Wang Wei (Poet-Buddha)王维 · 辋川别业

Home to a towering 1,200-year-old ginkgo tree traditionally believed to have been planted by Wang Wei himself. The rustling golden leaves in autumn mark the threshold where secular court life ends and meditative mountain stillness begins.

Inscription: 文杏栽为梁，香茅结为宇。

The legendary setting of Wang Wei's most celebrated quartrain. A secluded hollow surrounded by deep mountain spurs where filtered evening sunlight pierces the dense tree canopy, illuminating patches of emerald moss.

Inscription: 空山不见人，但闻人语响。返景入深林，复照青苔上。

A dense grove of moso bamboo sheltering a natural stone clearing where the poet sat playing his seven-stringed zither late into the night, accompanied only by the soft glow of the moon.

Inscription: 独坐幽篁里，弹琴复长啸。深林人不知，明月来相照。

A serene ravine where wild magnolia trees bloom along the mountain stream every spring, blossoming in silent self-containment without seeking human admiration or applause.

Inscription: 木末芙蓉花，山中发红萼。涧户寂无人，纷纷开且落。