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ᮥᴅ̻
䢮ⴺ۫ਕ䢯
Pavilion of Streaming
Vapour (The Hall of ᮞ㚙̻ សᓣ㟯
Humble Acceptance) ☽ᦾ㩉
The
Pavilion of Chamber Red
Shimmering of Joyous Spring
Scenery
Ripples House

fig. 5 detail of the current vase
ॱ̩ ᕴ⁄˖̃♢ॱ

The eastern island has a further pavilion called The Pavilion ᕖǙᮞ㚙̻ǚǐ᣻㍨⁄˖̃ᓣ⧀཯⩮ᯨⅲ₝䢲
of Shimmering Ripples (Yijinting). The Lotuses in Bright Ѐ⣵ྫᒝⅭほ֨ා˖ᆵ❡̻⦶䢮ॱ̩ ǐǙ⨰
Sunlight are not connected to the shore by bridges or roads,
⯭ᓨᵨǚᦔᕖ៙ᆘ㊌⧀᫶ඩ⇂㐧䢲࿚㦚̊⧧׍
and are only reachable by boats. When Qianlong came here,
㑇䢲̖㡲Ϝ᢬㐞ັ⁳ᖥ㤚㦱ݸ७ⅲᒕᒝ᫶⻍⧓
he would often arrive by boat from Kunming Lake in the
east, and as the boat turned into Jade Spring Lake, these ⡊Ϝ䢲ᐅ⁄˖̃ᓣᅠてЀᒶྼ⧧ሌ㑇ἔᦾ᫶ᓁ
beautiful islets would have been the first sights he saw. This ⓧˏ⇶ᆵ⿉̃ᓣ䢲̑െᒶ͔たˮᆵをⅲǙೝ́
is what he aptly described as ‘riding on a canoe, I go inside a
Ḓᤷ൶עᓣ䢲㍭ᆔᆶ⧓₝⽁⻍ǚǐ
painting’ and the scenery depicted on the vase.

One could try imagining the kind of scenery Qianlong ᆔоྐྵ̖㡲̃ਕཡཝᒏᆵ₝̺̃₫᥅׊ॱڰ
would have seen along the riverbanks from the painting ۿ͠ₙ⒕㐙⚯̃᥅㑆䢮ॱՍ 䢲Ⴒӏᒕᒝ᫶
Waterways of the Capital by his cousin Prince Hongwu ׍ἔᦾ൶㐝ᣣᦪ㑆ⅲᦵ㐙㧰Բǐעᐷዠۢ䢲
(fig. 6). As mentioned earlier, at the time there were many
㐝㕴ᦵ㐙ᕖ〶૨㏏⁲䢲ᒶ♘Ϝ㠛࿘㏏̢ⅲ
paddy fields in this area, and this was the most immediate
̖㡲ᕏ⣵െ㏩⿭ഌ㏏ηⅲঃᑜ䢲͔ᕍη㑁
place where Qianlong, who placed enormous importance
on farming, could observe the process at first hand. ˏⅮˑډ૨㩾たܥじ㐝ᣣ⧓⻍ᆵ⿉̃ᓣ䢲⡊
Qianlong composed over 170 poems in his lifetime praising ˞ັັॼܥじ̃㟢ຯ֨㠛࿘㏏̢ⅲ࿘ႎ䢲ଫ
the sceneries on this journey, many of them indicative of
ډˑໝη Ǚἔຯ㟌៙዁ἔᦪ䢲㢾㨾ሠඩ᥅઎
his concerns for farming.
᧖䢲㤔ᒝ७۵ᗆᦾ⏨䢲Ѐ㈶᪹㟡ˏᓊ㑁䢲Չ
Since the Jade Spring is the water source for the Imperial ᑢᬲ⁻૽㟌๶䢲␥␸ሒ␃ڋₓՈǚ䣁ډՋໝ

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