Qu Shui Garden—A "graceful gentleman" hidden in Shanghai.

Transportation: Subway Line 17, Qingpu New Town Station Exit 3, bike or walk 3.4 km. Route: Jiejinggang Road—Turn left on Pucang Road—Turn right on Gongyuan Road, on the right after crossing Qingpu Bridge. Buses at the park entrance: Qingpu 9/29. Tips: Qu Shui Garden is free to enter without reservation, which is unique among the five gardens in Shanghai. There are two snack bars on Pucang Road that are worth a visit, one is a pumpkin twist shop, and the other is a pie shop. The pumpkin twist is made of pumpkin and flour, with no additives. The sweetness is the natural sweetness of the pumpkin, very soft, but a bit oily, after all, it is fried food. The spicy kelp, Northeast sauerkraut, and chive dumplings in the pie shop are all very distinctive and delicious. The City God Temple next to Qu Shui Garden is also worth a visit, and I will write about it in the next article. Qu Shui Garden, one of the five gardens in Shanghai, was built in the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty. It is located on the side of Dayingpu, the moat of Qingpu. It is named after Wang Xizhi's "Qu Shui Liu Shang" and renamed Qu Shui Garden (originally named Yiwenyuan). The feature of Qu Shui Garden is "elegance". Perhaps it was raining when I went there. The small rain in the south of the Yangtze River was as thin as cow hair and endless. October is the time when osmanthus is fragrant. The osmanthus in the garden protrudes from the courtyard wall. The green bricks and white walls are golden and beautiful. The fragrance and ancient charm are a bit silly. The Taihu stone under the osmanthus tree and the flower-shaped pool are full of falling osmanthus. The rain floats over and falls a bit of pity. The lotus in the lotus pond has disappeared, and the lotus leaves are gradually falling, but it does not affect the elegance of the pavilion by the pond. The mountain stone path winds up, and the pavilions and pavilions are looming under the cover of trees, like a gentleman standing elegantly in the deep forest and chanting poems. The whole garden is a thin triangle. Along the way, there are mountains and rivers, pavilions and pavilions, and I can't help but sigh "deep courtyards and heavy waters, how deep is the deep courtyard...". It's good when it's sunny, and it's strange when it rains. Bluestone slab, whose garden. It's time for the osmanthus fragrance in the south of the Yangtze River, and year after year in Qu Shui Garden.