
The garden walls
Lotus Moon Garden
A scholar's garden: moon gate, lotus pond and zigzag bridge.
In the Jiangnan Waterlands: a moon gate, a lotus pond crossed by a zigzag bridge, a pavilion, a covered gallery and the scholar's hall.
Three villagers of the waterlands live here, each with a trade and a name: the scholar (librarian) in the hall of the zither and sword, the gardener (farmer) in the covered gallery and the tea master (cleric) in the waterside pavilion.