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JADE SPRING HILL – A HIDDEN IMPERIAL

         GARDEN OF PIVOTAL SIGNIFICANCE






                Wind from afar cleared away the humid summer;
                               a sickle in hand to celebrate the autumn harvest

                                      Pleasing is the cool air afore the mountain scenery;
                                                           riding on a canoe, I go inside a painting.

                       Old farmers chatter at the village entrance;
                               herdboys on buffalo-back smile welcomingly.

                                             These days autumn harvests are frequently seen;
                                      this lucky tiding would his majesty comfort bring!













         This poem was composed by the Qianlong Emperor in 1729,   ἔᦾ൶ Ĝ
         when he was still a prince. It was titled Commemorating   ˏᆵ⧂㉚㍷㕵ⅲ⏹೺ྼ⩇७
         Autumn Harvest on visiting Jade Spring Hill, and expressed
         his delight at witnessing the autumn harvest, and how
         this joyful sight would comfort his father, the Yongzheng
                                                                 ˜˂͋ࠬє⑛౼૶d
         Emperor. Even as a prince, his concerns for agriculture in
                                                                   ࢕࢕⠷Ў€[IJZJdᚙɠ
         the poem foretold the emperor he would one day become.
                                                                   ᅅГϓ€у§߇ϓ§i
         The Jade Spring Hill area was on the course of the    ֝ɛଗंචۃ౻d
         ancient Yongding River, therefore blessed with abundant    ༱ҢܯЋ೥༁Б
         underground water. As early as the Liao Dynasty, royal    ͞˨Ӏ᎘ඝ΍Ⴇd
         pavilions were erected around this area. In the Jin Dynasty,     ىഁˬߠ३޴ڎi
         Zhangzong Emperor built the Lotus Palace (Furongdian)     ϋԸ࿂Ԉɧ߇€༵዇ɘ˜ັd
         on the southern slope of the hill, thus began the ongoing
                                                                   Ꮭజ༵ୂᅌ໋ઋf™
         building of Imperial Gardens at the site. The Shunzhi
         Emperor hunted here on numerous occasions, often
         for a length of time. In the Kangxi period, large scale  㐝㩾たᒶ̖㡲ⅴຠॼ㢪᢫ˑໝ       ໝ   㑰
         building works started, and the Garden of Clear Mind  ᒶⅴಠ̃ᓁᆵη䢲㧍ܕ᳦ Ǘ㐽ἔᦾ൶⿉⏯ᆓ
         (Chengxinyuan) was built in 1682, later re-named the
                                                                  ぺࡊǘ䢲Շೲᒶᐒ㏽͔㐽⿪ἔᦾ൶䢲⿉׍⏯
         Garden of Tranquil Brightness (Jingmingyuan).
                                                                  ૰␸●ᏻᆓ䢲ηた͠ښ㢪᢫ⅴຠᢩ᡺̃ႎ̢䢲
         As irrigation was underdeveloped in the Zhili area (modern  ຄۿྐྵˮ⒕⿉͔ᕲϜྐྵᐂྯ㠛࿘㏏̢ⅲ㌺㊀ǐ


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