瘦西湖导游词4篇

各位游客：

大家好!欢迎大家来到扬州瘦西湖。我是今天的导游xxx，大家可以叫我小x或x导。

如果把杭州西湖比作丰满妩媚的少妇，那么扬州瘦西湖可比作清秀婀娜的少女，因为杭州西湖给人一种雍容华贵的韵味，而扬州瘦西湖却给人几分纤柔羞怯的情意。多少年来，她那独具的魅力，不仅使扬州人民喜往乐游，也使不少海内外的文人名士为之倾倒，单单一个“瘦”，就引出许许多多诗人的佳句。早些年，邓拓游湖时，就对湖山风光赞赏不已，欣然成诗：“板桥歌吹古扬州，我作扬州三日游;瘦了西湖情更好，人天美景不胜收。”

【名称来历—大虹桥—南门】各位游客：我国以“西湖”命名的景区有三四十处之多，而“瘦西湖”仅扬州一个。那么她为什么要定名为“瘦西湖”呢?瘦西湖地处扬州城西郊，原名“炮山河”，亦称“保障河”，是隋唐时期由蜀同诸山之水，汇合安徽大别山东来的洞水流人运河的一段水道。它有50多公顷的游览面积，6公里多的游程，一条曲水如锦带，时展时收，犹如嫦娥起舞时抛向人间的五色飘带，形态自然动人。后来改称“瘦西湖”，是因为乾隆年间诗人汪沆将扬州保障河与杭州西湖作了一番比较，写了一首咏赞保障河的诗：“垂杨不断接残芜，雁齿虹桥俨画图;也是销金一锅子，故应唤作瘦西湖。”从此“瘦西湖”作为正式名称，名闻中外。

“扬州好，第一是虹桥”，现在我们来到的地方就是名闻天下的瘦西湖第一景——大虹桥。这座桥是扬州二十四景之一，建于明崇份年间，横跨保障湖水。原桥为木质红栏，故名红桥，清代乾隆元年改建为石桥。十五年后，巡盐御史吉庆、普福、高恒相继重建，并在桥上建桥亭，改“红”为“虹”，意思是桥如彩虹。现已改建为7.6米宽的3孔低坡青石桥。虹桥在历史上曾经名噪一时，乾隆皇帝游扬州时也作诗赞赏虹桥的景色。有一次乾隆的游船到虹桥，见一乞丐手执长竿，长竿端头置一布袋，口中念念有词，便问左右，此人在此作甚?纪晓岚(清朝大臣)忙上前答道：是一乞丐，专在河边吟诗乞讨为生。乾隆闻听下旨命令乞丐当面吟诗，乞丐不慌不忙地吟道：“三月烟花风流在，一代天君过红桥。锦帆徐牵碧镜里，落霞贫贱照天烧。”乾隆不得不感叹：“扬州乞儿尚能作此诗，果然不愧为文昌之地。”而他自己也被撩动诗兴，出诗应和：“绿浓春水饮长虹，锦缆徐牵碧镜中;真在横披画里过，平山迎面送春风。”今日大虹桥已成为进人瘦西湖的咽喉，登桥远望，不仅可见湖水如带，桃红柳绿，画舫轻歌，更可见远处小金山上的山亭，隐隐约约，似在招引我们，步入佳境。

各位游客：现在展现在我们面前的这组恢宏建筑，就是今日瘦西湖的南大门，她正敞开怀抱，热情欢迎我们的到来。瘦西湖南大门像一道屏障，使瘦西湖诸景半藏半露，恰似美人“犹抱琵琶半遮面，千呼万唤始出来”。门厅檐口的“瘦西湖”三匾，是扬州已故书法家孙龙父的手笔。门厅廊柱上一副槛联这样写道：“天地本无私，春花秋月尽我留连，得闲便是主人，且莫间平泉草木;湖山倍多丽，杰阁幽亭凭谁点缀，到处别开生面，真不减清閟画图。”是晚清扬州诗人李逸休撰题，并由其女儿扬州著名书法家李圣和书写的。有了这副祖联，瘦西湖风光也更添了几分滋力。几年前，电视连续剧《红楼梦》中“元妃省亲”的那场重头戏就是在这地拍摄的，让我们像当年的元妃那样登上挂揖兰桡，透过珠帘绣幕，去纵情领略瘦西湖的风光吧!

【长堤春柳—小方亭—桃花坞】 各位游客：步入大门，脚下一道长堤，逶迤北去。从虹桥直至徐园门前，是一条600米的长堤。东侧是碧波荡漾的湖水，西侧为花圃，路的两边三步一桃，五步一柳。沿途有五景，皆为清初盐商黄为蒲所筑。此景即称“长堤春柳”。每当和煦春风吹到这里时，那细细的柳丝就被染成嫩黄色，继而吐出粒粒绿珠。春意盎然时，柳叶舒展了，桃花盛开了，湖上微风吹来，那柳丝们娜起舞，树影婆婆，似青烟绿秀，漫步其间，怎不会令人人迷呢!这正如诗人陈其工所描写的：“长堤春柳最依依，才过虹桥便人迷。”

春日踏访柳堤是最有意趣的，漫步在这“问株杨柳间株桃”的长堤上，不知游客们是否有心旷神怕的感受。堤虽长但并不显得单调，请看前面堤畔的这座攒尖翘角式的四柱方亭，显然是让我们在此驻足，静静地揣摩欣赏这里的景色。亭内面西的“长堤春柳”匾是清代进士扬州书法家陈重庆的手笔。联题：“佳气溢芳甸(赵孟頫句)，宿云檐野川(元好问句)。”为扬州书画家王板哉所书，登亭小想，使我们在领悟中又进入了新的意境。

堤边的柳与别处是不同的，为什么呢?据说，当年隋炀帝开挖运河时，翰林学士虞世基建议在河堤两岸大量插柳，既可护堤，又可遮荫。隋炀帝大喜，并亲手先栽一株，又赐垂柳姓杨，所以外地的柳树到了扬州就称杨柳，“多情最是扬州柳”，所以杨柳成了扬州的市树。

如果说“长堤春柳”似东风二月，以桃红柳绿间植取胜，那么挑花坞则以成片桃林，云霞散彩的气派见长，的确是：“花落花飞飞满天，红消香断有谁怜?”各位游客：现在我们所在之处就叫桃花坞，电视连续剧《红楼梦》拍摄时。黛玉的扮演者陈晓旭在此处以锦囊收桃花艳骨，埋于一环净土之中，当她边舞边歌“侬今葬花人笑痴，他年葬依知是谁”时，连桃花鸡的花瓣也籁籁飘落，似乎同情黛玉的不幸。

据野史记载，清代扬州八怪之一的金农曾在平山堂赴宴，席间以古人“飞红”为题，行令赋诗。到了某盐商时，因才思枯竭，无以为对，竟然说出“柳絮飞来片片红”之句。金农为之解围，说是古人确有该诗，并为之补全，诗说：“廿四桥边廿四风，凭闹犹忆旧江东。夕阳返照桃花坞，柳絮飞来片片红。”众人明知是金农即席杜撰，但不得不佩服金农的才思敏捷。

【四桥烟雨—徐园】各位游客：扬州素以桥乡闻名，它与江南绍兴一样桥多、桥美，不同的是，绍兴以梁桥为多，而扬州却以拱桥见长。现在我们看到的这个景点叫“四桥烟雨”。此景建于康熙年间，以前为扬州北郊二十四景之一，曾经也是大盐商的私家园林，登上这四桥烟雨楼，南面的虹桥，北面的长春桥，近处的春浓桥和西边的五亭桥，都历历在目。每当风雨萧萧时，四桥就忽隐忽视，故称“四桥烟雨”。可贵的是诸桥近在咫尺，桥桥不同，但这四座桥却把湖水分割的景物相互衔接起来，又以各桥不同的落点和构架将全彻景点划分为各具特色的若干区间，使每一风景区都呈现出各自独特的韵味。难怪乾隆每次来扬州都要登临四桥烟雨楼，凭窗眺望。“趣园”二便是乾隆第一次下江南时的御笔。

园中有园是瘦西湖的特色，前面一道高墙将大片湖水挡住，仅以一圆形的洞门引我们入内。清初这里是韩园桃花坞故址。民国4年(191年)改为徐宝山洞堂，故名徐园。徐宝山曾任辛亥革命时的国民革命军第二军军长，统管两淮及八百里长江的缉私。他曾追随孙中山，与清军对阵作战，其后又提出撤销扬州军政府，从而统一江苏的主张。由于他轻视袁世凯，并赶走袁派来监视他的参谋长，袁世凯下毒手派人将他炸死。此时，曾与徐宝山共事过的著名书法家吉亮工不待请求，主动写了“徐园”两。刚挥毫时，他心情还比较沉重，所以“徐”为行楷，而后越写越激动，以至写“园”时，已按捺不住内心的激愤写成了行草。径虽逾尺，但两配合和谐，笔力遭劲。

这一小小园林中有一馆，一榭，一亭，外有曲水，内有池塘，花木竹石，恰到好处。此园是瘦西湖正门进入的第一个园，游客一入其中顿感江南园林的精巧。未到过瘦西湖的人，就以为这就是瘦西湖的风貌，其实这正是构园者的苦心，给人以“山重水复疑无路，柳暗花明又一村”的感觉。

【小金山—风亭—本樨书屋】我们穿过徐国的后门，越过小虹桥，来到了小金山。小金山是怎样形成的呢?原来在清朝时，为了使乾隆皇帝能直接乘船去平山堂，便新开一段莲花埂新河，小金山就是用开挖出来的河泥人工堆积而成的。那时满岭遍植梅花，香气四溢，故称“梅岭春深”。据说当初在堆土成山时，屡堆屡塌，三年不成，督工也急得头晕眼花，一次在睡梦中，看见关羽带领士兵正在打梅花桩，将木桩几个一组打在河心，然后堆土成山。他猛然惊醒，立即仿效此法，十天后，果然堆成一座“小金山”。其后乾隆游览至此，闻听此事大悦，左右乘机连媚说：“皇上南巡，感动天地神灵，连关帝也主动为皇上效力。”乾隆更加高兴，即命重赏。

对了，刚才有位游客问，扬州为什么老是引用人家的名称?杭州有个西湖，这里就叫瘦西湖;镇江有个金山，这里就叫小金山。原来近人巧取瘦西湖之“瘦”，小金山之“小”，点明扬州园林之妙在于“借”，而借又借得巧，真是“借来西湖一角，堪夸其瘦;移来金山半点，何借乎小”。

下面我们沿着碗蜒山路，拾级而上，岭上便是风亭，匾额为清代著名诗人、学者阮元所题。山不在高，贵在层次，水不在深，贵在曲折。此时俯瞰小金山，上有风亭，中有观音阁，下有各种形式的厅堂，很有层次，四周碧水时宽时窄，时直时曲，使人感到变化无穷而又富有自然之势。

古城扬州是历史文化名城，瘦西湖一直有“翰墨园林”之称，到处都显示出文学艺术的特征。现在我们来到了临水而建的琴室，门前古柏两株，树龄都在2XX年以上，树高过檐数丈，葱笼叠翠。请大家随我走进琴室的庭院，请看东面花瓶门的石额上刻着“静观”两，这是清代大书法家邓石如的手笔。琴室后是木标书屋。游客们：大家请保持安静。为什么?因为这里是读书所在，自然要安静了。园内种有老桂树15株，花开时节浓香醉人，又名“桂园”，木挥是桂花的别称。

【吹台—五亭桥—白塔】各位游客：在小金山西麓有一条岸柳成行的长堤，伸向湖心，长堤的顶端就是吹台，也叫“钓鱼台”。提起钓鱼台，我们会想起北京国宾馆的钓鱼台，另外还有陕西宝鸡姜太公的钓鱼台。扬州的钓鱼台自有其高妙之处，伸出水面的小岛，岸柳成行，宽丈许，长有百余步，直插湖心。整个吹台既无繁杂的斗拱挑出，又无雕梁画栋的富丽堂皇，而是素油涂抹梁檐，显得朴实无华。钓鱼台建于清乾隆年间，最初设计者的本意是：乾隆游湖时，乐队在其中弹奏江南丝竹，以助游兴，所以亭内有沙孟海题“吹台”匾。谁知有一次乾隆皇帝来到此地，觉得此处更宜钓鱼，于是勃发钓鱼之兴。这下忙坏了手下人，管事的盐商火速暗中挑选水手，潜入水下，以荷叶盖顶，以荷茎换气。每当乾隆落竿垂钓，水手就将活鱼一条条挂上构去，乾隆举竿鱼跃，大家都喝彩欢腾，以为水神也从太君心意，盐商也自然得到奖赏。现今檐口的“钓鱼台”三匾，是书法家刘海粟所题。两边槛联，上联为“浩歌向兰渚”，是唐代徐彦的佳句;下联为“把钓待秋风”，是唐代杜甫的名言。吹台三面各开圆洞门，以门借景，有“三星拱照”之称，为我国造园技艺中运用借景的杰出范例。

游客们：前面横跨瘦西湖南北两岸，巍峨屹立在我们面前的这座环拱石桥就是五亭桥。五亭桥不仅是扬州瘦西湖的象征，而且是全国风景名胜中独一无二的景观，因桥上建有五亭，大家便都称它为“五亭桥”。此桥是由巡盐御史高恒为迎奉乾隆第二次南巡(1757年)而建，又因为其形状像一朵盛开的莲花，所以又叫“莲花桥”。全长55.5米，桥基平面分成12个大小不同的桥墩，最为独特的是桥基，虽然用大块青石砌成，但十分纤巧，桥亭比例适当，配置和谐，造桥者把桥基建成“艹”形，主桥为单曲拱桥，旁构4翼，每翼各有3个半拱的桥洞，连同引桥两个扇形桥洞，共有15孔。孔孔相连，正面望去，连同倒影，形成5孔，大小各异，形状各殊;泛舟桥下，孔孔相通，犹如城堡。莲花出水似的五亭桥，结构巧妙，造型独特，桥亭结合，气势宏伟，举世无双，被著名桥梁建筑专家茅以升评价为“中国古城交通桥与观赏桥结合的典范”。

五亭桥南面为莲性寺，原称“法海寺”，初建于元代，清康熙四十四年(17XX年)，改为“莲性寺”。里面有名的建筑是白塔，巍峨矗立，已有近两百年的历史。塔身为砖结构，分三层，上层叫刹，中层是龛，均呈圆形，下层是塔基，为正方形。整个造型与北京北海白塔相似。据说这座白塔是一夜之间造成的。一天，乾隆的游船到了五亭桥畔，忽然对扬州陪同官员说：“这里多像京城北海的琼岛春阴啊，只可惜差一座白塔。”第二天清晨，乾隆开窗一看，只见五亭桥旁一座白塔巍然耸立，以为是从天而降，身旁的太监连忙跪奏道：“是盐商大贾为弥补圣上游瘦西湖之憾，连夜赶制而成的。”原来这座白塔是八大盐商之一的江春用万金贿赂乾隆左右，根据北京白塔的图样，然后用盐包为基础，以纸扎为表面，在一夜之间制作而成的。尽管只可远视，不可近攀，但乾隆不无感慨地说：“人道扬州盐商富甲天下，果然名不虚传。”当然真塔不可能是在一夜之间造成的，它究党建于何年已无法考证。但白塔属喇嘛塔，系藏传佛教喇嘛教寺院里的塔制，在瘦西湖中也仅作为点缀而且。它高27.5米，外形轮廓线也比北海白塔瘦长，塔座是砖雕的束腰须弥座，八角四面，每面三龛，龛内雕刻十二生肖像，象征一年12个月，一天12个时辰。筑台53级，象征童子拜观音的53参;相轮为13层，象征天的最高处13天。正是：处处有象征，时时有暗示，造园手法运用得十分巧妙。

【熙春台—望春楼—二十四桥—小李将军画本轩】各位游客：不知你们是否发现我们刚才走过的路程，从虹桥到小金山为一折，湖面由南北转为东西，过吹台，穿五亭桥到此又一折，湖面由东西转为南北，直到蜀冈山麓。第二转折处的起点就是前面那组气势恢宏的仿清建筑——熙春台。所谓“熙春”是取《老子》“众人熙熙，如登春台”之意，表现了一种春日登高，与大自然相融，超然自乐的境界。熙春台与小金山遥遥相对，都处在湖面转折之处。它是当年乾隆皇帝祝寿的地方，因此处处体现出皇家园林富丽堂皇的宏大气派。所有建筑的瓦顶全用绿琉璃筒瓦，与远处五亭桥的黄瓦朱栋，白塔的玉钵体金顶相映成趣。熙春台内的装饰，使用了扬州漆器工艺，特别是这幅壁画《玉女吹萧图》，采用扬州磨漆画的工艺，表现出一群唐代仕女欢歌艳舞的壮观场面。

从熙春台向东隔湖相望，赫然入目的是望春楼，楼屋二层，翘角飞檐。上层半为露台，登台可览园中秀景;楼下中为茶室，南北两小间分别辟为山水庭院，顶部可见天日。

望春楼之西为“小李将军画本轩”，两层之间有水池曲桥相连。小李将军指的是谁呢?据记载，唐高宗时，宗室画家李思训，受封为右武卫将军，人称大李将军，他儿子李昭道曾任扬州大都督府参军，人称小李将军。“小李将军画本轩”是按李昭道的画意设计的，由于“大李小李”共创了唐代“金碧山水画派”，因此，我们今天透过扇形窗户观赏对面熙春台金碧辉煌的廓影，可以联想起盛唐艺术那种雍容华贵的气象。

“青山隐隐水迢迢，秋尽江南草未调。二十四桥明月夜，玉人何处教吹萧。”这是唐朝诗人杜牧留给我们的千古绝句，千百年来，二十四桥以其清丽俊爽的画面，迷蒙空幻的意境，浪漫悠扬的情调拨动了无数文人墨客的心弦。那么二十四桥因何得名呢?让我们带着这个问题前来观赏。过了画本轩向北过小石桥西折便是那名闻遐迩的二十四桥了。请看，整座桥是用汉白玉砌成的单孔拱形石桥。它全长24米，宽2.4米，两端各12级台阶，两边各24根汉白玉雕柱，高、宽各2.4米。桥上雕饰明月图案，秀丽典雅。桥东有贴壁黄石假山，西有熙春台，再现了唐诗中的诗情画意。景区占地约7公顷，为一组古典园林建筑群，整个景区在体现“两堤花柳全依水，一路楼台直到山”的意境中起着承前启后的作用。在这里，我们并未见到二十四桥桥名，但却处处暗示二十四之意。当然也有人说二十四桥指的是二十四座桥，然而我们对二十四桥似乎也不必作繁琐的考证。倒不如对杜牧诗中那种“只可意会，不可言传”的神奇股脱的意境去作一番细细的品味。正因为如此，历史上才会有许多中外名人前来观赏这里的景观。

1991年10月，xx陪同朝鲜劳动党总书记金日成游览二十四桥景区时，他们走到杜牧的诗碑前，一起观赏并朗诵了毛泽东手书的杜牧绝句。在熙春台，20名弹古筝的小朋友齐声欢呼“金爷爷好”，并为金日成和江总书记弹奏了民乐《渔歌唱晚》，赢得了一片掌声。

“二十四桥月如约，黄花开遍瘦西湖;西子范蠡今若在，不到杭州到扬州。”这是长期旅居国外的李鸿章的孙子李孔昕先生来游览瘦西湖后发出的感叹，不知各位对此有无同感。作为导游的我衷心希望迷人的瘦西湖风采能拨动您的心弦，给您留下清新隽永的回忆。

各位游客：如果把杭州西湖比作丰满妩媚的少妇，那么扬州瘦西湖可比作清秀切娜的少女，因为杭州西湖给人一种雍容华贵的韵味，而扬州瘦西湖却给人几分纤柔羞怯的情意。多少年来，她那独具的魅力，不仅使扬州人民喜往乐游，也使不少海内外的文人名士为之倾倒，单单一个“瘦”，就引出许许多多诗人的佳句。早些年，邓拓游湖时，就对湖山风光赞赏不已，欣然成诗：“板桥歌吹古扬州，我作扬州三日游;瘦了西湖情更好，人天美景不胜收。”

【名称来历—大虹桥—南门】

各位游客：我国以“西湖”命名的景区有三四十处之多，而“瘦西湖”仅扬州一个。那么她为什么要定名为“瘦西湖”呢?瘦西湖地处扬州城西郊，原名“炮山河”，亦称“保障河”，是隋唐时期由蜀同诸山之水，汇合安徽大别山东来的洞水流人运河的一段水道。它有50多公顷的游览面积，6公里多的游程，一条曲水如锦带，时展时收，犹如嫦娥起舞时抛向人间的五色飘带，形态自然动人。后来改称“瘦西湖”，是因为乾隆年间诗人汪沆将扬州保障河与杭州西湖作了一番比较，写了一首咏赞保障河的诗：“垂杨不断接残芜，雁齿虹桥俨画图;也是销金一锅子，故应唤作瘦西湖。”从此“瘦西湖”作为正式名称，名闻中外。

“扬州好，第一是虹桥”，现在我们来到的地方就是名闻天下的瘦西湖第一景——大虹桥。这座桥是扬州二十四景之一，建于明崇份年间，横跨保障湖水。原桥为木质红栏，故名红桥，清代乾隆元年改建为石桥。十五年后，巡盐御史吉庆、普福、高恒相继重建，并在桥上建桥亭，改“红”为“虹”，意思是桥如彩虹。现已改建为7.6米宽的3孔低坡青石桥。虹桥在历史上曾经名噪一时，乾隆皇帝游扬州时也作诗赞赏虹桥的景色。有一次乾隆的游船到虹桥，见一乞丐手执长竿，长竿端头置一布袋，口中念念有词，便门左右，此人在此作甚?纪晓岚(清朝大臣)忙上前答道：是一乞丐，专在河边吟诗乞讨为生。乾隆闻听下旨命令乞丐当面吟诗，乞丐不慌不忙地吟道：“三月烟花风流在，一代天君过红桥。锦帆徐牵碧镜里，落霞贫贱照天烧。”乾隆不得不感叹：“扬州乞儿尚能作此诗，果然不愧为文昌之地。”而他自己也被撩动诗兴，出诗应和：“绿浓春水饮长虹，锦缆徐牵碧镜中;真在横披画里过，平山迎面送春风。”今日大虹桥已成为进人瘦西湖的咽喉，登桥远望，不仅可见湖水如带，桃红柳绿，画航签歌，更可见远处小金山上的山亭，隐隐约约，似在招引我们，步入佳境。

各位游客：现在展现在我们面前的这组恢宏建筑，就是今日瘦西湖的南大门，她正敞开怀抱，热情欢迎我们的到来。瘦西湖南大门像一道屏障，使瘦西湖诸景半藏半露，恰似美人“犹抱琵琶半遮面，千呼万唤始出来”。门厅檐口的“瘦西湖”三匾，是扬州已故书法家孙龙父的手笔。门厅廊柱上一副槛联这样写道：“天地本无私，春花秋月尽我留连，得闲便是主人，且莫间平泉草木;湖山倍多丽，杰阁幽亭凭谁点缀，到处别开生面，真不减清閟画图。”是晚清扬州诗人李逸休撰题，并由其女儿扬州著名书法家李圣和书写的。有了这副祖联，瘦西湖风光也更添了几分滋力。几年前，电视连续剧《红楼梦》中“元妃省亲”的那场重头戏就是在这地拍摄的，让我们像当年的元妃那样登上挂揖兰桡，透过珠帘绣幕，去纵情领略瘦西湖的风光吧!

【长堤春柳—小方亭—桃花坞】

各位游客：步入大门，脚下一道长堤，逶迤北去。从虹桥直至徐园门前，是一条600米的长堤。东侧是碧波荡漾的湖水，西侧为花圃，路的两边三步一桃，五步一柳。沿途有五景，皆为清初盐商黄为蒲所筑。此景即称“长堤春柳”。每当和煦春风吹到这里时，那细细的柳丝就被染成嫩黄色，继而吐出粒粒绿珠。春意盎然时，柳叶舒展了，桃花盛开了，湖上微风吹来，那柳丝们娜起舞，树影婆婆，似青烟绿秀，漫步其间，怎不会令人人迷呢!这正如诗人陈其工所描写的：“长堤春柳最依依，才过虹桥便人迷。”

春日踏访柳堤是最有意趣的，漫步在这“问株杨柳间株桃”的长堤上，不知游客们是否有心旷神怕的感受。堤虽长但并不显得单调，请看前面堤畔的这座攒尖翘角式的四柱方亭，显然是让我们在此驻足，静静地揣摩欣赏这里的景色。亭内面西的“长堤春柳”匾是清代进士扬州书法家陈重庆的手笔。联题：“佳气溢芳甸(赵孟頫句)，宿云檐野川(元好问句)。”为扬州书画家王板哉所书，登亭小想，使我们在领悟中又进入了新的意境。

堤边的柳与别处是不同的，为什么呢?据说，当年隋场帝开挖运河时，翰林学士虞世基建议在河堤两岸大量插柳，既可护堤，又可遮荫。隋扬帝大喜，并亲手先栽一株，又赐垂柳姓杨，所以外地的柳树到了扬州就称杨柳，“多情最是扬州柳”，所以杨柳成了扬州的市树。

如果说“长堤春柳”似东风二月，以桃红柳绿间植取胜，那么挑花坞则以成片桃林，云霞散彩的气派见长，的确是：“花落花飞飞满天，红消香断有谁怜?”各位游客：现在我们所在之处就叫桃花坞，电视连续剧《红楼梦》拍摄时。黛玉的扮演者陈晓旭在此处以锦囊收桃花艳骨，埋于一环净土之中，当她边舞边歌“侬今葬花人笑痴，他年葬依知是谁”时，连桃花鸡的花瓣也籁籁飘落，似乎同情黛玉的不幸。

据野史记载，清代扬州八怪之一的金农曾在平山堂赴宴，席间以古人“飞红”为题，行令赋诗。到了某盐商时，因才思枯竭，无以为对，竟然说出“柳絮飞来片片红”之句。金农为之解围，说是古人确有该诗，并为之补全，诗说：“廿四桥边廿四风，凭闹犹忆旧江东。夕阳返照桃花坞，柳絮飞来片片红。”众人明知是金农即席杜撰，但不得不佩服金农的才思敏捷。

【四桥烟雨—徐园】

各位游客：扬州素以桥乡闻名，它与江南绍兴一样桥多、桥美，不同的是，绍兴以梁桥为多，而扬州却以拱桥见长。现在我们看到的这个景点叫“四桥烟雨”。此景建于康熙年间，以前为扬州北郊二十四景之一，曾经也是大盐商的私家园林，登上这四桥烟雨楼，南面的虹桥，北面的长春桥，近处的春浓桥和西边的五亭桥，都历历在目。每当风雨萧萧时，四桥就忽隐忽视，故称“四桥烟雨”。可贵的是诸桥近在咫尺，桥桥不同，但这四座桥却把湖水分割的景物相互衔接起来，又以各桥不同的落点和构架将全彻景点划分为各具特色的若干区间，使每一风景区都呈现出各自独特的韵味。难怪乾隆每次来扬州都要登临四桥烟雨楼，凭窗眺望。“趣园”二便是乾隆第一次下江南时的御笔。

园中有园是瘦西湖的特色，前面一道高墙将大片湖水挡住，仅以一圆形的洞门引我们入内。清初这里是韩园桃花坞故址。民国4年(191年)改为徐宝山洞堂，故名徐园。徐宝山曾任辛亥革命时的国民革命军第二军军长，统管两淮及八百里长江的缉私。他曾追随孙中山，与清军对阵作战，其后又提出撤销扬州军政府，从而统一江苏的主张。由于他轻视袁世凯，并赶走袁派来监视他的参谋长，袁世凯下毒手派人将他炸死。此时，曾与徐宝山共事过的著名书法家吉亮工不待请求，主动写了“徐园”两。刚挥毫时，他心情还比较沉重，所以“徐”为行楷，而后越写越激动，以至写“园”时，已按捺不住内心的激愤写成了行草。径虽逾尺，但两配合和谐，笔力遭劲。

这一小小园林中有一馆，一榭，一亭，外有曲水，内有池塘，花木竹石，恰到好处。此园是瘦西湖正门进入的第一个园，游客一入其中顿感江南园林的精巧。未到过瘦西湖的人，就以为这就是瘦西湖的风貌，其实这正是构园者的苦心，给人以“山重水复疑无路，柳暗花明又一村”的感觉。

【小金山—风亭—本樨书屋】

我们穿过徐国的后门，越过小虹桥，来到了小金山。小金山是怎样形成的呢?原来在清朝时，为了使乾隆皇帝能直接乘船去平山堂，便新开一段莲花埂新河，小金山就是用开挖出来的河泥人工堆积而成的。那时满岭遍植梅花，香气四溢，故称“梅岭春深”。据说当初在堆土成山时，屡堆屡塌，三年不成，督工也急得头晕眼花，一次在睡梦中，看见关羽带领士兵正在打梅花桩，将木桩几个一组打在河心，然后堆土成山。他猛然惊醒，立即仿效此法，十天后，果然堆成一座“小金山”。其后乾隆游览至此，闻听此事大悦，左右乘机连媚说：“皇上南巡，感动天地神灵，连关帝也主动为皇上效力。”乾隆更加高兴，即命重赏。

对了，刚才有位游客问，扬州为什么老是引用人家的名称?杭州有个西湖，这里就叫瘦西湖;镇江有个金山，这里就叫小金山。原来近人巧取瘦西湖之“瘦”，小金山之“小”，点明扬州园林之妙在于“借”，而借又借得巧，真是“借来西湖一角，堪夸其瘦;移来金山半点，何借乎小”。

下面我们沿着碗蜒山路，拾级而上，岭上便是风亭，匾额为清代著名诗人、学者阮元所题。山不在高，贵在层次，水不在深，贵在曲折。此时俯瞰小金山，上有风亭，中有观音阁，下有各种形式的厅堂，很有层次，四周碧水时宽时窄，时直时曲，使人感到变化无穷而又富有自然之势。

古城扬州是历史文化名城，瘦西湖一直有“翰墨园林”之称，到处都显示出文学艺术的特征。现在我们来到了临水而建的琴室，门前古柏两株，树龄都在2XX年以上，树高过檐数丈，葱笼叠翠。请大家随我走进琴室的庭院，请看东面花瓶门的石额上刻着“静观”两，这是清代大书法家邓石如的手笔。琴室后是木标书屋。游客们：大家请保持安静。为什么?因为这里是读书所在，自然要安静了。园内种有老桂树15株，花开时节浓香醉人，又名“桂园”，木挥是桂花的别称。

【吹台—五亭桥—白塔】

各位游客：在小金山西麓有一条岸柳成行的长堤，伸向湖心，长堤的顶端就是吹台，也叫“钓鱼台”。提起钓鱼台，我们会想起北京国宾馆的钓鱼台，另外还有陕西宝鸡姜太公的钓鱼台。扬州的钓鱼台自有其高妙之处，伸出水面的小岛，岸柳成行，宽丈许，长有百余步，直插湖心。整个吹台既无繁杂的斗拱挑出，又无雕梁画栋的富丽堂皇，而是素油涂抹梁檐，显得朴实无华。钓鱼台建于清乾隆年间，最初设计者的本意是：乾隆游湖时，乐队在其中弹奏江南丝竹，以助游兴，所以亭内有沙孟海题“吹台”匾。谁知有一次乾隆皇帝来到此地，觉得此处更宜钓鱼，于是勃发钓鱼之兴。这下忙坏了手下人，管事的盐商火速暗中挑选水手，潜入水下，以荷叶盖顶，以荷茎换气。每当乾隆落竿垂钓，水手就将活鱼一条条挂上构去，乾隆举竿鱼跃，大家都喝彩欢腾，以为水神也从太君心意，盐商也自然得到奖赏。现今檐口的“钓鱼台”三匾，是书法家刘海粟所题。两边槛联，上联为“浩歌向兰渚”，是唐代徐彦的佳句;下联为“把钓待秋风”，是唐代杜甫的名言。吹台三面各开圆洞门，以门借景，有“三星拱照”之称，为我国造园技艺中运用借景的杰出范例。

游客们：前面横跨瘦西湖南北两岸，巍峨屹立在我们面前的这座环拱石桥就是五亭桥。五亭桥不仅是扬州瘦西湖的象征，而且是全国风景名胜中独一天二的景观，因桥上建有五亭，大家便都称它为“五亭桥”。此桥是由巡盐御史高恒为迎奉乾隆第二次南巡(1757年)而建，又因为其形状像一朵盛开的莲花，所以又叫“莲花桥”。全长55.5米，桥基平面分成12个大小不同的桥墩，最为独特的是桥基，虽然用大块青石砌成，但十分纤巧，桥亭比例适当，配置和谐，造桥者把桥基建成“艹”形，主桥为单曲拱桥，旁构4翼，每翼各有3个半拱的桥洞，连同引桥两个扇形桥洞，共有15孔。孔孔相连，正面望去，连同倒影，形成5孔，大小各异，形状各殊;泛舟桥下，孔孔相通，犹如城堡。莲花出水似的五亭桥，结构巧妙，造型独特，桥亭结合，气势宏伟，举世无双，被著名桥梁建筑专家茅以升评价为“中国古城交通桥与观赏桥结合的典范”。

五亭桥南面为莲性寺，原称“法海寺”，初建于元代，清康熙四十四年(17XX年)，改为“莲性寺”。里面有名的建筑是白塔，巍峨矗立，已有近两百年的历史。塔身为砖结构，分三层，上层叫刹，中层是龛，均呈圆形，下层是塔基，为正方形。整个造型与北京北海白塔相似。据说这座白塔是一夜之间造成的。一天，乾隆的游船到了五亭桥畔，忽然对扬州陪同官员说：“这里多像京城北海的琼岛春阴啊，只可惜差一座白塔。”第二天清晨，乾隆开窗一看，只见五亭桥旁一座白塔巍然耸立，以为是从天而降，身旁的太监连忙跪奏道：“是盐商大贾为弥补圣上游瘦西湖之憾，连夜赶制而成的。”原来这座白塔是八大盐商之一的江春用万金贿赂乾隆左右，根据北京白塔的图样，然后用盐包为基础，以纸扎为表面，在一夜之间制作而成的。尽管只可远视，不可近攀，但乾隆不无感慨地说：“人道扬州盐商富甲天下，果然名不虚传。”当然真塔不可能是在一夜之间造成的，它究党建于何年已无法考证。但白塔属喇嘛塔，系藏传佛教喇嘛教寺院里的塔制，在瘦西湖中也仅作为点缀而且。它高27.5米，外形轮廓线也比北海白塔瘦长，塔座是砖雕的束腰须弥座，八角四面，每面三龛，龛内雕刻十二生肖像，象征一年12个月，一天12个时辰。筑台53级，象征童子拜观音的53参;相轮为13层，象征天的最高处13天。正是：处处有象征，时时有暗示，造园手法运用得十分巧妙。

【熙春台—望春楼—二十四桥—小李将军画本轩】

从虹桥到小金山为一折，湖面由南北转为东西，过吹台，穿五亭桥到此又一折，湖面由东西转为南北，直到蜀冈山麓。第二转折处的起点就是前面那组气势恢宏的仿清建筑——熙春台。所谓“熙春”是取《老子》“众人熙熙，如登春台”之意，表现了一种春日登高，与大自然相融，超然自乐的境界。熙春台与小金山遥遥相对，都处在湖面转折之处。它是当年乾隆皇帝祝寿的地方，因此处处体现出皇家园林富丽堂皇的宏大气派。所有建筑的瓦顶全用绿琉璃筒瓦，与远处五亭桥的黄瓦朱栋，白塔的玉体金顶相映成趣。熙春台内的装饰，使用了扬州漆器工艺，特别是这幅壁画《玉女吹萧图》，采用扬州磨漆画的工艺，表现出一群唐代仕女欢歌艳舞的壮观场面。

从熙春台向东隔湖相望，赫然入目的是望春楼，楼屋二层，翘角飞檐。上层半为露台，登台可览园中秀景;楼下中为茶室，南北两小间分别辟为山水庭院，顶部可见天日。

望春楼之西为“小李将军画本轩”，两层之间有水池曲桥相连。小李将军指的是谁呢?据记载，唐高宗时，宗室画家李思训，受封为右武卫将军，人称大李将军，他儿子李昭道曾任扬州大都督府参军，人称小李将军。“小李将军画本轩”是按李昭道的画意设计的，由于“大李小李”共创了唐代“金碧山水画派”，因此，我们今天透过扇形窗户观赏对面熙春台金碧辉煌的廓影，可以联想起盛唐艺术那种雍容华贵的气象。

“青山隐隐水迢迢，秋尽江南草未调。二十四桥明月夜，玉人何处教吹萧。”这是唐朝诗人杜牧留给我们的千古绝句，千百年来，二十四桥以其清丽俊爽的画面，迷蒙空幻的意境，浪漫悠扬的情调拨动了无数文人墨客的心弦。那么二十四桥因何得名呢?让我们带着这个问题前来观赏。过了画本轩向北过小石桥西折便是那名闻遐迩的二十四桥了。请看，整座桥是用汉白玉砌成的单孔拱形石桥。它全长24米，宽2.4米，两端各12级台阶，两边各24根汉白玉雕柱，高、宽各2.4米。桥上雕饰明月图案，秀丽典雅。桥东有贴壁黄石假山，西有熙春台，再现了唐诗中的诗情画意。景区占地约7公顷，为一组古典园林建筑群，整个景区在体现“两堤花柳全依水，一路楼台直到山”的意境中起着承前启后的作用。在这里，我们并未见到二十四桥桥名，但却处处暗示二十四之意。当然也有人说二十四桥指的是二十四座桥，然而我们对二十四桥似乎也不必作繁琐的考证。倒不如对杜牧诗中那种“只可意会，不可言传”的神奇股脱的意境去作一番细细的品味。正因为如此，历史上才会有许多中外名人前来观赏这里的景观。

1991年10月，xx陪同朝鲜劳动党总书记金日成游览二十四桥景区时，他们走到杜牧的诗碑前，一起观赏并朗诵了毛泽东手书的杜牧绝句。在熙春台，20名弹古筝的小朋友齐声欢呼“金爷爷好”，并为金日成和江总书记弹奏了民乐《渔歌唱晚》，赢得了一片掌声。

“二十四桥月如约，黄花开遍瘦西湖;西子范蠡今若在，不到杭州到扬州。”这是长期旅居国外的李鸿章的孙子李孔昕先生来游览瘦西湖后发出的感叹，不知各位对此有无同感。作为导游的我衷心希望迷人的瘦西湖风采能拨动您的心弦，给您留下清新隽永的回忆。

“天下西湖，三十有六”，惟扬州的西湖，以其清秀婉丽的风姿独异诸湖，占得一个恰如其分的“瘦”。

瘦西湖风景区是蜀冈-瘦西湖国家重点风景名胜区的核心和精华部分。一泓曲水宛如锦带，如飘如拂，时放时收，较之杭州西湖，另有一种清瘦的神韵。隋唐时期，瘦西湖沿岸陆续建园。及至清代，由于康熙、乾隆两代帝王六度“南巡”，形成了“两堤花柳全依水，一路楼台直到山”的盛况。清代钱塘诗人汪沆将扬州西湖与杭州西湖作了对比，写道：“垂杨不断接残芜，雁齿虹桥俨画图。也是销金一锅子，故应唤作瘦西湖。”瘦西湖由此得名，且为人们所首肯，至今名播中外。

瘦西湖风景区为我国湖上园林的代表，古典园林群融南秀北雄于一体，组合巧妙，互为因借，构成了一个以瘦西湖为共同空间，景外有景，园中有园的艺术境界，历史上有二十四景著称于世。窈窕曲折的一湖碧水，串以卷石洞天、西园曲水、虹桥揽胜、长堤春柳、荷浦熏风、四桥烟雨、梅岭春深、水云胜概、白塔晴云、春台明月、三过留踪、蜀冈晚照、万松叠翠、花屿双泉诸胜，颗颗明珠镶嵌交织在玉带上，形成了一幅秀色天然的立体山水画卷，而小金山、五亭桥、二十四桥景区是这幅画卷的神来之笔。

瘦西湖的美丽景致，很早就为人们所向往。清人刘大观言：“杭州以湖山胜，苏州以市肆胜，扬州以园亭胜”。另一位清人沈复在《浮生六记》中赞道：“奇思幻想，点缀天然，即阆苑瑶池，琼楼玉宇，谅不过此。其妙处在十余家之园亭合而为一，联络至山，气势俱贯。”历史上李白、刘禹锡、白居易、杜牧、欧阳修、苏轼、王渔洋、蒲松龄、孔尚任、吴敬梓、郁达夫、朱自清等文化名人都在这一带留下或深或浅的足迹和众多脍炙人口的篇章。“烟花三月下扬州”、 “园林多是宅，车马少于船”、 “二十四桥明月夜，玉人何处教吹箫”、 “珠帘十里卷春风”、“绿杨城郭是扬州”等数不清的名言佳句，流传千古，为瘦西湖增添了耀眼的浓墨重彩。

瘦西湖风景区正因其悠久、丰富的人文景观、秀丽典雅的自然风韵，成为古今中外宾客纷至沓来的著名的游览胜地。

瘦西湖风景区是首批中国优秀旅游城市扬州的重要对外窗口，拥有国家重点风景名胜区、国家“aaaa”级旅游区、全国文明风景旅游区示范点等殊荣。近年来，瘦西湖风景区不断开发建设景区、景点，面积已达168.32公顷，食、行、游、购、娱等旅游配套设施日趋完善，随着iso9001国际质量体系的认证，将为新世纪的可持续发展和走向国际旅游市场注入新的内涵。

十里湖光，清澄缥碧，花木扶疏，连绵滴翠，亭台楼榭，错落有致。人文景观，独具风韵。瘦西湖正向八方游客敞开怀抱，热情欢迎远道而来的佳宾高朋。

五亭桥

瘦西湖在全国园林中独树一帜，五亭桥又是瘦西湖的标志，在全国园林中有一席之地。其最大的特点是阴柔阳刚的完美结合，南秀北雄的有机融和。该桥建于莲花堤上，是清乾隆二十二年(1757)巡盐御史高恒所建，是因为建于莲花堤上，还是因为形状象一朵盛开的莲花，所以它又叫莲花桥。

据说，乾隆南巡到此曾感叹它象琼岛春阴之景，这就点出了该桥是借鉴北京北海之景。确实，该桥受北海五龙亭的影响很深，五龙亭五亭临水而建，中日龙泽，重檐下方上圆，象征天圆地方;西为涌瑞、浮翠，涌瑞为方形重檐，浮翠为方形单檐;东为澄祥、滋香，澄祥为方形重檐。五亭皆绿琉璃瓦顶，亭与亭之间有石梁相连，婉转若游龙，另龙泽、滋香、浮翠三亭有单孔石桥与石岸相接，珠栏画栋，照耀涟漪。

扬州五亭桥无北海开阔水面，当然无法把五龙亭照搬。但聪明的工匠别出蹊径，将亭、桥结合，形成亭桥，分之为五亭，群聚于一桥，亭与亭之间以短廊相接，形成完整的屋面。桥亭秀，桥基雄，两者如何配置和谐呢?这里关键是如何把桥基建得纤巧，与桥亭比例适当，配置和谐。造桥者把桥身建成拱卷形，由三种不同的卷洞联系，桥孔共有十五个，中心桥孔最大，跨度为7.13米，呈大的半圆形，直贯东西，旁边十二桥孔布置在桥础三面，可通南北，亦呈小的半圆形，桥阶洞则为扇形，可通东西。正面望去，连同倒影，形成五孔，大小不一，形状各殊，这样就在厚重的桥基上，安排了空灵的拱卷，在直线的拼缝转角中安置了曲线的桥洞，与桥亭自然就配置和谐了。难怪后人把桥基比成北方威武的勇士，而把桥亭比做南方秀美的少女，这是力与美的结合，壮与秀的和谐。

白塔

扬州至今还流传着“一夜造白塔”的故事。该故事出于《清朝野史大观》。一天，乾隆在瘦西湖中游览，船到五亭桥畔，忽然对扬州陪同官员说：“这里多象京城北海的琼岛春阴啊，只可惜差一座白塔”。第二天清晨，皇帝开轩一看，只见五亭桥旁一座白塔巍然耸立，以为是从天而降，身旁的太监连忙跪奏道：“是盐商大贾，为弥补圣上游西湖之憾，连夜赶制而成的”。据说，是八大盐商之一的江春用万金贿赂乾隆左右，请画成图，然后一夜之音用盐包为基础，以纸扎为表面推成的。尽管只可远视，不可近攀，但乾隆不无感慨地说：“人道扬州盐商富甲天下，果然名不虚传”。

传说是无稽的，旧塔建于何年，已不可考。因喇嘛塔，原属藏语系佛教中喇嘛教寺院的塔制，元代以降，渐行全国，清乾隆四十九年(1784)两淮盐总江春集资仿北京北海白塔，就旧塔基建造。《扬州画舫录》点明，该塔是“仿京师万岁山塔式”。但型制已大有区别。北海的白塔是寺庙塔，肚大头细，高35.9米，下为高大的砖石台基，塔座为折角式的须弥座。扬塔虽取喇嘛教寺院的塔制，但在瘦西湖仅为点缀，系园林塔，另则扬州的建筑都以柔秀见长，因此取其形式，改换面目。一是降低高度，扬州的白塔仅27.5米;二是外形轮廊线变得秀美，使之身子缩小，其相轮(十三层级)也较北海塔瘦长，这样扬州的塔形似花瓶了;三是发挥砖刻特长，塔座全是砖雕的束腰须弥座，座为八角四面，每面三龛，龛内砖雕十二生肖像，象征一年十二，一天十二时辰，筑台五十三级，象征童子拜观音的五十三参图，相轮为十三层，象征天的最高处十三天。

处处有象征，处处有暗示，扬州造园艺术的手法巧妙揉合于外来景致之中。著名建筑家陈从周在《园林谈丛》中曾将北海塔和扬州的搭进行对比，说：“然比例秀匀，玉立亭亭，晴云临水，有别于北海塔的厚重工稳。”可见北方之景到了南方也随乡入俗，雄壮之气锐减，窈窕气质倍增了。

小李将军画本

扬州瘦西湖的“小李将军画本”景点，是郑板桥为景题匾，东有望春楼，西有熙春台，这是按唐代画家李昭道的画意建的阁。唐高宗时，宗室画家李思训，受封为右武卫将军，时人称大李将军。1961年纪念古代十大画家，李思训即为其中之一。高宗时他任江都令，他们一家人俱善丹青。弟思诲，曾任扬州大都督府参军。子李昭道，称小李将军。三人均善山水。

“花为画本，月为诗源”，此建筑西面是两个扇形窗，东面是两个六角窗，站在屋内的不同角度向窗外望去，只见对面景色时时变换，窗框俨然画框，这种框景艺术正是李渔所说的“无心画”，而窗外所见正是花和月，是诗人画家的“本”和“源”。可见该景区实在是为诗人、词人、画家所设，按其生活创作喜好安排建筑，配上相应的匾额联对，人们可感受到氤氲的文人气息和扑鼻的翰墨之香。

二十四桥

“青山隐隐水迢迢，秋尽江南草未凋。二十四桥明月夜，玉人何处教吹箫”。这首诗已流传了一千多年，可谓妇孺皆知。诗因桥而咏出，桥因诗而闻名。单项式桥名就引动多少文人学者打了一千多年的笔墨官司。

《扬州鼓吹词》说：“是桥因古之二十四美人吹箫于此，故名”。据说二十四桥原为吴家砖桥，周围山青水秀，风光旖旎，本是文人欢聚，歌*吟唱之地。唐代时有二十四歌女，一个个姿容媚艳，体态轻盈，曾于月明之夜来此吹箫弄笛，巧遇杜牧，其中一名歌女特地折素花献上，请杜牧赋诗。

传说是优美的，也有野史说成是隋炀帝的作为，二十四桥即炀帝以歌女数改名，但无以稽考，只能留给后人鉴赏。宋代沈括是以严谨著称的，他在《补笔谈》中，对二十四桥一一考证，论证扬州确有二十四桥，证明了扬州无愧于“桥乡”的称号。曹雪芹在《红楼梦》中借黛玉思乡之情，特别提到：“春花秋月，水秀山明，二十四桥，六朝遗迹……”。

文学家朱自清也曾满怀激情地追忆故乡“城里城外古迹很多，如‘文选楼’、‘天保城’、‘雷塘’、‘二十四桥’。”

廿四桥为单孔拱桥，汉白玉栏杆，如玉带飘逸，似霓虹卧波。该桥长24米，宽2.4米，栏柱24根，台级24层，似乎处处都与二十四对应。洁白栏板上彩云追月的浮雕，桥与水衔接处巧云状湖石堆叠，周围遍植馥郁丹桂，使人随时看到云、水、花、月，体会到“二十四桥明月夜”的妙境，遥想杜牧当年的风流佳话。沿阶拾级而下，桥旁即为吹箫亭，亭临水边桥畔，小巧别致，亭前有平台，围以石座，若在月明之夜，清辉笼罩，波涵月影，画舫拍波，有数十歌女。淡妆素裹，在台上吹箫弄笛，婉转悠扬，天上的月华，船内的灯影，水面的波光融在一起，使人觉得好象在银河中前行。桥上箫声，船上歌声，岸边笑声汇在一起，此时再咏诵“天下三分明月夜，二分无赖是扬州”，你定会为唐代诗人徐凝的精妙描写抚掌称绝。

静香书屋

石壁流淙，原为徐氏别墅，乾隆乙酉年间，乾隆南巡，赐名“水竹居”。这个园辇巧石、磊奇峰、泻泉水。其石峰森然突怒而出，平如刀削，峭如剑利，山顶峭壁摩空，泉水从石缝间，匹练悬空，挂岸盘溪，披苔裂石，激射柔滑，使湖水全活，故名曰“淙”。这淙流，是众水攒聚在一起，由高向低冲击，形成瀑布。其悬瀑下落如风快，声响似惊雷，临水时水花向四面飞溅，蔚为壮观。此处景点甚多，且很具特色，著名红学家周汝昌先生曾指出《红楼梦》中最主要景点怡红院就是以扬州水竹居作为蓝本的。静香书屋不是有意以《红楼梦》中大观园为蓝本，而是按旧时《扬州画舫录》的记载，清代园林档案中的效果图复建。但步行其间，却与大观园景色那样相契相合。主厅为卷棚式，面水而建，一汪碧水中睡莲婀娜，游鱼戏水，一艘画舫卧波，亭廊环围桥闸，黄石构筑的假山上翼然飞亭。

建筑多以“半制”取胜。即舫为半舫，亭为半亭，月洞口旁的美人靠也仅有一半。但这一个个的“半”又以廊、墙或遮或掩或放或收，打破了旧式园林的对称规整，显得轻灵活泼。书房内，松林梅的木雕罩格，条几上供桌屏、花瓶，书桌上置文房四宝，多宝架上摆放线装古书，圆桌上一盘围棋，使人一进其中立即体味到《红楼梦》中富贵闲人的洒脱和聪慧，停足其间，仔细把玩，余味无穷。

“天下西湖，三十有六”，惟扬州的西湖，以其清秀婉丽的风姿独异诸湖，占得一个恰如其分的“瘦”。

瘦西湖风景区是蜀冈－瘦西湖国家重点风景名胜区的核心和精华部分。一泓曲水宛如锦带，如飘如拂，时放时收，较之杭州西湖，另有一种清瘦的神韵。隋唐时期，瘦西湖沿岸陆续建园。及至清代，由于康熙、乾隆两代帝王六度“南巡”，形成了“两堤花柳全依水，一路楼台直到山”的盛况。清代钱塘诗人汪沆将扬州西湖与杭州西湖作了对比，写道：“垂杨不断接残芜，雁齿虹桥俨画图。也是销金一锅子，故应唤作瘦西湖。”瘦西湖由此得名，且为人们所首肯，至今名播中外。

瘦西湖风景区为我国湖上园林的代表，古典园林群融南秀北雄于一体，组合巧妙，互为因借，构成了一个以瘦西湖为共同空间，景外有景，园中有园的艺术境界，历史上有二十四景著称于世。窈窕曲折的一湖碧水，串以卷石洞天、西园曲水、虹桥揽胜、长堤春柳、荷浦熏风、四桥烟雨、梅岭春深、水云胜概、白塔晴云、春台明月、三过留踪、蜀冈晚照、万松叠翠、花屿双泉诸胜，颗颗明珠镶嵌交织在玉带上，形成了一幅秀色天然的立体山水画卷，而小金山、五亭桥、二十四桥景区是这幅画卷的神来之笔。

瘦西湖的美丽景致，很早就为人们所向往。清人刘大观言：“杭州以湖山胜，苏州以市肆胜，扬州以园亭胜”。另一位清人沈复在《浮生六记》中赞道：“奇思幻想，点缀天然，即阆苑瑶池，琼楼玉宇，谅不过此。其妙处在十余家之园亭合而为一，联络至山，气势俱贯。”历史上李白、刘禹锡、白居易、杜牧、欧阳修、苏轼、王渔洋、蒲松龄、孔尚任、吴敬梓、郁达夫、朱自清等文化名人都在这一带留下或深或浅的足迹和众多脍炙人口的篇章。“烟花三月下扬州”、“园林多是宅，车马少于船”、“二十四桥明月夜，玉人何处教吹箫”、“珠帘十里卷春风”、“绿杨城郭是扬州”等数不清的名言佳句，流传千古，为瘦西湖增添了耀眼的浓墨重彩。

瘦西湖风景区正因其悠久、丰富的人文景观、秀丽典雅的自然风韵，成为古今中外宾客纷至沓来的著名的游览胜地。

瘦西湖风景区是首批中国优秀旅游城市扬州的重要对外窗口，拥有国家重点风景名胜区、国家“AAAA”级旅游区、全国文明风景旅游区示范点等殊荣。近年来，瘦西湖风景区不断开发建设景区、景点，面积已达168.32公顷，食、行、游、购、娱等旅游配套设施日趋完善，随着ISO9001国际质量体系的认证，将为新世纪的可持续发展和走向国际旅游市场注入新的内涵。

十里湖光，清澄缥碧，花木扶疏，连绵滴翠，亭台楼榭，错落有致。人文景观，独具风韵。瘦西湖正向八方游客敞开怀抱，热情欢迎远道而来的佳宾高朋。

五亭桥

瘦西湖在全国园林中独树一帜，五亭桥又是瘦西湖的标志，在全国园林中有一席之地。其最大的特点是阴柔阳刚的完美结合，南秀北雄的有机融和。该桥建于莲花堤上，是清乾隆二十二年（1757）巡盐御史高恒所建，是因为建于莲花堤上，还是因为形状象一朵盛开的莲花，所以它又叫莲花桥。

据说，乾隆南巡到此曾感叹它象琼岛春阴之景，这就点出了该桥是借鉴北京北海之景。确实，该桥受北海五龙亭的影响很深，五龙亭五亭临水而建，中日龙泽，重檐下方上圆，象征天圆地方；西为涌瑞、浮翠，涌瑞为方形重檐，浮翠为方形单檐；东为澄祥、滋香，澄祥为方形重檐。五亭皆绿琉璃瓦顶，亭与亭之间有石梁相连，婉转若游龙，另龙泽、滋香、浮翠三亭有单孔石桥与石岸相接，珠栏画栋，照耀涟漪。

扬州五亭桥无北海开阔水面，当然无法把五龙亭照搬。但聪明的工匠别出蹊径，将亭、桥结合，形成亭桥，分之为五亭，群聚于一桥，亭与亭之间以短廊相接，形成完整的屋面。桥亭秀，桥基雄，两者如何配置和谐呢？这里关键是如何把桥基建得纤巧，与桥亭比例适当，配置和谐。造桥者把桥身建成拱卷形，由三种不同的卷洞联系，桥孔共有十五个，中心桥孔最大，跨度为7.13米，呈大的半圆形，直贯东西，旁边十二桥孔布置在桥础三面，可通南北，亦呈小的半圆形，桥阶洞则为扇形，可通东西。正面望去，连同倒影，形成五孔，大小不一，形状各殊，这样就在厚重的桥基上，安排了空灵的拱卷，在直线的拼缝转角中安置了曲线的桥洞，与桥亭自然就配置和谐了。难怪后人把桥基比成北方威武的勇士，而把桥亭比做南方秀美的少女，这是力与美的结合，壮与秀的和谐。

白塔

扬州至今还流传着“一夜造白塔”的故事。该故事出于《清朝野史大观》。一天，乾隆在瘦西湖中游览，船到五亭桥畔，忽然对扬州陪同官员说：“这里多象京城北海的琼岛春阴啊，只可惜差一座白塔”。第二天清晨，皇帝开轩一看，只见五亭桥旁一座白塔巍然耸立，以为是从天而降，身旁的太监连忙跪奏道：“是盐商大贾，为弥补圣上游西湖之憾，连夜赶制而成的”。据说，是八大盐商之一的江春用万金贿赂乾隆左右，请画成图，然后一夜之音用盐包为基础，以纸扎为表面推成的。尽管只可远视，不可近攀，但乾隆不无感慨地说：“人道扬州盐商富甲天下，果然名不虚传”。

传说是无稽的，旧塔建于何年，已不可考。因喇嘛塔，原属藏语系佛教中喇嘛教寺院的塔制，元代以降，渐行全国，清乾隆四十九年（1784）两淮盐总江春集资仿北京北海白塔，就旧塔基建造。《扬州画舫录》点明，该塔是“仿京师万岁山塔式”。但型制已大有区别。北海的白塔是寺庙塔，肚大头细，高35.9米，下为高大的砖石台基，塔座为折角式的须弥座。扬塔虽取喇嘛教寺院的塔制，但在瘦西湖仅为点缀，系园林塔，另则扬州的建筑都以柔秀见长，因此取其形式，改换面目。一是降低高度，扬州的白塔仅27.5米；二是外形轮廊线变得秀美，使之身子缩小，其相轮（十三层级）也较北海塔瘦长，这样扬州的塔形似花瓶了；三是发挥砖刻特长，塔座全是砖雕的束腰须弥座，座为八角四面，每面三龛，龛内砖雕十二生肖像，象征一年十二，一天十二时辰，筑台五十三级，象征童子拜观音的五十三参图，相轮为十三层，象征天的最高处十三天。

处处有象征，处处有暗示，扬州造园艺术的手法巧妙揉合于外来景致之中。著名建筑家陈从周在《园林谈丛》中曾将北海塔和扬州的搭进行对比，说：“然比例秀匀，玉立亭亭，晴云临水，有别于北海塔的厚重工稳。”可见北方之景到了南方也随乡入俗，雄壮之气锐减，窈窕气质倍增了。

小李将军画本

扬州瘦西湖的“小李将军画本”景点，是郑板桥为景题匾，东有望春楼，西有熙春台，这是按唐代画家李昭道的画意建的阁。唐高宗时，宗室画家李思训，受封为右武卫将军，时人称大李将军。1961年纪念古代十大画家，李思训即为其中之一。高宗时他任江都令，他们一家人俱善丹青。弟思诲，曾任扬州大都督府参军。子李昭道，称小李将军。三人均善山水。

“花为画本，月为诗源”，此建筑西面是两个扇形窗，东面是两个六角窗，站在屋内的不同角度向窗外望去，只见对面景色时时变换，窗框俨然画框，这种框景艺术正是李渔所说的“无心画”，而窗外所见正是花和月，是诗人画家的“本”和“源”。可见该景区实在是为诗人、词人、画家所设，按其生活创作喜好安排建筑，配上相应的匾额联对，人们可感受到氤氲的文人气息和扑鼻的翰墨之香。

二十四桥

“青山隐隐水迢迢，秋尽江南草未凋。二十四桥明月夜，玉人何处教吹箫”。这首诗已流传了一千多年，可谓妇孺皆知。诗因桥而咏出，桥因诗而闻名。单项式桥名就引动多少文人学者打了一千多年的笔墨官司。

《扬州鼓吹词》说：“是桥因古之二十四美人吹箫于此，故名”。据说二十四桥原为吴家砖桥，周围山青水秀，风光旖旎，本是文人欢聚，歌*吟唱之地。唐代时有二十四歌女，一个个姿容媚艳，体态轻盈，曾于月明之夜来此吹箫弄笛，巧遇杜牧，其中一名歌女特地折素花献上，请杜牧赋诗。

传说是优美的，也有野史说成是隋炀帝的作为，二十四桥即炀帝以歌女数改名，但无以稽考，只能留给后人鉴赏。宋代沈括是以严谨著称的，他在《补笔谈》中，对二十四桥一一考证，论证扬州确有二十四桥，证明了扬州无愧于“桥乡”的称号。曹雪芹在《红楼梦》中借黛玉思乡之情，特别提到：“春花秋月，水秀山明，二十四桥，六朝遗迹……”。

文学家朱自清也曾满怀激情地追忆故乡“城里城外古迹很多，如‘文选楼’、‘天保城’、‘雷塘’、‘二十四桥’。”

廿四桥为单孔拱桥，汉白玉栏杆，如玉带飘逸，似霓虹卧波。该桥长24米，宽2.4米，栏柱24根，台级24层，似乎处处都与二十四对应。洁白栏板上彩云追月的浮雕，桥与水衔接处巧云状湖石堆叠，周围遍植馥郁丹桂，使人随时看到云、水、花、月，体会到“二十四桥明月夜”的妙境，遥想杜牧当年的风流佳话。沿阶拾级而下，桥旁即为吹箫亭，亭临水边桥畔，小巧别致，亭前有平台，围以石座，若在月明之夜，清辉笼罩，波涵月影，画舫拍波，有数十歌女。淡妆素裹，在台上吹箫弄笛，婉转悠扬，天上的月华，船内的灯影，水面的波光融在一起，使人觉得好象在银河中前行。桥上箫声，船上歌声，岸边笑声汇在一起，此时再咏诵“天下三分明月夜，二分无赖是扬州”，你定会为唐代诗人徐凝的精妙描写抚掌称绝。

静香书屋

石壁流淙，原为徐氏别墅，乾隆乙酉年间，乾隆南巡，赐名“水竹居”。这个园辇巧石、磊奇峰、泻泉水。其石峰森然突怒而出，平如刀削，峭如剑利，山顶峭壁摩空，泉水从石缝间，匹练悬空，挂岸盘溪，披苔裂石，激射柔滑，使湖水全活，故名曰“淙”。这淙流，是众水攒聚在一起，由高向低冲击，形成瀑布。其悬瀑下落如风快，声响似惊雷，临水时水花向四面飞溅，蔚为壮观。此处景点甚多，且很具特色，著名红学家周汝昌先生曾指出《红楼梦》中最主要景点怡红院就是以扬州水竹居作为蓝本的。静香书屋不是有意以《红楼梦》中大观园为蓝本，而是按旧时《扬州画舫录》的记载，清代园林档案中的效果图复建。但步行其间，却与大观园景色那样相契相合。主厅为卷棚式，面水而建，一汪碧水中睡莲婀娜，游鱼戏水，一艘画舫卧波，亭廊环围桥闸，黄石构筑的假山上翼然飞亭。

建筑多以“半制”取胜。即舫为半舫，亭为半亭，月洞口旁的美人靠也仅有一半。但这一个个的“半”又以廊、墙或遮或掩或放或收，打破了旧式园林的对称规整，显得轻灵活泼。书房内，松林梅的木雕罩格，条几上供桌屏、花瓶，书桌上置文房四宝，多宝架上摆放线装古书，圆桌上一盘围棋，使人一进其中立即体味到《红楼梦》中富贵闲人的洒脱和聪慧，停足其间，仔细把玩，余味无穷。

members tourists: if hangzhou west lake to plump charming young married woman, then the yangzhou slender west lake and may be compared to the qiena girl, because hangzhou west lake gives a person a kind of elegant flavor, and slender west lake of yangzhou gave people a bit soft and shy love. for many years, her unique charm, not only make the people of yangzhou like to tour, also make at home and abroad of the famous literati for dumping, only a " thin ", leads to many poets quotes. in earlier years, deng tuoyou lake, the lake scenery admire, readily into the poem: " bridge song blowing in ancient yangzhou, i make a trip to yangzhou for three days; thin west lake feeling better, one day beauty of numerous close. "[ the name origin - hongqiao - south ]

members tourists: china's " west lake " named area thirty or forty place, and " slender west lake " in yangzhou a. then why would she named " slender west lake "? slender west lake is located in the western suburbs of the city of yangzhou, formerly known as " cannon mountains and rivers", also known as " security river ", is the sui and tang dynasties by shu with various mountain water, the confluence of anhui dabie shandong cave man a waterway canal water. it has 50 hectares of tour area, more than 6 km distance, such as when a qushui weigela, exhibition, like the dance into the world colored streamers, form natural moving. later renamed " slender west lake ", is because the qianlong period poet wang hang yangzhou insurance hangzhou west lake river and made a comparison, wrote a song lauding security river poems: " hang down continuously connected remnant wu, hongqiao yan yan gear drawing pin; and one pot, it should be called the slender west lake. " from " slender west lake " as the official name, renowned at home and abroad." yangzhou, the first is hongqiao ", now we come to the place is the world famous slender west lake in hongqiao -- the first king. the bridge is one of the twenty-four king of yangzhou, built in the ming chong a year across the lake, security. the original bridge is a wooden red bar, named hongqiao, the qing dynasty qian long the first year into stone. fifteen years later, the salt shi hing, pfau, high constant sequential reconstruction, and the bridge bridge pavilion, instead of " red " for " rainbow", meaning is like a rainbow bridge. now converted to 7.6 metres wide and 3 hole low slope green stone. in the history of hongqiao once enjoy quite a reputation, emperor qianlong visited yangzhou and poetry appreciation of the scenery of hongqiao. once qianlong cruises to hongqiao, see one beggar hand pole, pole end of a cloth bag, mouth muttering incantations, around the wicket, then what? ji xiaolan ( the minister ) busy approached replied: is a beggar, specifically in the river after begging. qian long hears decree ordered beggar to poetry, the beggar unhurried chant : "the march fireworks airflow in, generation of soldiers in hongqiao. jin fan xu qianbi mirror, or as day burning sunset. " qian long had to sigh: " yangzhou will still be the poem, and deserves to be the land of wenchang. " he was also a poem or poetry, and " green concentrated water: drink changhong, jin cable xu qianbi mirror; it in tea painting, hirayama was sent in spring. " today, hongqiao has become into slender west lake's throat, boarding bridge run, not only the visible lake as a band, the pink, aircraft painting signed song, more visible distance small jinshan 's pavilion, indistinct, seemed to beckon us, enter nirvana.

members tourists: now displayed in front of us this group of magnificent architecture, is today the slender west lake south gate, she was with open arms, a warm welcome to our arrival. thin west gate of hunan as a barrier, so that the king of slender west lake half hidden half dew, like beauty " partly-veiled, time and again was out ". hall cornice "slender west lake " three important words, is the late yangzhou calligrapher sun longfu wrote. the hall a sill pillars joint wrote: "the world the selfless, chunhuaqiuyue try my lingering, free is the owner,before the pingquan vegetation; hushan times chardonnay, jie ge secluded pavilions interspersed with who open up a fresh outlook, everywhere, really does not mitigate the verte drawing. " is the yangzhou poet li yixiu on questions, and by his daughter yangzhou famous calligrapher li shenghe writing. with this pair of progenitor, slender west lake also added a few minutes of couture force. a few years ago, tv series " a dream of red mansions" in " the homecoming imperial concubine " the climax is in this shot, let us like yuan fei that boarded to hanging blue radial, through the bead curtain embroidered curtain, to enjoy a taste of slender west lake scenery![ along the small pavilion - taohuawu ]

members tourists : into the door, at the foot of a causeway, meandering north. from hongqiao to xu garden gate, is a 600 m long beach. on the eastern side is rippling blue water, on the west side of the garden, on both sides of the road the three step a peach, five steps of willow. along the way there are five scene, both for the beginning of the qing dynasty city was built by huang weipu. this is called the " long beach ". when the spring breeze blows to here, the thin silk was stained yellow, then spit out by zhu. when the spring is in the air., stretch, peach blossom, lake breeze, the who are na dance, shadows mother-in-law, like smoke green show, during the walk, how will not be lost! as the poet chen qigong wrote: "make the most reluctant, until hongqiao that fans. "spring visits willow embankment is one of the most interesting, walking in the " ask willow among strains of peach " causeway, not tourists would have relaxed feel afraid. embankment is long but not seem monotonous, please look in front of the river save tip rake type pillar pavilion, apparently let us stop here, have quietly enjoy the scenery. pavilion west facing " the causeway " plaque is the qing dynasty scholars of yangzhou calligrapher chen zhongqing wrote. joint problem: " good gas overflow fang dian ( a sentence), persistent cloud canopy nokawa ( yuan good questions ). " yangzhou painter wang banzai book, ascended the pavilion small want, so that we in understanding and entered the new the willow and elsewhere are different, why? reportedly, the sui emperor of field canals, hanlin bachelor yu shiji proposed in the embankment sides large inserts willow, both berm, and shade. sui yangdi was delighted, and personally to plant a plant, and give the willow family name poplar, so foreign to yangzhou called willow willow, " amorous most is yangzhou willow ", so liucheng yang yangzhou city say "make the " east to the pink like february, could win, so the cross dock with a train, clouds powder color style is good, really is: " whispering flowers feifei sky, a flower who pity? "

members tourists: now where we call taohuawu, tv series " a dream of red mansions" when shooting. she played chen xiaoxu in here to you collect angj bone, buried in a pure land, when she dances while singing " lennon this funeral flower fanatic people laugh, he was buried according to know who is ", even the peach blossom petals are falling from chicken now, seems sympathetic daiyu 's rding to unofficial history in qing dynasty records, yangzhou eight eccentrics of jin nong in pingshan hall at dinner, to the ancients " crimson " for the problem, right to. to a city, due to run dry, without thought, saying " catkins flying pieces of red " of the sentence. jin nong is clear, that is the ancient is the poem, and to completion, poem said: " 24 24 bridge wind, with alarm and reminiscent of jiangdong. the flashback taohuawu, catkins flying pieces of red. " all that is gold farming impromptu coined, but had to admire jin nong's wit.[ four ] - xu bridge rain garden

members tourists: yangzhou is famous for its bridge township, and south shaoxing bridge, bridge beauty, different is, shaoxing bridge, while yangzhou is to arch bridge. we now see the attraction called " bridge rain four ". this scene was built during the reign of kangxi, formerly yangzhou beijiao twenty-four king of salt merchants, who is also a private garden, boarded the four floor bridge rain, on the south side of hongqiao, on the north side of the changchun bridge, near spring thick bridge and west five pavilion bridge, will be visible before the eyes. whenever the wind xiao xiao, four bridge suddenly implicit ignored, it is referred to as the " four bridge rain ". it is the bridge to be close by., bridge is different, but the four bridge is the lake scenery segmentation join each other, and to the bridge with different impact point and the frame will be full of penetration attractions divided into crafting certain intervals, to make every scenic area are showing their own unique charm. no wonder the qianlong every time he comes to yangzhou to visit the four bridge amidst the floor, look out of the window. " qu yuan " two characters is qianlong first south of en in the park is the features of slender west lake, in front of a wall of the large lakes in a circular tunnel portal, only to lead us into. here is the han park taohuawu site. in 4 years ( 191 years ) to xu treasure cave hall, named xu garden. xu baoshan served as the xin hai revolution of the national revolutionary army commander of the second army, two and eight hundred in the control of huai river anti-smuggling. he had followed sun zhongshan, and the qing army against combat, then puts forward the revocation of yangzhou military government, which unified the position of jiangsu. because of his contempt for yuan shikai, and off yuanpai to monitor his chief of staff, yuan shikai then sent him killed. at this time, who worked with mr xu baoshan ji lianggong the famous calligrapher to request, active wrote " xu garden " of the word. just when he wrote, the mood is still relatively heavy, so " xu " word for the good, then grew more agitated, and write " garden ", has been unable to inner fury into a cursive. word size is more than a ruler, but mixed harmonious, pen by small park has a pavilion, a pavilion, a pavilion, a qushui, with ponds, flowers and bamboo, be just perfect. this park is slender west lake front gate into the first park, visitors into the gardens of the exquisite feeling. have never been to slender west lake, will think that this is the slender west lake style, actually this is the park 's painstaking, give a person with " mountains multiply and streams double back no doubt, there is a way out. "[ xiao jinshan - wind pavilion - the clover house ]we crossed the xu country back, across the little hongqiao, came to the small hill. small golden hill is formed and how? originally in the qing dynasty, in order to make the qian long emperor can directly sail to pingshan hall, then opened a new section of new river lotus ridge, small jinshan is excavated mud artificial stacked. when the full ridge planted the plum blossom, fragrance overflowing, so called " meiling dark spring ". it is said that the original in the pile soil chengshan, repeatedly heap repeated collapse, three years into the taskmasters, also very dizzy, once in sleep, see guan yu lead soldier playing piles, pile groups of several dozen will be in the middle of the river, and then pile soil chengshan. he suddenly woke up, immediately follow suit, ten days later, as a " small jinshan pile ". qian long then visit so far, i heard that pleased about, even to mei said: "the emperor 's southern tour, moved heaven and earth to gods, even the also volunteered for the emperor effectiveness. " qian long is more happy, i.e. a handsome , just a visitor asked, why yangzhou is always quote other people's name? hangzhou has a west lake, here called the slender west lake; zhenjiang has a small jinshan jinshan, here called. the original theme of slender west lake. " thin", a small hill of "small", pointed out the gardens of yangzhou miao is to "borrow", borrow and lend opportunely, was " borrowed a corner in west lake, could boast of its thin; shift of jinshan bit, he borrowed small "w we along the meandering road, shijiershang, hill wind is booth, a famous poet, scholar in the qing dynasty ruan yuan the title. the mountain is not in high level, in, not in deep water, is tortuous. at this point overlooking the small jinshan, a wind pavilion, has a buddism godness guanyin pavilion, there are various forms of hall, very level, surrounded by clear water when width was narrow, straight, curved, makes people feel with countless changes and rich natural p ancient city of yangzhou is a historical and cultural city, slender west lake has been called " the calligraphy landscape ", everywhere shows literary and artistic features. now we come to the river, and the construction of the piano room, in front of two strains of cooper, age over 200 years, a few yards high canopy trees conglong, pinnacle. please follow me into the piano room garden, please see the east gate stone vase amount is inscribed " contemplation " word, this is the qing dynasty calligrapher deng shiru wrote. piano room is wooden standard bookstore. visitors: please keep quiet. why? because this is a place for reading, will naturally be quiet. the park has a old laurel 15 strains, the bloom season fragrant intoxicating, also known as the " garden ", wood volatile fragrans nicknames.- off - five pavilion bridge tower

members tourists: in small jinshan west lu has a shore liu in long beach, long beach to the lake, the top is off, also called " diaoyutai ". mention the diaoyutai, we will think of beijing 's guest diaoyutai, another shaanxi baoji jiang taigong diaoyutai. yangzhou diaoyutai state has its own sublime, sticking out of the island, kishiyanagi nariyuki, zhang xu long wide, more than 100 step, into the lake. the off without complicated brackets singled out, and a richly ornamented building magnificent, but the oil applicator beam eaves, is chastity. diaoyutai was built in qing dynasty, the initial designer is intended to: qianlong lake, in which the band played jiangnan sizhu, to help the world, so the pavilion with sha menghai problem " off ". who knows once qianlong emperor here, think here is more suitable for fishing, then break out fishing with. this busy hands, steward merchants rushed secretly pick seaman, underwater, with lotus leaf cover top, to charge stems ventilation. whenever qian long fell rod fishing, seaman will live fish strips hanging structure, qian long lift rod gravity, everyone applause jubilation, think water from the mother heart, salt merchants also natural reward. nowadays the eaves " diaoyutai " three important words, is calligrapher liu haisu problem. a joint on both sides, a " grand song to lan zhu ", is the xu yan of the tang dynasty the lines; second line as " the fishing for autumn ", is the tang dynasty the famous du fu. off three each face round door to door, by the king, "samsung shining ", for china's gardening skills by the king of the outstanding tors: front across the north and south sides towering slender west lake, we stand in front of the seat ring gongshiqiao is five pavilion bridge. yangzhou five pavilion bridge is not only a symbol of the slender west lake, the national scenic and only one day two of the landscape, for the bridge construction has five, we will refer to it as " five pavilion bridge ". this bridge is composed of the salt inspectorate high constant for welcome in qianlong southern second ( 1757) was built, but also because of its shape like a blooming lotus flower, so it is also called " lotus bridge ". a total length of 55.5 meters, the plane is divided into 12 different sizes of bridge pier, the most unique is the foundation, although the bulk piled qingshi, but very slender, bridge pavilion in proper proportion, harmonious allocation, bridge to bridge built " fuck " shape, the main bridge for single arch bridge structure, next to 4 wings, each wing has 3.5 arch bridge opening, together with two fan-shaped arch bridge, a total of 15 hole. konko is looking, positive, together with water, forming a 5 orifice, different size, shape of the special boat; under the bridge, hole hole, like a castle. lotus water like five pavilion bridge, ingenious structure, unique shape, combined with the bridge pavilion, magnificent momentum, have no equal in this world, is the famous bridge construction expert mao yisheng evaluated as " chinese city traffic bridge and ornamental bridge union model " pavilion bridge south of lotus temple,originally called " fahai temple ", was built in the early yuan dynasty, the qing emperor kangxi forty-four years ( 1705), instead of " lotus temple ". which famous building is baita, towering stands, already had history of nearly two hundred years. tower of brick structure, is divided into three layers, the upper layer is called brake, niches, are circular, the lower layer is a square tower. the modelling and beijing white pagoda in beihai is similar to. it is said that the white pagoda overnight caused. one day, the emperor cruise to five pavilion bridge crescent, suddenly to yangzhou accompanied by official said: "there is much like beihai in qiongdao yin chun ah, but sent a white tower. " the very next day morning, the window, only five pavilion bridge next to a white pagoda stands, thought that drop from the clouds, the eunuch hurriedly knelt beside sonata : " is to make up for the upper slender west lake merchant jia san regret, also rushed into. " the white pagoda is one of eight salt river spring in wanjin bribery qianlong, according to the beijing white pagoda pattern, and then use a packet of salt as the basis, to paper surface, overnight made. although only hyperopia, can not be the last climb, but qian long has said with emotion: " humanitarian yangzhou merchants were wealthy, and have a well-deserved reputation. " of course it tower may not overnight caused, it investigates the party founded in what year was unable to research. but the genus lama tower, is a tibetan buddhist lama temple tower, slender west lake also only as embellishment and. it is 27.5 meters high, contour line than beihai baita slender tower, is the brick waist xu mizuo, octagonal sides, each side of three niches, kannei carved twelve zodiac symbols like, 12 months a year, 12 hours a day. build 53 level, symbol of child worship a buddism godness guanyin 53 ginseng; round 13 layer, a symbolic day highest at 13 days. it is a symbol of: everywhere, always have hinted, gardening with very clever.[ xichun station - hope spring floor - 24 bridge - general li xuan ] books

members tourists: if you find that we just walk away, from hongqiao to the small hill is ninety percent off, the lake from the south into things, had to wear off, the five booths and ninety percent off, lake by thing into north and south, until the east foothills. the second turning point is the starting point of the former grand qing architecture -- xichun station. the so-called " xichun " is " i " and " world live in a good environment, " meaning, expression of a spring ascent, and nature harmony, detached from the realm. hyson stage and small jinshan stand far apart facing each other, are in the turning point. it is the year qian long emperor birthday place, therefore all reflect the royal garden magnificent grand style. all buildings with green glazed tile tile roof, and the five booths yellow tile zhu dong, baita ' jinding gain by contrast. hyson table decoration, the use of yangzhou lacquer craft, especially the mural " and " chuixiao graph, using the yangzhou mill painting process, showing a group of tang dynasty ladies sing dance bright spring station to the east across the lake, was the spring of hope is building, building two layer, qiaojiao cornices. the upper half is terrace, garden stage may look at the king show; downstairs for tea house, north and south two small rooms were opened as a landscape garden, visible on top of the spring floor of the west as the " general li painting xuan", between the two layers there pool curved bridge. general li refers to who? according to the record, tang gaozong, the painter li sixun, was appointed the right wu wei generals, called the general lee, his son li zhaodao had served most of the yangzhou government house to join the army, called the general li. " general li painting xuan " is based on li zhaodao's pictorial design, because of " big li xiaoli " create " jinbi landscape painting in the tang dynasty ", therefore, we today through the fan-shaped window view hyson station opposite the beautiful decoration. the silhouette, can be reminiscent of tang art that grace, your weather." castle peak water faintly remote, southern autumn do not transfer. the twenty-four moon night, where department teaches chuixiao. " this is the tang dynasty poet du mu left us his quatrains, for thousands of years, with its elegant qingli twenty-four pictures, misty dreamy mood, melodious romantic mood struck a chord in numerous men of literature and writing. so why the twenty-four name? let us take this problem come to watch. after painting the xuan north over small stone bridge turning west is that of the twenty-four with fame spreading far and wide. look, the entire bridge was constructed of white marble single-hole arch stone bridge. it has a total length of 24 meters, 2.4 meters wide, two ends of each of the 12 steps, 24 columns on each side of the root of white marble, high, 2.4 meters wide each. the bridge is adorned with bright patterns, beautiful and elegant. east have adherent huangshi rockery, west xichun, reproduction of a quality suggestive of poetry or painting in tang poetry. covers an area of about 7 hectares, is a group of classical garden buildings, the whole area in the embodiment of " two dike takes willow in the water, a way tower until the mountains " conception played an important role in. here, we do not see the twenty-four bridge, but it is implied in twenty-four. of course there are also people say the twenty-four refers to the twenty-four bridge, but we don't seem to be cumbersome twenty-four textual research. rather than on du mu's poems that " only to be sensed, not explained " the magic of shares from conception to a taste. because of this, the history will have many chinese and foreign celebrities come to watch the 1991 october, general secretary jiang zemin accompanied the wpk general secretary kim il-sung to visit the twenty-four scenic spot, they go to du mu's poem monument, with ornamental and recited mao zedong calligraphy of du mu poems. jae hee spring, 20 play the little friends cheered " grandfather ", and kim il-sung and the general secretary jiang played folk singing " fishing " later, won a round of applause." the twenty-four months as, yellow over slender west lake; west fan today if not in, to hangzhou to yangzhou. " this is a long-term expatriate li hongzhang's grandson sir li kongxin to visit slender west lake after a sigh, i wonder if you have no feeling. as the tour i sincerely hope that the glamorous slender west lake style can touch your heart, to your left a fresh meaningful , slender west lake on the end at this moment, we continue north along the lakefront promenade, to visit the next attraction -- daming temple.