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An Introduction to Classical Gardens The Development of Classical Gardens The Art of Chinese Gardening
Classical Chinese Gardens
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“The Mother of World Gardens”
“A Wonder of World Art” A fantastic integration of
exquisite building crafts and natural scenery
The pursuit of natural beauty is the ultimate goal
Introduction
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Features An essential part of traditional Chinese culture A symbol of one’s status (royal families/the
wealthy/the literati) Artistic design (landscape painting/poetry) A reflection of people’ outlook towards life Influenced by Chinese philosophical/religious
thoughts The gardens are man-made, but they look like
a divine creation
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Imperial Summer Re
sort
Summer Palace
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The Humble Administrator’s Garden 拙政园
王献臣
文徵明
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The Lion Grove Garden (Buddhist)天如 倪云林
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The Essential Elements of the Garden
Rockeries Water Plants Architecture
The Art of Chinese Gardening
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Cloud-capped Peak 冠云峰( 6.5 meters King of Taihu rock)
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The Nine Lions Peak 九狮峰
Taihu rocks are slender and elegant in shape, marked with clear veins, rich in curves and lines on the surface, riddled with holes, and porous in substance so that water may be passed up and down foran even distribution of moisture.
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Water plays an essential role It gives pulsating life to the garden
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In spring, peach trees blossom; In summer, lotuses blossom & willows;
In autumn, maple leaves change color;
In winter, the evergreen provide greenery (plum blossom)
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The Long corridor in Summer Palace
The Zigzag Corridor
The Corridor on Water
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The footpathsof colored pebbles arranged in patterns
It is the feature of Chinese landscape gardening
Patterned Footpaths
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The Marble Boat
The largest marble boat in Summer Palace
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The Scenic OpeningThe fancy gates and windows, the artistic feature of Chinese architecture
Any form (round, square, oval, leaf-shaped)
Plants or rockeries
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Scenic windows
Latticed windows ( 漏窗 )
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The Development of Classical Gardens
The Shang and Zhou dynasties (3000 years) Imperial parks: the earliest form of Chinese
gardens (Yuan or You)
The hunting parks: high terraces were built; birds and beasts were raised for emperors tohunt for pleasure.
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The Qin & Han dynasties Hunting parks were further developed into palatial
gardens royal palaces for recreation and banquet
(the architecture were the major form)
Shanglin Park: the first royal garden
Celestial Lake (where stand three mounts of immortals) Penglai, Yingzhou and Fangzhang
“One lake with three mounts”
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Hua Qing Palace A model of imperial gardens
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Northern Song DynastyThe Literati Gardens
Canglang Pavilion
苏舜钦
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Southern Song Notion: gardens should imitate
nature and go beyond the beauty of
nature. Natural landscape gardens
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The Yuan Dynasty
The Lion Grove GardenA pearl of private gardens in Suzhou
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The Ming Dynasty
The largest private garden
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The Qing Dynasty
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The Lingering Garden 留园
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