Jiang Shousheng lives in the garden pool of history.

This garden, commonly known as Sui Garden, Sui Garden, Lotus Pond, Xinjiang Garden and Juyuanchi, was founded in the 16th year of Emperor Kai of Sui Dynasty (596) and was opened by Linfen, a general of the Chinese army. As an official at that time, he observed the people's feelings and saw that there was always a drought threatening the people. Near the city, the well water is salty and salty, so he can neither drink nor water the countryside. So he drew cool spring water from the "Gudui Spring" 30 miles north of the county seat, and opened 12 irrigation canals, most of which irrigated the fields along the way, and a small part of which flowed into the "Cliff City" in the secretariat at that time. In the first year of Daye (605), his younger brother Han rebelled, and Xue Ya and Wen "built an earthen platform" in Peiwen 'an, Jiangzhou, and refused to discuss it, forming a big pool. So the Lotus Pavilion was built in Zhong Jian, and bamboo flowers and willows were planted next to it. As a result, "Good Hope for Wealth" built a "Taiting Marsh Pool" here, and "Surprise and Meaning Win". The garden pool of generals was built and maintained by officials of Sui, Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties. After 1300 years of changes and fashion pursuit, it has formed several major patterns and characteristics, which have become important materials for studying the history of China gardens. From the "natural landscape garden" in Sui and Tang Dynasties to the "architectural landscape garden" in Song and Yuan Dynasties, and then to the "freehand landscape garden" in Ming and Qing Dynasties, the unique features of northern gardens in China come down in one continuous line. It shows the unique artistic characteristics of gardening in various times. The landscape in Sui and Tang Dynasties has disappeared, and only the general landscape can be found in the book Jiang Ju Shou Chi Yuan, written by Fan Zongshi, the secretariat of Jiangzhou in the third year of Tang Muzong Changqing (823). During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the construction of garden pools was dominated by water, accounting for about a quarter of the total garden area, which was a typical "natural landscape garden" in northern China. There are five pavilions, a waiter and an entrance in the park. The building is simple and lively.

Water is injected into the garden pool from the northwest, forming a hanging waterfall, spraying beads and splashing jade. The meridian bridge in the pool runs through the north and south, and there is a pavilion called Huilian Pavilion in the bridge, which stands tall and looks like a mirage from a distance. The fragrant grass, roses, green vines and red thorns by the pool set each other off. Chinan is a well-shaped porch pavilion, surrounded by straight-window wooden cloisters, and the "fragrant pavilion" stands in the middle and communicates with the Taishou dormitory. There is a "Tiger and Leopard Gate" in the southwest of the pool, which is connected with the state government. The mural on the left shows a tiger fighting a wild boar, while the mural on the right shows a tiger training a leopard. There are "New Pavilion" and "Huaiting" on the east and west sides of the pool. The canal water flowing eastward passes through the "Moon-looking Canal" and flows to the end, which is the "cypress pavilion" where cypress branches stretch and shade the sun. Due east is the "Cangtang", looking at the water in the west, and the pear trees reflected in the water are sparkling. Due north is the "wind dike" that runs across the east and west, leaning against the pond by the canal, watching the railing column of the pavilion on the south side of the pond reflected in the water, such as flickering candlelight, winding dragons and floating waves of turtles, which is really colorful. The highland in the northwest of Tibetan pond is called "Aokuangyuan", and the scenery is amazing. The open sky and vast scenery, coupled with the sound of flute and piano, really make you happy and forget the noise.

To the west of Zangtang is a dense pear forest, which is called "Bai Bin". When the pear flower is in full bloom, it dances like a girl in plain clothes. The layout of residential gardens and ponds in the Tang Dynasty is dominated by water, with primary landscape, dikes, valleys, gullies, ponds and other landscape units as the skeleton, flowers, trees, cypresses and other plants as the theme, supplemented by a small number of garden buildings for recreation, which constitutes the unique style of gardens in the Tang Dynasty.

The garden pool in Song Dynasty was greatly improved on the basis of Tang Dynasty, but with the change of history, it was also submerged in the rolling dust. Only after six years in Song Xianping (1003) can Sun Chong, the judge of Jiangzhou, find the general outline. In the Song Dynasty, the water surface of the garden pool was greatly reduced. At that time, the "Tibetan pond" was flooded, and the buildings in the park had increased from five pavilions, one hall and one door to twelve pavilions, one temple and one door. There is a high Ang Bridge in the pool, and the graceful hibiscus flowers, swimming fish and exquisite rocks in the pool form another landscape. No wonder Fan Zhongyan wrote in the poem "Living in a Garden Pool" that "the fish in the pool or the leaping gold often rain with the water curtain. Blame Bai Suo Xiaolong, fight leopard and tiger when ugly. Flowers embrace and smile, weeping willows dance freely. The quiet environment is even immortal, and the clear yin does not know the heat. " Gardening technology developed from "natural landscape garden" to "architectural landscape garden" in Tang Dynasty.

The gardens rebuilt in the Song Dynasty were destroyed in the late Song Dynasty and early Yuan Dynasty. In the Ming Dynasty, due to political stability and economic recovery, the garden pool was rebuilt. In the year of Zheng Deyuan in Ming Dynasty (1506), it was known that Han Zhe rebuilt the Lotus Pavilion; In the fifteenth year of Zheng De's reign (1520), the "Jiahe Building" was built in Li Wenjie.

In the 25th year of Guangxu reign in Qing Dynasty (1899), Li Shouzhi, the magistrate, based on the ruins of the Garden Pool, "glorified the surrounding walls and added pavilions and canals, just like the old system". After several generations of construction in Ming and Qing dynasties, according to the pursuit of fashion, the "natural landscape garden" has added the artistic conception of "freehand brushwork landscape garden".

The basic appearance of the existing garden pool was rebuilt by Li Shouzhi in Qing Dynasty and built in the early Republic of China. The garden pool is long from east to west and narrow from north to south. A meridian beam (tunnel) passes through the garden pool from north to south and rises high to split the garden pool in two. According to the difference of plants and flowers, the whole garden is divided into four scenic spots: spring, summer, autumn and winter, and the nearby gardens bring tourists into the freehand landscape. The Huilian Pavilion in the west of the tunnel stands on the south bank of Furong Pool. In summer, lotus fragrance wafts out from the canopy of red lotus. Drinking, playing chess and playing the piano in the Lotus Pavilion will make you feel the cold in Lotus Village. This is the "summer scene" of the garden. Bypassing the "Huilian Pavilion", there is a double-eaves semi-pavilion built against the wall in the middle of the western wall of the garden pool, and bamboo, flowers and trees are widely planted around the semi-pavilion. In winter, snow overwhelms green bamboo, swaying with the wind, which is another artistic conception. This is the "winter scenery" of the garden pool.

There is a pyramid-shaped pavilion on the east side of Meridian Liang Dong and Jiahe Building. It is said that it was the former site of Wusong Pavilion in Fu Bi in Song Dynasty. Spring flowers are widely planted around the pavilion. In spring, yellow spring flowers adorn it, and tourists greet it with smiles. "On the ninth and tenth days of spring, it is best to have a few bamboo flowers; Two or three people with a good dragon enjoy themselves in the atmosphere of a game of chess and a bottle of wine. This is the "spring scenery" of the garden pool. The pond to the east of the garden pool is the former site of the Tibetan pond in Fan Zongshi's garden pool. There are "two islands" in the middle and "islands" in the west, and the two banks are connected by wooden bridges. There is a "Zhuoting" in the east, which is connected by winding stone dikes. There are four corners "Mao Ting" on the island. In late autumn, autumn water, the golden wind sends the breeze, Zhou Qiuju stands alone in the wind, and Ao Shuang opens. This is the garden pool "autumn scenery". There is a "Banquet Building" in the northeast of Mao Ting and a "Gourd Light Tomb" in the southeast. There is a "moon-watching platform" to the north of Zhuoting.

These buildings have greatly expanded the artistic conception of "gardens close at hand" by "borrowing scenery". Gardens in Ming and Qing Dynasties, from Li Wenjie in Zhengde in Ming Dynasty to Li Shouzhi in Guangxu in Qing Dynasty, have been built several times, with pavilions, exquisite buildings, towering rockeries, surrounded by clear water, blooming flowers, towering cypresses, winding bridges and flowing water, and beautiful scenery. It has become a garden with a long history, the oldest famous garden, well-documented ancient gardens and traces to be found, with cultural relics and garden art value. At present, the topography of the garden pool is basically intact, and the overall scale layout, shape, ponds, canals and pavilions are still clearly identifiable.