Furong Garden is named after many hibiscus trees in the garden. The scientific name of Furong is "Acacia". The book says, "Acacia trees, deciduous trees, have gray leaves. Feather compound leaves, small leaves opposite, open during the day and closed at night. Calyx and petals are yellow-green, filaments are pink, heads are arranged in an umbrella shape, corollas are closed, and pods are flat, also known as horsecherry blossoms. " Albizia Albizia, the flowering period is long, the buds are blooming for the second time, the blooming filaments are blooming on the branches, the unopened flower bones are in bud, and the earlier flowers are quietly covered with green pods. When the flowers bloom, the flowers are overflowing and the buds are like relay races. You won't let me, and I won't let you open up. Like the world, hibiscus trees "work" during the day and "sleep" at night. Every morning and evening, under the control of light, a tree is covered with leaves, which are similar in nature to mimosa, but much more spectacular, hence the name of acacia. Among the people in China, Albizia Albizia is a symbol of good luck, peace and happiness.
Zaozhuang, the hometown of Qilu Pearl and Flying Tigers, is located in the south of Shandong. This is a city with a long history, splendid culture, beautiful scenery and unique charm. Known as the "South Gate of Shandong", it is known as a famous cultural city, an ecological beauty city and a modern new city.
In this land rich in mountains and water, rich in tourism resources and rich in cultural accumulation, the Xiantan Mountain Scenic Area in Zhuangxiang, Wang Xi, which is located in the center of the city, stands out with its profound cultural heritage and colorful natural landscape, showing the roughness and charm of the northern landscape and attracting visitors from all directions.
Furong Garden is a landscape ecological park that integrates Chinese and Western cultures, North and South buildings, inherits China traditions and highlights southern customs. It is located at the eastern foot of Xiantan Mountain and on the west side of Zaotai Highway, only 6 kilometers away from Dongcheng District of Zaozhuang. The park covers an area of more than 300 mu, with a planned investment of 70 million yuan, and construction will begin in the spring of 2006. With the care and support of the municipal, district and township levels, especially the central district committee and government, and with the strong cooperation of relevant departments, the first phase of the project has invested more than 30 million yuan, and the overall building has begun to take shape. Beautiful scenery brings out the best in each other, and nature and humanity are in perfect harmony. The whole landscape garden is a model of the combination of natural scenery and humanistic architecture, which is evaluated by experts as "the countryside on the edge of the city, the south in the north". Currently, it is fully open to tourists.
Being in the Lotus Garden is like going upstairs to see the distance, surrounded by green hills on three sides and the flat land in the north. Xiantan Mountain, the main peak of the mountain range on the west side of Furong Garden, is 275.8 meters above sea level. The end of the mountain is neat and majestic, facing the water in the south, clear and winding. According to legend, the Eight Immortals traveled across the ocean to Penglai, where they stayed and made wine, hence the name Xiantan Mountain. This place is the best place for feng shui in southern Shandong, and has always been the seat of Gulanling County and Guyi County. This mountain, also known as Qianfeng Mountain, is said to be named after its beautiful scenery in Zhong Ling, which attracts thousands of phoenixes to gather here. Because the whole mountain is surrounded by three protruding stones, similar to the jade belt around the waist of feudal social officials, the locals call it Jade Belt Mountain.
Faced with this peculiar natural landscape and the historical fact that there are many talented people around Xiantan Mountain in history, there is a local proverb: "There are three iron rings on Xiantan Mountain, and they can't leave the capital." Historical facts are well documented: Wang Zhi Jr., Shu Guang, Shu Shou, Wang Liang, Jia Sanjin ... are really "talented people from different generations". Some of them are princes, some are ministers, some are princes, some are princes' masters, and some are called Wen Kuishou, all of whom are literary talents and martial arts, illuminating future generations. In the Ming Dynasty, Guyi county magistrate set up three giant altars at the foot of Xiantan Mountain to worship the gods of heaven and earth, so as to ensure the prosperity of official career, benefit all beings, and make the country prosperous and the people safe. This mountain is even more famous for its immortals. The two mountains on the east side of Furong Garden, one high and one short, are lingering. If people follow each other, the locals call it Gusao Mountain. According to legend, there lived a hardworking and kind couple at the foot of Xiantan Mountain, and a sister-in-law lived with her brother and sister-in-law. After years of war, her husband was enlisted in the battlefield and never heard from again. Year after year, two aunts who were in their youth lived alone and never found anyone to pay back the money. So my sister-in-law stopped thinking about lang, and my aunt never thought about getting married. Flowers bloom and fall, and spring comes to Qiu Lai. How many years have passed? My aunt and sister-in-law converted to Buddhism together, and finally became immortals, becoming two green mountains in the world. According to the Records of Yixian County, the poet Li once lamented this matter: "My sister-in-law doesn't want to be like her sister-in-law. Sister-in-law doesn't want her husband and aunt to get married and join hands to convert to the altar. " It is precisely because of this beautiful scenery of Lingshan and many beautiful and moving legends that the literati of past dynasties have always listed "Xiaocui in Xiantan" as "the first of the eight scenic spots in ancient yi county".
The beautiful Lotus Garden is surrounded by mountains, relying on the winding and undulating Xiantan Mountains, just like a majestic dragon, and like a phoenix about to spread its wings, the dragon and phoenix are auspicious and Zhong Rui is auspicious. The famous trees in the park are lush, and the mountains and grass are lush; Miscellaneous flowers are all over the mountain, and the aroma attacks people; Springs gurgle, birds sing; The winding path is secluded and the scenery is natural. As for pavilions, pavilions, goulan bridges and culverts, and strange stone bonsai, they set each other off.
The most distinctive feature of this garden is the lush hibiscus trees all over the mountains. This beautiful and straight hibiscus forest is said to have been planted by a beautiful aunt to pin her thoughts on her distant relatives. Therefore, people also call hibiscus tree acacia tree, which means that people who love each other are loving and happy and will be together forever. At the turn of spring and summer, white Sophora japonica flowers, pink peach blossoms, fiery durian flowers and colorful wild flowers inside and outside the lotus garden compete with colorful hibiscus flowers, and the fragrance fills the air and the garden is fragrant. Wandering in this beautiful landscape, literati in past dynasties left many well-known poems to praise: "Peach blossoms wither in March, apricot flowers bloom again in April", "Tanshan steamed clouds, hibiscus flowers bloom brightly".