Shuzhuang Garden
Shuzhuang Garden is exquisitely designed to reproduce the scene of Banqiao private villa with the characteristic of gardens on the Yangtze Delta. It creates infinite space by using a plot of slopes and take in all the sceneries that can be seen around the garden.
The Garden, originally a Taiwan businessman's private villa, became a garden park open to the public since the 1950s. There are 10 scenes in the garden, including Longevity Hall, Autumn Pavilion, Zhenshuai Pavilion, Forty-four Bridge, Zhaoliang Pavilion, Hard Stone House, Twelve-cave Paradise, Love My Own House, Tide-Viewing Tower and Little Orchid Pavilion. It has a good many sights, of which the most characteristic ones are:
Hiding elements: the ocean remains hidden from view even if you walk right up to the garden gate and enter it. The view was interrupted by a high wall. When you look back by chance, a plaque of "Cang Hai (Hiding Elements)" hanging high up on the inner side of garden gate comes into the view, and then you will burst upon the implication of hiding elements. However, once you get out through the Moon Cave Gate, the seascape leaps into view. By means of this device, first hiding and then revealing, wonderful results will be achieved.
Borrowing from one's surroundings: Taking advantage of the original slopes facing the sea, the reefs in the bay and the shape of the shoreline, the former garden owner built bridges and pavilions at various levels. He transformed a small bay to a seaside garden with a broad view and hierarchies by cleverly using naturally available scenery.
Shuzhuang Garden has many newly built facilities in recent years and its size has also been expanded. Especially the wave-listening pavilion is transformed into a "piano museum", displaying 30 famous and ancient pianos collected for a lifetime by Hu Youyi who is from Gulangyu living in Australia. Among them are the Steinway & sons piano made in America during the upper half of the 19th century, the Bosendorfer piano from Austria, the royal piano exclusively used by German royal, the gold-plating piano, which is the treasure unprecedented in the history, the earliest quadrilateral piano in the world, the largest upright piano, the oldest hand roll piano, the pedal player piano, the eight-pedal four-string piano, which demonstrates the production techniques and development level of pianos in the world over the past hundred years. That is unique in China. The piano museum makes Gulangyu Island deserve the name of Piano Island and adds extra charm to it.
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