The most important meaning of the pavilion is to provide shelter for passers-by from wind and rain
[Edit this paragraph] Pavilions and artistic conception in China
The history of pavilions is very long. But the earliest pavilions in ancient times were not buildings for viewing. For example, the pavilion in the Zhou Dynasty was a small fortress located in a border fortress with a pavilion history. In the Qin and Han Dynasties, pavilion buildings expanded to various places and became used by local grassroots organizations to maintain public security. "Han Shu" records: "There are two soldiers in the pavilion. One is the father of the pavilion, and his palms open and close to sweep away; the other is to seek theft, and his palms chase and catch thieves." During the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, the post system was replaced by the pavilion system. After that, the pavilion and post gradually fell into disuse. However, there was a folk custom of building pavilions on traffic thoroughfares for resting during the journey, so it was still used. Some are also used as ceremonial places to welcome and see off guests, usually one at ten or five miles, with a long pavilion at ten miles and a short pavilion at five miles. At the same time, pavilions began to appear in gardens as point-of-view buildings. By the Sui and Tang Dynasties, it was common to build pavilions in gardens. For example, the Xiyuan built by Yang Guang in Luoyang had landscape buildings such as the Wind Pavilion and the Moon View. A large number of pavilion buildings appeared in the palace gardens of the Tang Dynasty. For example, in the Daming Palace in the east of Chang'an City, there is Taiye Pool, Penglai Mountain in the middle, and Taiye Pavilion in the pool. In addition, Xingqing Palace City has many groups of courtyards, including a dragon pond. Among the buildings in the east of the dragon pond, the central building is the Agarwood Pavilion. There are even more pavilions recorded in the Song Dynasty, and the architecture is also extremely exquisite. The shape and construction techniques of various pavilions were described in detail in the Song Dynasty's "Building Fa Style". Since then, there have been more and more pavilion buildings in various forms. The pavilion is not only a place for people to rest, but also an important point of view in the garden. The layout is reasonable and the whole garden is alive. If it is not appropriate, it will feel messy. Ji Cheng, a famous gardener in the Ming Dynasty, has an extremely important point in "Yuan Ye". An incisive discussion: "...the pavilions and lakes are close to the water, and there are springs and bamboos in them. According to the scenery, they are on the top of the mountain, or in the lush greenery, or at the foot of the lush pines." It can be seen on the top of the mountain, at the end of the water, in the middle of the lake, in the shade of pine trees, and in the bamboos. Clusters and flower rooms are suitable places for arranging garden buildings. Building pavilions in these places can generally create a beautiful landscape art effect in the garden space. There are also pavilions built on bridges, such as the Wuting Bridge on Slender West Lake in Yangzhou and the bridge pavilion on the West Embankment of the Summer Palace in Beijing. The combination of pavilions and bridges forms a beautiful landscape art effect in the garden space, and there are reflections in the water, making the garden landscape richer. Poetic and picturesque, such as the Wuting Bridge in Yangzhou, it has become a symbol of Yangzhou. With its beautiful and colorful outline, the pavilion and the surrounding scenery form a beautiful picture in the garden. For example, the West Lake Pavilion in Hangzhou was built to the south of Gushan and to the north of the "Three Pools Reflecting the Moon" on the green island of willow silk. The site selection is extremely appropriate. It is surrounded by water, shaded by flowers and trees, and sets off the yellow glazed tile roof with cornices and corners. The contrast in color becomes more prominent. Islands and buildings are combined with nature. The pavilion in the center of the lake, the "Three Pools Reflecting the Moon" and the three Ruan Gongdun Islands stand in the center of the lake like the three fairy mountains on the sea in mythology. On the pavilion in the center of the lake, literati from past dynasties have left excellent couplets that describe the scenery and emotions, such as "A land of clear light and floating water, a very bright moon reaches the center of the lake", which adds to the beautiful artistic conception of the pavilion in the center of the lake. When people look at the entire lake from the pavilion, , the mountains and waters are really charming. In the moon-viewing resort "Three Ponds Reflecting the Moon", the pavilion has become an important building in this scenic spot. After landing from "Xiaoyingzhou", the main landscape buildings that come to you are the Pantheon and a small and exquisite triangular pavilion, as well as the four-cornered "Baishou Pavilion" that echoes the triangular pavilion. The pavilion and the bridge not only constitute the spatial division of the Three Pools Reflecting the Moon, It also increases the spatial landscape level and becomes an indispensable landscape architecture. Standing high in the pavilion, people can enjoy the surrounding lakes and mountains in the distance, and the lotus flowers and red, white and yellow flowers on the water up close, and enjoy the "water on the water". The beauty of "fairy". The "My Heart Is Mirrored Pavilion" and the "Three Ponds Mirroring the Moon" stele pavilion, both of which are shaded by green trees, play an important role in composing the garden landscape and spatial art level of the Three Ponds Mirroring the Moon. The meaning of "meeting" adds to the interest of the scenic spot "Three Pools Reflecting the Moon". The pavilion is not only an important landscape building, but also a place where elegiac couplets by Chinese scholars and officials in garden art highlight the sceneries. For example, the fresh and beautiful Daming Lake in Jinan has the beauty of "lotus flowers on four sides and willows on three sides, one city with mountains and half a city with lake". There is a historic Lixia Pavilion on the small island in the lake. It was first built in the Northern Wei Dynasty and rebuilt in the Jiajing Period of the Ming Dynasty.
"The universe is infinite, but life is limited, so Confucius looked at the surging river on the bank and sighed: "The dead are like this, and they don't give up day and night! "This is the sense of life. Another example is Wang Bo's "Preface to Prince Teng's Pavilion", which is also a very famous article. Wang Bo also described the beauty of the architecture of Prince Teng's Pavilion at the beginning of the article, but then he said that the beauty of Prince Teng's Pavilion is, The main reason is not the building itself, but that it allows people to see an infinitely vast space and infinitely magnificent scenery. It has two famous sentences: "The falling clouds and solitary swans fly together, and the autumn water and the long sky are the same color." "Then he wrote that the beauty of this space contains a sense of life: "The sky is so different from the high, and I feel the infinity of the universe; "This is a kind of metaphysical excitement caused by Tengwang Pavilion. There is a Grand View Tower in Kunming, Yunnan, my country. There is a pair of couplets on the upper floor, which is said to be the longest pair of couplets in China. The first couplet is: "Five hundred miles of Dianchi Lake, rushing here fundus. The shore is draped with lapels, and the joy is vast and boundless. Look at the divine horse in the east and the spiritual instrument in the west, meandering in the north and flying in the south. Masters and rhymes, why not choose the best place to climb up, take advantage of Crab Island and Luozhou, comb the wind and mist on your temples, watch the sky and the reeds, Dotted with some green feathers and red clouds. Don’t let it down, you are surrounded by fragrant rice, vast hectares of clear sand, hibiscus in nine summers, and willows in three springs. "This is a vast and boundless space, and the second line is about infinite time: "Thousands of years of past events are in my heart (opposite to "Five hundred miles of Dianchi Lake, rushing to the bottom of my eyes"). Drinking wine, sighing, who is the hero? Think of the Han Dynasty's practice of building boats, the Tang Dynasty's iron pillars, the Song Dynasty's jade axe, the Yuan's leather bags, their great achievements, all the effort to move mountains, all the bead curtains to paint the buildings, but the rolls could not catch up with the evening rain and the clouds, so they broke off the remaining monuments, and gave them all. The smoke falls. Only a few pestles and sparse bells, half a river of fishing fire, two rows of autumn geese, and a pillow of clear frost. "Infinite space and time trigger sighs about life and history. This long couplet of Daguan Tower, like the two articles by Wang Xizhi and Wang Bo, both illustrate that the artistic conception of Chinese garden architecture lies in its ability to make visitors " "The universe is in my chest, my thoughts are connected to the ages." From limited time and space to infinite time and space, it triggers a philosophical sense of life and history.