Shouzhuo Garden

Shouzhuo Garden is the former residence of Tao Yuanming, located in Tao Village of Yi County, which is known as the 'Arcadia of the World' and features Huizhou-style architecture. Tao Village was the place where Tao Geng, the descendant of Tao Qizhi, the second son of the famous poet of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Tao Yuanming, relocated four times. The village still retains a large number of historical relics and cultural sites, such as the well-preserved 'Tao Family Genealogy', the ancestral burial ground of the Tao family, the Tao family ponds, the ancient Tao Ridge plank road, the Tao family ancestral hall, and so on. Shouzhuo Garden includes the Wenchang Pavilion, the ancient plaque with the inscription 'A mind unfettered by worldly ties finds its own peace', the large stone stele inscribed with 'The Peach Blossom Spring', the stele inscribed with the poem 'Returning to My Farm to Dwell', as well as the Peach Blossom Spring Cultural Museum, the Residence Exhibition Hall, the Tao Family Ancestral Hall, the Wuliutang Hall, the Juxiantang Hall, the Taogong Pavilion, and more, recreating the production and living scenes from Tao Yuanming's 'The Peach Blossom Spring'. The reason why it is called 'Shouzhuo Garden' comes from Tao Yuanming's poem: 'I open up wasteland on the southern border, and return to my garden farm to maintain simplicity.' 'Zhuo' means clumsy or unskilled, but 'Shouzhuo' implies steadfastness and integrity, as well as simplicity, which extends to the meaning of freedom. The 'Shouzhuo Garden' here is about preserving this innocence and simplicity.