Text|History of the Hidden Mountains of the Far Mountains
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preface
Classical Chinese gardens are a brilliant stroke in Chinese history books, but also the sustenance of people's emotions and ideals in all eras, from the concept of construction to the construction process, what it wants to express and express is the natural world abstracted by the ancients.
Classical Chinese gardens everywhere reflect the spiritual state and civilization of ancient human society, and also reflect the aesthetic trends popular at that time. Classical Chinese gardens bring together literature, philosophy and art, which not only has practical functions, but also creates very valuable spiritual and cultural values.
Chengde Mountain Resort
The Four Great Classical Gardens of China
Summer palace
The Summer Palace, formerly known as "Qingyi Garden", was built in the fifteenth year of Qianlong and was the emperor's palace to escape the summer. Later, it was damaged and burned due to the invasion of the Anglo-French army, and it was rebuilt during the Guangxu period, and was renamed "Summer Palace" in the 14th year of Guangxu, which means to raise the heavenly year.
At present, the Summer Palace is the best-preserved garden among classical Chinese gardens, which inherits the essence of traditional Chinese garden culture and is known as the "Museum of Chinese Classical Garden Architecture", highlighting the infinite charm of Chinese classical art and traditional culture.
Summer palace
The collection in the Summer Palace is very rich and varied, and the collection also has multi-dimensional appreciation value such as art, culture and history, such as visiting the temple, viewing the various furnishings in the hall, or sitting in front of the corridor to feel the subtle tranquility of the classical garden, making people feel like shuttling between history and reality.
Summer palace
The gardening technique of the Summer Palace is a perfect fusion of northern and southern garden styles, combining natural landscapes and architecture, highlighting the will of "under the whole world, there is no royal land" at that time. The Summer Palace has a large number of exquisite buildings such as halls, halls, buildings, pavilions, corridors, pavilions, pavilions and bridges, and also uses the method of gardening within a garden to create a world-famous garden within a garden.
Summer palace
As a representative form of the imperial garden, the Summer Palace has great historical value and inheritance significance. Mountain stones, water bodies, buildings, plants and other elements complement each other, together constitute the overall environment of the garden, visit the green of the mountains, the clear blue of the water, and always have the touch of beauty.
Summer palace
Chengde Mountain Resort
Located in the north of downtown Chengde, Hebei Province, the summer resort was an important place for Qing Dynasty emperors to escape the summer heat and handle government affairs.
The summer resort was built in 1703, the twenty-fourth year of the Kangxi Dynasty, and took 89 years to complete after the Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong dynasties of the Qing Dynasty. In the early Qing Dynasty, many important political, military, ethnic and diplomatic affairs were handled here, so Chengde Mountain Resort became the second political center at that time.
Chengde Mountain Resort
The whole summer resort is divided into four parts: palace area, lake area, plain area and mountain area, with majestic and solemn architectural style, and beautiful scenery. The villa has 72 scenes designated by the Kangxi Emperor, including hundreds of buildings such as halls, halls, pavilions, corridors, xuan, pavilions, and temples. There is a landscape in the garden, and the landscape and architecture are integrated with each other.
Chengde Mountain Resort
The whole summer resort is watery in the southeast and mountainous in the northwest, which is a microcosm of China's natural geography and landform. The villa not only has the style and structure of southern gardens, but also follows the common gardening techniques in the north, so it has become a model of the perfect combination of northern and southern architectural art.
Chengde Mountain Resort
The design style of the summer resort not only highlights the royal momentum, but also reflects the characteristics of Jiangnan water town, where the blue stream is shallow, the lotus flowers are numerous, and there are very legendary stories behind the mountains, stones, grasses and trees. It enjoys the reputation of "the epitome of China's geographical formation" and "the highest example of Chinese classical garden".
Chengde Mountain Resort
Humble Administrator's Garden
Located in Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province, the Humble Administrator's Garden is the largest classical garden in Suzhou and a typical representative of private gardens in Jiangnan.
The Humble Administrator's Garden was built in the early years of the Ming Dynasty and is divided into three gardens: east, west and middle. The east garden is surrounded by mountains and ponds, and is embellished with architecture; The architecture of the West Garden is exquisite; The middle garden is the essence of the garden, but also the main part, the water body area is large, all buildings are built next to the water, very characteristic of Jiangnan water town.
Humble Administrator's Garden
The Humble Administrator's Garden has its own unique artistic characteristics in the layout style, and pays more attention to imitating nature in landscaping, creating an artistic conception of "although made by people, it seems to open from the sky". The Humble Administrator's Garden wins with water, with the largest pool in the Jiangnan garden, and the entire water surface is scattered and interconnected.
Humble Administrator's Garden
Xiaofei Hongqiao is the only covered bridge in the Humble Administrator's Garden, where the space is rich and the scenery changes step by step, standing on the bridge, the surrounding water features, corridors, etc. can be seen. Standing here, you can see the scenery of the middle garden and the natural scenery, creating an infinite rich scenery.
Humble Administrator's Garden
The landscaping elements in the Humble Administrator's Garden mainly include four important parts: stacked stones, water management, plants and buildings. It is mainly supplemented by artificially built pavilions, platforms, buildings, pavilions, pavilions and other buildings on the basis of natural landscapes, which improves the appeal and influence of garden art.
Humble Administrator's Garden
Lingering Garden
Located at No. 338 Liuyuan Road, outside the gate of Chengxi, Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province, the Lingering Garden is a prestigious private garden in Jiangnan in China.
The Lingering Garden was built during the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, because the garden was planted with white-bark pine and green bamboo, and the color in the garden was cold, so it was named "Hanbi Villa", commonly known as "Liu Garden". Later, it was obtained by Shengkang, and only this garden was retained due to the war, so it took the homonym "lingering garden".
Humble Administrator's Garden
The Lingering Garden is closely connected to the mansion, and it is mainly divided into three major areas as a whole. In the east, different buildings are stacked to create a different style and elegance, in the west, rockeries and rocks are used to create mountain scenery with winding paths, and in the middle, the quiet water feature highlights the natural artistic conception.
Humble Administrator's Garden
The Lingering Garden is famous for its unique and exquisite architectural art. The overlapping building groups and the endless changes of architectural space, which are revealed, dense, virtual and real, and free, are breathtaking, covering an area of about 30 acres, of which buildings account for one-third of the total area.
Humble Administrator's Garden
In the Lingering Garden, there are not only landscape spaces dominated by flowers and trees, but also architectural combination spaces, gardens, courtyards, patios, and other spaces. When people walk, there is a sense of overwhelm, and at the same time, it will make people feel galloping, opening and closing, and the sense of rhythm of ups and downs is just right, just like enjoying a spatial symphony.
Humble Administrator's Garden
epilogue
The reason why classical Chinese gardens are still famous today is largely because the artistic conception expressed in classical gardens is the perfect embodiment of natural beauty and artistic beauty.
Gardens can not only create a beautiful environment, but also cultivate people's emotions. Recreation in the garden is conducive to alleviating the fatigue caused by long-term work, so that the mind and spirit can be restored, and at the same time it can broaden the horizon, improve the aesthetic ability, and enrich people's spiritual world.
Humble Administrator's Garden