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| ¡¡Located
in the middle of the Park, it is adjacent
to Commemorative Tree-planting Garden. Tufty
bamboos stretch like many green umbrellas,
encloses depressed areas lower in the center
and higher around. The total area amounts
to over 4000 m2. Stone stools are placed under
the bamboos. When you sit on the stone stool,
the cool winds blow gently and you will feel
cheerful, refreshing and free from restraint.
The bamboo pathway leads to the quiet and
secluded world. If you walk along the pathway,
you will feel as if you were in a land depicted
in poems. ¡°When the quiet and secluded bamboo
forest becomes green, the birds sing cheerfully¡±.
Bamboos have been a favor of the Chinese literati.
Bamboo, plum blossom, orchid and chrysanthemum
are called four plants of honor. The literati
have been used to expressing their good tastes
by means of the pure and lofty bamboos. The
Eight Queer Literati of Yangzhou were especially
fond of bamboos. For Example, Jin Nong acknowledged
bamboos as his tutor. He lingered around the
bamboo forest and observed the bamboos to
the details during the day. In the evening,
he sat before the window to watch the bamboo
shadows on the window, and even listened attentively
to the bamboos whistles when he was lying
in bed. What¡¯s more, when he fell ill, he
was reluctant to move into the inner chamber
because it was unable to listen to the bamboo
whistle inside. The saying ¡°To live only
on vegetables rather than to live without
bamboos ¡± is an exact depiction of him. |
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