Suzhou Gardens, this is how you should capture its essence! Traditional Chinese cheongsam, a dream back to the Republic of China era
🎢【Suzhou Gardens Day Portrait Guide】
【Cheongsam Portrait Shooting Guide】
🗓Itinerary:
Choosing the location
Cheongsam is suitable for shooting in the Republic of China style streets or Ming and Qing Dynasty style grey tile white wall garden buildings.
So this time we chose Suzhou Gardens for shooting. Suzhou Gardens are famous for their unique classical architecture and exquisite garden landscapes. However, there are many tourists, so you can choose relatively less popular gardens. Suitable gardens: Liu Garden, Canglang Pavilion and Ke Garden are just across the street, Yipu, etc.
When choosing a shooting location, you can decide according to the style and scene you want. For example, Humble Administrator's Garden is famous for its exquisite architecture and waterscape, suitable for shooting elegant portraits; while Lion Grove has a unique rock landscape, suitable for shooting portraits with a certain wildness.
🕙Shooting time:
One hour before the opening and closing of the garden, avoid the crowd, you can enjoy a truly quiet garden.
📝Tips:
Make full use of the light in the garden, find the time near sunset. Create rich shadows and light and dark effects. For example, when shooting portraits, you can choose where the sunlight shines through the leaves, using the tree shadows to add a sense of layering to the picture.
🧳Composition techniques
Use garden elements: Suzhou Gardens are famous for their unique architecture and garden elements, these elements can serve as the background or props for portrait shooting. For example, when shooting portraits, you can choose to shoot in the garden's corridors, pavilions or stone bridges, using these buildings as the background for the portraits, enhancing the artistic sense of the picture.
Capture the moment: There are often some unique moments in Suzhou Gardens, such as ripples on the water, petals falling, etc.
Pay attention to composition and posture: When shooting portraits, the choice of composition and posture is very important. You can try different angles and shooting methods to create unique picture effects. At the same time, pay attention to the model's posture and expression, let them relax naturally, showing their best state.
The most important thing is to make good use of the various shapes of door frames and stone windows in the garden: The background of Suzhou Gardens is often exquisite architecture and landscapes, which can echo with the portraits. When shooting portraits, you can use the garden background, interact with the model, and create interesting picture effects. For example, when shooting portraits, you can let the model and the flowers and plants in the garden complement each other, adding a sense of liveliness to the picture.
The Lion Forest not only has a unique landscape, but also contains a deep cultural connotation. Its garden layout and architectural style reflect the essence of traditional Chinese garden art, and also integrates Buddhist thought. In addition, the poems, monuments, small bridges and flowing water all over the lion forest show the aesthetic taste and philosophical thinking of ancient literati.
It was a trip to Suzhou, China with friend and we visited Lion Forest Garden. The garden was beautiful and we really loving it.
Ming Hongwu six years (1373), 73-year-old big calligrapher Yuan (No. Yunlin) passed through Suzhou, participated in the garden construction, and wrote poetry (with "Lion Forest Map"). At the beginning of Qing Qianlong, the temple garden became private property, isolated from the temple, the name of the garden, because there are five pine trees in the park, so it is also known as Wusongyuan. In 1917, the paint comprador merchant Bei Runsheng purchased, after 9 years of construction and expansion, still named the Lion Forest (the east of the garden is the Bei family home, ethnic learning and residential). In the 17th year of Ming Wanli (1589), Ming monk Tuo Yuhua was born in Chang'an, and the Lion Forest was rebuilt and the Temple of the Buddha. During the Kangxi period, the temple and the garden were separated, and then the father of Huang Xi and the ancestor of Huang Xingzu, the Zhifu of Hengzhou, were bought and named "Sheyuan". On February 11, 1703, Qing Kangxi cruised here, giving the "Shilin Temple", and the emperor of Qing Qianlong six tours of the lion forest, and then giving the "Mirror Zhiyuan Photo", "Painting Temple" and the existing "true fun". Qing Qianlong 36 (1771 AD), Huangxi High School Zhuangyuan, Renovated Mansion, Renovated Courtyard, named "Wusongyuan". By the middle of Qingguangxu, Huang's family road was down, the park had fallen, but the rockery remained. In 1917, Shanghai pigment giant Bei Runsheng (the uncle of the world famous architectural master Bei Xuming) bought the Lion Forest from the hand of the Chief of Civil Affairs Li Zhongxuan, spent 800,000 silver yuan, spent nearly 7 years renovating, added some attractions, and named the old name of the "Lion Forest", The Lion Forest was temporarily crowned Sucheng. Berun was preparing to open, but failed to do so due to the outbreak of the war of resistance. After Berun fell ill in 1945, the Lion Forest was put on the spot by his Sun Beihuanzhang
One of the four major gardens in Suzhou, named after the rockery. I didn't feel anything special when I first entered, and I didn't appreciate its wonderfulness. I listened to the explanation of the tour guide before I understood the good intentions of the craftsmen and opened a happy trip. What really opened people's eyes was that they passed the treasure of their town garden and entered the back garden. This is simply a paradise for children. Hidden and hiding can play for a day. The rockery monster stone maze will get lost when it comes up and down to meet this road. Who can only meet in two directions recommended recommended recommended recommended recommended recommended
It's a lovely place to visit. A classic Suzhou garden and the housing that are attached to it. Well described historical markers and delightful examples of bonzai trees everywhere. Gorgeous stained glass windows. The rock garden was exquisite. As always, visiting during a national holiday is not recommended as it's insanely crowded.
The Humble Administrator's Garden later arrived at the Lion Forest, and the queue time was 20 minutes, which was much better than the Humble Administrator's Garden for an hour. There are various rockery and caves inside. The child was attracted as soon as he entered the door, and began to climb up and down, playing hide and seek. When I walked inside, I saw a stone hole, and it was fun to drill a hole. And send the existing stone like a lion, lying on it and let me take pictures. Suitable for taking children to play.
Taking advantage of the New Year's Eve, the garden area is limited, there are many people, but you can also play the hole that can not be drilled, completely evoke my childhood memories, and the celebrity calligraphy and paintings I know when I grow up, each different window edge, and add more artistic charm! Especially the stone lion next to the exit, you must sit down, it's so classic! Finally, make some small suggestions. There are enough people in the Spring Festival later, and the tickets will not be discounted anymore. You can usually discount when there are few people, which will help you to stagger the peak.
There are too many people, too many people, affecting the mood of viewing, all say that the lion forest is good, but we really have no intention of watching, people can not feel its beauty, the rockery did not climb we have to close the work, it is recommended not to rush to the weekend.