明清时期淮安府河下镇私家园林探析

淮安河下是一座古镇,依临大运河和萧湖,明清时期繁盛一时,先后兴造了一百多座私家园林,其中建筑、山水、花木、匾联设计精妙,同时兼具商人、官宦、文人三重文化属性,表现出很高的艺术水平和鲜明的地方特色,可惜现已全部废毁。本文在文献考证的基础上对河下园林历史背景和造园意匠进行论述,并进一步探讨其文化内涵。

Hexia of Huai’an County is a historical town near the Great Cannel and Xiaohu Lake.In Ming and Qing Dynasty,more than 100 private gardens were built in Hexia with wonderful buildings,rockeries,water landscapes,plants,inscribed boards and couplets,presenting different cultural connotations and local characters.It is a pity that all of the gardens were demolished in the late period of Qing Dynasty.Basing on the old archives and books,the author tries to analyze the historical background and design ideas of the gardens in Hexia,and explore their cultural connotations.