Partie du Champagne.,.+*

.. 能讓現代人放慢腳步的世外桃花源.


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...this private estate into a "land of wellness and retreat".

The main entrance into Nanyuan, the garden mansion, now a retreat managed by a design company that packed it.
南園的入口. 目前是由 The One 這間從設計開始的公司負責 "包裝' & 經營.

 

建於 1983 年, 這間和我年紀相仿的莊園早期是聯合報系的員工休假中心. 在 2007 年前, 它並未對外開放 在那段期間, 它也曾是多國元首的接待中心.


This garden is about as old as me but it looks much older.  Construction of this garden began in 1983 and took 2 years to finish. Its owner is the founder and owner of a large media corporation in Taiwan. For many years, this place served as the retreat for his corporate employees. Before 2007, it was also a place where leaders of other countries stayed at when they visited.
 

Even signs like this are full of spirit and artisic spirit.
很有藝術感的路牌.

我們在琴音閣上了一整天的感質體驗課程, 這間由臥室改造的會議廳可是飄著淡淡的檜木香.
過去還可使用檜木和樟樹實木建屋, 現在可不行了.


In the room where our class was held. The whole room is perfumed by the natural scent of hinoki wood. Back in the old days, people could still build houses with those kinds of wood. But now that the number of such wood is so low that building houses like this is no longer possible here.
 

The One 設計的東西都帶點東方風 +  設計巧思. 像這個陶杯名為 "知竹", 杯型像竹子, 杯底在杯子高度的一半, 這讓茶水不用倒太多, 就可以看起來很滿, 中空沒有使用的杯底空間, 成了讓人握著熱飲卻不燙手的巧妙設計. 用了這個杯子我才想到原來這作品的名字, 還真是取的妙.


Everything designed by The One under The One brand is a mixed a modernism with Chinese orientalism. This pottery cup is another smart play of design and practicality. The cup can only be half full because the base of the cup is moved up. The empty space below allows you to hold a cup of boiling tea without burning your hands. This piece has an interesting name with a play on Chinese words and double meaning.
 

在這邊主要上的一堂課. 看一間小設計公司如何成功多角化經營.

The more "worth-it" seminar of the day. We got to hear how the founder of a small design company managed to spring from their main playground and get themselves into other fields and operations.

南園有供旅客住的地方. 那區和南園的莊園是分開的. 所以在往那的路上有這麼個標示.

Nanyuan has a resort/hotel area with not many rooms (under 30?!) and that part is separated from the garden grounds. So on our way there for our lunch, we saw this cute sign mentioning ladies and gentlemen (in a old Chinese poetic way) to not enter if they were not guests at the hotel.
 

同心樓. 這邊就是南圓可供旅客住的地方. 一樓是餐廳.
Ths is where the hotel rooms are and where we ate our lunch (on the first floor).

很有休閒感的戶外桌椅.
Relaxing coffee chair and table outside of the restaurant.
 

一進餐廳的門, 就有種到了武俠小說中的 "龍門客棧"的感覺. 很復古, 也很氣派.
Inside the restaurant. As we entered the doors, we felt we were in a traverlers' lodge back in the older dynasties.
 

我們菜都還沒上的餐桌.

Our long tables before we were seated and got our food.

"食藝春秋' - 這組刀叉匙還真是酷. 正面是 "食藝", 後面是 "春秋", 真有種互相較量的意味.
The utensils are also very cool. Not only the shape looks quite different, the fact that the 3 put together spells 2 words with this face up and another 2 words the other face up is also pretty cool. Again, the words here also take on symbolic meanings.
 

前菜
Appetizer

 

   
這些全部加起來就是午餐.
Our lunch meal menu.

很特別的小甜點.
This is one intersting desert. below all the colorful things here is something that resembles a soft, sweeten tofu.

我和奇特的叉子和我待宰的羔羊 (沒有真羊啦).
Me & my appetizer!

Small door into the restaurant.
餐廳的小小前門

廁所外的設計. 很有書法風.
Even the toilet is poetic.
 

這花園是有點仿蘇杭的傳統庭園, 但建材大部分都當地取材.

This garden is more like a traditional Chinese garden in the Suzhou,Hangzhou area in China, except most of the building materials were largely sourced locally.
 

一層又一層的窗.
Window after anote rwindow.

Another scene in the garden.
 

象徵著"多子多孫"的門.
Symbolism is a big thing in Chinese traditional gardens. This one in the shape of squash is meant to relate the seemingly countless seeds in a squash to the number of sons and daughters in the family.
 

原本風吹會有聲音的一種建築裝飾. 但酒甕已經被灌滿水泥, 所以現在風吹過也沒有聲音了.
這可是當初莊園的主人不希望來訪的客人有可能受到傷害(甕被吹破, etc.) 所做的一個改變.
This architectural decoration was intended to be a "wind chime" of some sort. Ideally, when the wind blows through, the empty wine pots will make some sounds. But the owner back then did not want accidents with "flying pots" (potentially) so now they're all filled with concrete and they no longer make any sounds.
 

莊園中的戲台. 有點小, 但還算有個樣子.
The "home" theatre on this ground. The stage is a bit small (where the plant pots are) but I suppose it was good enough for its purpose.

戲台舞台的正對面是充滿了這些可有意思的窗戶的牆.

這是蝴蝶 - 蝴蝶算是吉祥物, 因為蝴蝶聽起來像 "福疊" - 所以就是因為這樣沾光. 這些窗戶還真有點讓人想到板橋的林家花園 (之前去的: http://blog.yam.com/perladipace/article/23759276 )

 

Directly in front of the performance stage is a wall full of these decorative "windows". This one is a butterfly (& one of the most ornate windows). Butterfly here also carries another meaning (due to the way it's pronounced) that basically means "good fortune will stack up".  The windows in various shapes reminds me of the Banciao Lin's Family Garden that we visited earlier. (see post here: [YPEX] Between Movement and Shadows  )
 

Around each corner, it's like traveling back in time.
有點像到古代的感覺.

讓鳥可以站的地方, 這樣牆就不會變 "白" 了.

A very neat design on the building - This is for birds to stand on so bird droppings won't "color" the walls.
 


這裡可是風水寶地. 坐山望遠.
The garden and its mansion is built on an ideal fengshui location.
 

The snack-shape ceiling of the hallway.
南園中的許多蛇廊.

 

Details of a corner of the main building.

古代的格子遊戲. 在這邊你可以看到許多古典的創意.
The old Chinese game board enlarged and placed outdoor.
They are always incorporating interesting things to make the retreat a bit different from the others.
 

南園 The One 如不住宿, 平時也開放讓人參觀遊覽.
The One Nanyuan is open to visitors during day time (if you don't intend to stay their overnight).

 

 

The One Nanyuan Retreat //  南園 The One
W: http://nanyuan.theonestyle.com/
A: Hsinchu, Taiwan.

 
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