The colors in gardens are mostly based on green
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Garden refers to a specifically cultivated natural environment and recreational realm. Using engineering technology and artistic means in a certain area to create a beautiful natural environment and recreational realm by transforming the terrain (or further building mountains, stacking rocks, and regulating water), planting trees and flowers, building buildings, and laying out garden roads, etc. It's called a garden. Unique among traditional Chinese architecture, classical garden architecture has made significant achievements.
An art form in traditional Chinese culture, which is deeply influenced by the traditional "ritual and music" culture. The spiritual culture of the human subject is set off through terrain, mountains, rivers, buildings, flowers and trees, etc. as carriers.
Gardens have many extended concepts: garden communities, garden streets, garden cities (ecological cities), national garden counties, etc. Modern lifestyle and living environment have urgent functional and artistic requirements for gardens. It plays an increasingly important role in our modern life and the future development direction of our people.
History of development
Chinese gardens have a long history and are treasures of ancient Chinese architectural art, and the art of gardening has a long history. As early as 1046 BC, after King Wu of Zhou destroyed Yin, Duke Zhou built Luoyi. By inspecting mountains and rivers, he built China's first landscape capital - Zhou Dynasty - at the foot of Mang Mountain and on the shore of Luoshui River. Royal city.
The formation of gardens was mainly influenced by the thoughts of the ruling class and the art of Buddhism, painting, and poetry. For example, during the Wei, Jin, and Southern and Northern Dynasties, the ruling class fought fiercely and the country was divided. Coupled with the influence of the prevalence of Taoism and Buddhism, metaphysics was produced. At this time, the scholar-bureaucrats either wanted to have fun, keep themselves clean, or travel around the mountains and rivers, which led to With the formation of natural aesthetics, the characteristics of garden management are mostly pastoral landscapes with natural taste.
Private gardens
It is a garden for the royal family, princes, officials, wealthy businessmen, etc. to relax. It is characterized by its small scale, so rockeries and water are often used, and the buildings are small and exquisite, showing its elegant and pure colors. Existing private gardens include Prince Gong's Mansion in Beijing, Humble Administrator's Garden, Lingering Garden, Canglang Pavilion, and Lion Garden in Suzhou, and Yu Garden in Shanghai.
It is privately owned by civilian nobles, bureaucrats, and gentry. In ancient books, it is called garden, garden pavilion, garden villa, pool pavilion, mountain pool, mountain villa, villa, thatched cottage, etc.