a large number of classical dramas handed down from ancient times, such as Lingbao Island (about Lin Chongcuo), Qilin Jade (about Liang Hongyu, Han Shizhong), Zhaojun's departure from the fortress, Wenxi's entry into the fortress and so on.

At that time, there were ponds, slopes and many towering old trees left in the Southern Song Dynasty. After Chen and Jiao bought it, the garden was built and expanded by 30 mu, and the water surface of the pond alone accounted for 20 mu, with the intention of creating an elegant atmosphere in the water environment. There are many scenic spots around the pond, such as Bamboo Hall, Moon Pavilion, Liuxiang Pavilion, Zizhi Building and Jinbo Bridge. And there are buildings and halls such as Que Yan Xuan, Baizui Temple and Linxu Pavilion around. The scale is much larger than the former hometown of Wang, and the scenic spots are more charming.

To the Qing dynasty, Yongzheng dynasty? Garden? Chen Yuanlong (1652? 1736) closed for other industries.

Chen Yuanlong is well-read, good at calligraphy, and excellent in writing and ci. He did well in the palace entrance examination in the 24th year of Kangxi (1685) and was named the second scholar by Emperor Kangxi himself. In order to be honest, he compiled 27 volumes of Collected Works of Ai Ritang, more than 0/00 volumes of Fu Hui in Past Dynasties, and more than 0/00 volumes of Gezhi Mirror Source.