Royal gardens belong to the emperor and the royal family. In ancient books, they are called gardens, palaces, gardens and imperial gardens. The royal garden is an important part of the royal living environment, so it reflects the imperial power consciousness of the feudal ruling class and embodies the concept of the supremacy of imperial power, but its attitude towards nature is a royal style that tends to override nature. Royal gardens have a strong artificial atmosphere, and artificial beauty wins more, while natural beauty only takes a secondary position.
Private gardens are the private property of princes, nobles, landlords, wealthy businessmen and literati except the emperor. In ancient books, it is called garden, garden pavilion, garden villa, pool, mountain pond, mountain villa, villa and other businesses. Most private gardens are designed and built by literati painters, so their attitude towards nature is mainly manifested in the philosophical thoughts and artistic interests of the literati class. Influenced by the idea of seclusion, its style is simple, elegant, exquisite and cordial.
2. Differences in scale
Royal gardens are large in scale, and emperors can use their political privileges and strong financial resources to build gardens for their own enjoyment, so their scale is far from that of private gardens. The earliest imperial garden mausoleum in China is 35km away from Fiona Fang, and it was in Shanglinyuan in Qin and Han Dynasties, with a width of150km.
Because of the limited space, private gardens are generally small, usually only a few acres to more than ten acres, and the small ones are only one and a half acres. The theme of The Gardener is "seeing the big from the small", that is, within a limited scope, people's subjective re-creation is initiated by means of suggestion, promotion and inhibition, twists and turns and hints, creating seemingly endless landscapes and expanding people's feelings about the actual space.
3. Different layouts
Royal gardens are generally balanced, symmetrical, solemn, luxurious and majestic. In front of the garden is the living place (the main part), and then the sightseeing place.
Private gardens are dominated by landscapes and other landscapes, with architecture as a supporting role. Most of them are centered on the water surface and surrounded by buildings, forming a scenic spot, and several scenic spots are surrounded by each other; In dealing with the landscape, he is good at making great changes in a limited space and skillfully forming ever-changing scenic spots and tourist routes. Pink walls, flower windows or corridors are often used to divide landscape space, but they are continuous and interesting.
4. Differences in site selection.
Because the royal garden represents the feudal imperial power, it can not only enclose the original mountain and the real lake, such as the summer resort in the Qing Dynasty, the mountain in the northwest is a natural mountain, and the lake view in the southeast is transformed from a natural lake. It can also be superimposed and cut, just like natural mountains, rivers and seas, such as Genyue in the Song Dynasty and Qingyi Garden in the Qing Dynasty (the northern mountain scenery is artificially superimposed).
The private gardens of feudal literati were mostly built in cities or suburbs, which were associated with houses. In a small area, the pursuit of spatial artistic change, elegant and exquisite style, to achieve the artistic conception of seeking interest in the middle, and to meet the novel requirements.