 The Humble Administrator's Garden
 West Lake : Yue Fei Memorial Hall The Chinese (Scholar's) Garden is a place for solitary or social contemplation of nature. To be considered authentic, a garden must be built and planned around seventeen essential elements. 17 features of a Scholar's garden: 1) near or at the home; 2) small; 3) walled; 4) small individual sections; 5) asymmetrical; 6) various types of spatial connections; 7) architecture; 8) rocks; 9) water; 10) trees; 11) plants; 12) sculpture; 13) jie jing (borrowed scenery); 14) chimes; 15) incense burners; 16) inscriptions; 17) use of feng shui for choosing site. (source: Marylyn McKean, professor of garden history at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design) The Humble Administrators Garden, Suzhou, P.R. China (July 25th, 2004), photo author: Rolf Müller, licensed to the public under the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL). ...
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Chinese gardens were created in the same way as a combination of landscape and paintings together with poems - this was the so-called "poetic garden." The design of Chinese gardens was to provide a spiritual utopia for one to connect with nature, to come back to one's inner heart, to come back to ancient idealism. Chinese gardens are a spiritual shelter for men, a place they could be far away from their real social lives, and close to the ancient way of life, their true selves, and nature. This was an escape from the frustration and disappointment of the political problems in China. They used plants as symbols. Bamboo was used in every traditional Chinese garden. This is because bamboo represents a strong but resilient character. Often pine is used to represent longevity, persistence, tenacity and dignity. The lotus is used to symbolize purity. The flowering plum is one of the most important aspects of a Chinese garden, as it represents renewal and strength of will. Flowering peaches are grown for spring color, and sweet olive as well. The chrysanthemum is use to symbolize splendor, luster and "the courage to make sacrifices for a natural life". Peonies symbolize wealth and banana trees are used simply for the sound they make in the breeze. This article does not cite its references or sources. ...
The Mona Lisa is perhaps the best-known artistic painting in the Western world. ...
The Chinese poem Quatrain on Heavenly Mountain by Emperor Gaozong (Song Dynasty) Poetry (from the Greek , poesis, making or creating) is a form of art in which language is used for its aesthetic qualities in addition to, or in lieu of, its ostensible meaning. ...
Spirituality, in a narrow sense, concerns itself with matters of the spirit. ...
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Spirituality, in a narrow sense, concerns itself with matters of the spirit. ...
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For other uses, see Bamboo (disambiguation). ...
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Binomial name Gaertn. ...
Binomial name Prunus mume Siebold & Zucc. ...
Binomial name Osmanthus fragrans Lour. ...
Species Chrysanthemum aphrodite Chrysanthemum arcticum Chrysanthemum argyrophyllum Chrysanthemum arisanense Chrysanthemum boreale Chrysanthemum chalchingolicum Chrysanthemum chanetii Chrysanthemum cinerariaefolium Chrysanthemum coronarium, Crown daisy Chrysanthemum crassum Chrysanthemum glabriusculum Chrysanthemum hypargyrum Chrysanthemum indicum Chrysanthemum japonense Chrysanthemum japonicum Chrysanthemum lavandulifolium Chrysanthemum mawii Chrysanthemum maximowiczii Chrysanthemum mongolicum Chrysanthemum morifolium Chrysanthemum morii Chrysanthemum okiense Chrysanthemum oreastrum Chrysanthemum...
Species See text A white peony in Warren County, Indiana. ...
Rock Decorative rocks, sometimes termed Chinese scholar's rocks, are used both for structural and sculptural purposes. The sculptural Taihu rock is especially prized because it represents wisdom and immortality, and is only procurable from Tai Lake, just west of Suzhou. Chinese scholars rocks, also known as scholar stones or viewing stones, are small shaped or naturally-occurring rocks appreciated by Chinese scholars from the Song dynasty onwards. ...
Taihu Lake (Chinese: ; pinyin: ; literally Grand Lake) is a large lake in the Yangtze Delta plain, on the border of Jiangsu and Zhejiang province. ...
This article is about the city in Jiangsu. ...
Water
 Water is an important element in Shanghai's Yuyuan Gardens. Chinese gardens usually feature a central pond and several offshooting streams. The softness of water offsets the solidity of the rocks, while also acting to reflect the constantly changing sky above. Goldfish, carp, and mandarin ducks are three of the most commonly raised fauna. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1712x2304, 1740 KB) Summary Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Shanghai Specular reflection Chinese garden Yuyuan Gardens Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from...
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Trinomial name Carassius auratus auratus (Linnaeus, 1758) For the baked snack crackers, please see Goldfish (snack). ...
Binomial name (Linnaeus, 1758) Koi ) (IPA: ), or more specifically nishikigoi ) (IPA: , literally brocaded carp), are ornamental domesticated varieties of the common carp Cyprinus carpio. ...
Architecture The architecture of a garden consists of pavilions for various purposes, walkways, and outer and inner walls. The walls will have moon-shaped doorways and small windows in the shapes of vases.
Pavement The pavement of a Chinese Scholar's Garden might include intricate natural patterns or simply dirt depending on the wealth and mission of the owner.
Decoration Decoration consists of calligraphy carved into rocks or walls, and lattice windows. Some windows have the shape of different objects such as apples, pears, circles, pentagons etc.
Plants
"Divine Trace" in the eatern suburb of Nanjing Many garden plants have essential symbolism. Pine trees represent wisdom and bamboo represents strength and upright morality. Plum trees are also extremely valuable to the Chinese for their beautiful pink and white blooms during winter. Chrysanthemums were also extremely well-loved because of their autumn bloom (when most plants wither and die) and symbolize the perfect Confusician scholar. Peonies symbolize wealth and power, and the lotus symbolizes purity (and is also a revered Buddhist plant). Climbing roses, camellias, ginkgos, magnolias, jasmine, willows, sweet osmanthus, and maples were also planted. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
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Binomial name Rosa banksiae Banks The Rosa species R. banksiae, commonly referred to as the Lady Banks Rose, is indigineous to Western China, between the Yunnan and Shensi mountain ranges. ...
The variety of sensory features enhance a garden's appeal. Windows frame garden views. Trees and flowers provide aroma. Even the intricate designs of pavement and gravel offer tactile enjoyment. Suzhou (pronounced Sue-Joe), in eastern China is widely known for its numerous classical private scholar gardens. This article is about the city in Jiangsu. ...
Blossom The plum blossom is one of the "Four Junzi Flowers" (四君子) in China (the others being orchid, chrysanthemum, and bamboo) and symbolized nobleness. The Chinese see the blossoms as more of a symbol for winter rather than a harbinger of spring. It is precisely for this reason that the blossoms are so beloved, because they bloom most vibrantly amidst the winter snow while all other flowers have long since succumbed to the cold and died. Thus, they are seen as an example of resilience and perseverance in the face of adversity, and thus has also been used as a metaphor to symbolize revolutionary struggle. Because they blossom in winter, the ume, the pine, and the bamboo together have been called the "Three Friends of the Cold" (岁寒三友). Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
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The classical gardens of Suzhou Suzhou is located in the southeastern part of Jiangsu Province. The city was established as the capital of the state of Wu during the Warring States Period of the Eastern Zhou dynasty, c.476-221 BCE. When the Grand Canal linking many older canals in China was constructed during the Sui dynasty, Suzhou prospered, becoming a center of the silk trade. During the Song dynasty, nearby Hangzhou became the imperial capital and Suzhou grew as well, a convenient retreat for scholars, officials and merchants.
Marco Polo visited "Su-chau" and remarked on the large size of the city, its prosperity, the silk trade and its "6,000 stone bridges". He said that the name of the city meant "Earth", and that there was another nearby city designated as "Heaven". Other early sources referred to Suzhou as "Earthly Paradise".
Gardening in Suzhou reached its height during the Ming and Qing dynasties. There were over 280 private gardens then in Suzhou and landscaping became an art with established masters. The mild climate, along with 230 frost-free days and around 43 inches of rain annually the area is perfect for gardening endeavors.
Sixty-nine gardens in and around Suzhou are still in good condition. In 1997, UNESCO added four of the private gardens of Suzhou to the World Heritage list, extending this in 2000 to include the historic section of the city and five other gardens in the area.
 Bonsai Garden at the pagoda Yunyan Ta (Cloud Rock Pagoda; Suzhou, China) Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2288x1520, 798 KB) Bonsai forest at the gardens of pagoda Yunyan Ta (Cloud Rock Pagoda), also known as leaning pagoda (Suzhou, China) Author: Miguel A. Monjas Date: 07/27, 2005 File links The following pages link to this file: Suzhou Metadata...
Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2288x1520, 798 KB) Bonsai forest at the gardens of pagoda Yunyan Ta (Cloud Rock Pagoda), also known as leaning pagoda (Suzhou, China) Author: Miguel A. Monjas Date: 07/27, 2005 File links The following pages link to this file: Suzhou Metadata...
Noteworthy Chinese gardens in other countries // The New York Chinese Scholars Garden. ...
Portland Classical Chinese Garden is a Suzhou-style walled garden enclosing a full city block in the Chinatown neighborhood of Portland, Oregon. ...
The Dr. Sun Yat Sen Classical Chinese Garden in Vancouver’s Chinatown. ...
Chinese Garden of Friendship Entrance to the Garden The Chinese Garden of Friendship (Chinese: è°Šå›) is a Chinese garden in Darling Harbour and close to Chinatown in Sydney, Australia. ...
Gardens of China This list of Chinese gardens is a list of Chinese-style gardens both within China and elsewhere in the world. ...
For other uses, see Bonsai (disambiguation). ...
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