Chinese classical garden 中国园林 (英语论文).docVIP

Chinese classical garden Garden culture takes very important part in Chinese culture in both ancient people and modern people Key word： History Elements The classical gardens of Suzhou Chinese garden, and its associated garden culture are expressions of Chinese vernacular landscape architecture aesthetics. Several cultural factors to form Classical Chinese Gardens and make it distinctive include Neolithic shamanism(萨满教), Geomancy（撒土占卜）, Confucianism and Taoism. Chinese garden has long history。Since Shang Dynasty，The royal park was designed as a raised platform surrounded by lush vegetation in the palace where feasts were held.Successive dynasties expanded this idea into imperial hunting parks with scenic compositions of rocks and plants.Warring States，Tiger Hill (Chinese: 虎丘) was built The ultimate realization of the power aesthetic was realized by Qin Shihuang who turned the entire Wei Valley into a regional park dotted with 300 palaces connected by raised walkways in a microcosmic model of the universe. When the history turns to Western Han Dynasty Upper-Forest Garden (上林园). This park combined the features of relax. Kunming Lake with a recreation of the three fairy islands in the center, a motif that would become a common feature of later designs. Natural elements Eastern Han Dynasty An aesthetic of elegant simplicity was promoted to match an ethic of moderation. The idea of small is beautiful became the new measure of a gardens success. Small and simple Development … Tang Dynasty : multiplied number Song Dynasty : high art It was at this time Suzhou became the center of all intellectual life and garden design in China. Ming Dynasty : peak Qing Dynasty : degeneration ostentation and ornament (炫耀，装饰) Elements The design of Chinese gardens was to provide a way to come back to ones inner heart, to come back to ancient idealism. Chinese gardens are a place they could be far away from their real social lives, and close to