There was a strange building in Beidaihe, which is one of the 24 scenic spots in Beidaihe. The founder of the strange building, Simpson, was a Californian in the United States. He was born in 1898 and graduated from the famous Yale University in the United States with a doctorate in forestry specializing in horticulture. In 1928, he was sent by the Methodist Episcopal Church of the United States to the Beidaihe Seaside and founded the Dongshan Horticultural Farm. He worked and lived in Beidaihe for 12 years. During this period, he introduced more than 20 kinds of excellent fruit trees such as apples, grapes, plums, and cherries, introduced excellent poultry and livestock such as Dutch dairy cows, Yorkshire pigs, and Leghorn chickens, and introduced and promoted the pioneer shrubs of greening in North China - Amorpha fruticosa. Simpson established a deep friendship with farmers and intellectuals in the Beidaihe area. He was an envoy of Sino-US friendship, a mentor of science and technology, and the founder of modern horticulture in Beidaihe. In 1936, Simpson designed a villa with a very strange appearance from the exterior to the internal structure, which was built by local architect Su Quanren. Simpson's villa is a European Gothic building. It has three floors, five roofs, seven corners and eight sides. Every corner of the roof is made of granite with pointed walls that reach up to the sky. It looks very beautiful. There are 44 doors and 46 windows in the whole building, but not a single square room. Inside the villa, there are rooms within rooms, large and small, connected to each other. If a stranger comes in, it will be difficult to find the door he just came in after turning three or two. Walking into the middle hall, there are large glass mirrors all around. Standing in the middle, there are shadows everywhere. Turning around, it is difficult to find the door to go out. There is a well in the middle of the basement. Around the wellhead, a spiral staircase is built, connecting the upper and lower parts. This well has become a natural regulator of temperature and humidity in the villa: it is used to lower the temperature in summer and increase the humidity in winter; this staircase is made of rattan and fruit tree branches. Walking up it, it flickers, is soft and trembling, which is really interesting. This bizarre villa was soon built and quickly earned the reputation of "Strange Building". In 1940, on the eve of the outbreak of the Pacific War, Dr. Simpson returned to the United States, and his "Strange Building" became even more famous. The "strange" reputation spread far and wide, becoming a magnificent and mysterious landscape in Beidaihe, attracting many tourists to come and appreciate and inspect. During the Cultural Revolution, the Strange Building was forcibly demolished. Today's Strange Building and Garden was redesigned and rebuilt in 1991 based on the architectural style of the original Strange Building. The name of the garden was written by Hua Junwu, a famous cartoonist in my country. It covers an area of 110.8 acres and the building area of the building is 999 square meters. It inherits the essence of history, draws on the strengths of the attractions inside and outside the garden, and combines new ideas of strangeness and weirdness, with a total of 99 strange and weird scenes. Inside the strange building, there are rock waterfalls, corridors and rope bridges, multiple doors and rooms, which make it difficult to distinguish between the real and the fake; there are monsters with human bodies, visitors from outer space, huge stone lampshades, beauties playing in the water; the crystal palace is crystal clear; there is fate in the mirror..., it is really incredible; in the strange garden, there are green pines and cypresses, shady trees, blooming flowers, singing birds, cascading water and springs, secret passages... In this psychedelic and colorful world, the feeling of being both real and illusory is always with you, as if you are in a colorful fairy tale world.
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Philosophical interpretation of strange buildings and gardens from different perspectives of Eastern and Western philosophy can reveal their deep meaning in architectural art, cultural heritage and personal experience. From the perspective of Eastern philosophy, strange buildings and gardens embody the Taoist concept of "following nature". The buildings here are unique and irregular, and they are cleverly integrated with the surrounding environment, showing the possibility of harmonious coexistence between human creativity and nature. The Confucian idea of "studying things to gain knowledge" is reflected here, emphasizing that people can gain new knowledge and wisdom by observing and understanding these strange buildings. The concept of Zen is reflected in the fact that tourists can gain spiritual inspiration by exploring these strange buildings, feel the cultural accumulation and spiritual pursuit behind the design here, and achieve inner peace and purification. The Western philosophical perspective provides different dimensions of thinking. According to phenomenological theory, strange buildings and gardens, as a space that carries personal experience, are jointly constructed by the experience and consciousness of visitors. Each visitor's experience here is unique, giving this place a rich personal meaning. The pragmatic view is that strange buildings and gardens are not only for displaying unique architectural designs, but also an important place to stimulate innovative thinking and imagination. It challenges people's conventional cognition by displaying non-traditional architectural forms, and encourages them to accept new things with an open mind. In the framework of existentialism, strange buildings and gardens prompt people to think about the relationship between individual identity and creative expression. Faced with these unusual buildings, visitors may reflect on their role in society and realize that everyone has the ability to break the routine and pursue unique self-expression. In summary, whether from the perspective of Eastern or Western philosophy, strange buildings and gardens are a cultural bridge connecting architectural art and humanistic spirit, material and spiritual. It is not only a display of creative architecture, but also an inspiration for future actions, reminding us to respect the natural environment, inherit cultural wisdom, and at the same time be brave to innovate and actively contribute to social progress and personal growth.