The ＂Loss＂ of Purity： Changes and Persistence in the Cultural Memory of the Cold Spring Pavilion

Ever since the Cold Spring Pavilion （Lengquan ting 冷泉亭） was built, it has been extolled by scholar-literati as a place of purity, where the dust of the mundane world could be cleansed by the cold spring water flowing beside it. For centuries, people tried to reinforce the image of the pavilion as an innocent haven through writing poems, stories, and essays about their visits there. But they were unaware, or refused to admit, that their admiration of the place also possessed the power to destroy whatever sacredness and serenity it stood for. This paper examines representations of the Cold Spring Pavilion in Chinese literature through the lens of a paradox that has haunted the pavilion since it was first built. The paper argues that, ever since the pavilion was built, it has, through its literary-historical representation, been slowly but inevitably absorbed or assimilated into what it had originally been built to fend off. Like the Cold Spring, which flowed into West Lake, the Cold Spring Pavilion, which was created to help people resist the temptations of city life, was inevitably absorbed into the very fabric of the city.

西湖十景御碑亭景观变迁考析

清西湖十景御碑亭的建立使初创于南宋的西湖十景得以固址求实。御碑亭历经漫长而曲折的过程发展至今,是西湖十景中不可或缺的景观要素。基于古籍文献、图像资料,结合实地考察,追溯构建历史,梳理其景观变迁历程,总结西湖十景中十座御碑亭历经“御书亭-御碑亭”组合营构、题诗增刻的发展,跨越康熙雍正乾隆三朝得以全然成型;长期发展中因历史变故、市政建设影响,其位置、形态、功能经调整后进入平稳发展,从古今御碑亭景观营造角度为西湖文化景观研究进行了有益补充,增加对园林空间中碑亭建筑应用的历史认识。