|
 |
 |
|
|
|
Stone House of Autumn Rockery According to the mnemonic rhyme :”Where it is bright, there is a dead end; Where it is a dark, there is an exit; Where it is big, there is a dead end; Where it is small, there is an exit; Where it is straight, there is a dead end; Where it is winding, there is an exit.” , along the mountain path, one goes down to ground floor and then goes east to where it is bright. One will find a stone table, above which there is a skylight. Light comes in from the window. The table seats four persons. If there are two persons, they may play chess here. It has a ristic charm of its own. In the east of the stone table is a stone bed with bed lamp and bed treadle, on the opposite of which is a stone window. Under the window stands a side table with two stools on both sides. It is stone house with complete functions. Out of the window, there is a small courtyard enclosed by mountains. In the center is a tiny flower bed, where grows a yew podocarpus. However, don’t look down upon the tiny flower bed. Though small, it breaks up two deadlocks. First, if without flower bed, when one goes out of the stone house, wouldn’t one run into a stone wall? Now with it, one will not run into a stone wall and has two ways out; Second, if without the flower bed, when one is in the courtyard with walls around, wouldn’t one becomes a prisoner? When Chinese people build houses, they are particular about the geomantic omen so that the stone house can not make an exception. Huang Shi, the second son of the owner of the garden talked of Shi Tao’s cave house with spacious and beautiful scenery like a fairyland. It turns out that the cave house is the stone house mentioned above. It’s no wonder that people of Yang Zhou wouldn’t watch the tide of Guang Ling on the eighth moon of Autumn.” They would rather enjoy the beautiful landscape here. |
|
|
