BBC中国故事第四集明朝 Part11 苏州明代古典园林建筑

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[00:01.70]So to paraphrase Dr Johnson, if you were tired of Ming Suzhou, you were tired of life.根据约翰逊博士的解读，如果你厌倦了明朝的苏州，那么你就厌倦了生活。
[00:07.83]And when you'd made your money and retired, you came home and left your mark with a lovely garden.当你赚够了钱退休之后，你便可回家徜徉在一座可爱的园林之内。
[00:52.68]This was one of 90 gardens in Suzhou.这是苏州90座园林中的一座。
[00:56.71]Adorned with playful poems and inscriptions, it was a feast for the senses.它处处都是欢畅的诗句和铭文，简直就是感官的盛宴。
[01:03.00]A far cry from Hongwu's day, when the land was simply there to be ploughed by the peasants.这与洪武年代已天差地别，那时只是农夫锄头之下的一片耕地而已。
[01:12.50]These private gardens in the Ming Dynasty were rich men's passions.这些私家园林在明朝就是富人们的挚爱。
[01:17.45]Passion being the operative word.出于对它们的重视，
[01:20.13]They travelled hundreds of miles to bring back weirdly-shaped stones to place in the garden.他们不远万里带回各种奇石放置在园林当中。
[01:26.80]They dug artificial hills, like this one, on which they placed gazebos where you could take in the different view points - 他们人工凿出各种假山，就像这座，在上面建立露台，而你可以获得各种不同的视角--
[01:34.85]the Distant Fragrance Hall where the lotuses were planted, the Magnolia Hall, and even better, the Scent of Snow and Rosy Clouds Hall.远眺香亭，遍种荷花，还有木兰亭。更有甚者，还有那些点缀着白云及彩云韵味的亭子。
[01:47.44]The pleasures of the Ming..... for some.大明王朝的乐趣...只属于某些人。
[01:54.12]The gardens were nature in miniature.这些园林是大自然的缩影。

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BBC中国故事 第四集 明朝 Part11 苏州明代古典园林建筑

BBC中国故事第四集明朝 Part11 苏州明代古典园林建筑