Located on the west side of the entrance to Liyuan, there are lake stones, rockeries, tall bamboos, and earth mounds, forming a secluded area on its own. In the secluded area, there are five flat houses named Baihua Mountain House. Originally belonging to a fisherman’s village, it was built in 1930. The mountain house has curved rafters and upturned eaves. There are three bright rooms and two dark ones. In the middle are three bays. There are six ancient floor-to-ceiling long windows in the front and back. There are delicate carved flower window railings all around. In the middle of the hall hangs a plaque reading ‘Baihua Mountain House’. The hall is furnished with exquisite mahogany furniture. On the walls hang screens with plum blossoms, orchids, bamboos, and chrysanthemums. Behind the house is a rockery secluded area made of lake stones, planted with plantains and palms, presenting a southern scenery. In front of the house on the earth mound stands a lake stone, which is thin, leaky, wrinkled, and very imposing. Under the mound are antique stone platforms and seats. Sitting here idly has the charm of ‘counting fallen flowers for a long time because of sitting’. From Baihua Mountain House, turning east and then west connects to a curved corridor with the title ‘Washing Flowers’. It is arranged as a gallery of ‘the story of Fan Li and Xi Shi’, with eight stone carvings such as ‘Appearance of Yiguang, Falling in Love While Washing Silk, Leaving Hometown, Beauty of Sinking Fish, Enduring in the Wu Palace, Raising Fish to Benefit the Town, and Becoming Rich through Business’. Opening hours: Open all year round from 07:00 to 17:00.
Baihua Mountain House
Located on the west side of the entrance to Liyuan, there are lake stones, rockeries, tall bamboos, [...]
