What are the characteristics of Lingnan gardens?

The characteristics of Lingnan gardens:

1, courtyard layout

Lingnan courtyard layout is roughly the following four kinds: building around the garden; front garden, backyard; study side of the garden; the front of the house behind the garden.

2, building layout around the court

Building layout around the court that is, the buildings are arranged along the perimeter of the garden, and buildings and corridors, walls to form an enclosed space layout. It is characterized by a very limited area within the layout of more buildings, and does not cause constricted, crowded situation. Such as dongguan can garden.

3, the front garden layout

The front garden or the front garden is another common layout of the Lingnan garden, garden homes, mostly in the backyard community, self-contained. Residence and garden are relatively independent, each into a district, but there is no solid wall separation, but also divided and even. The interval between the garden area and the residential area, or with the cave door and flower wall, or with the corridor and pavilion courtyard, or with the flowers and trees and pools and water. The garden was part of the owner's life, and the layout was more spacious and open. The residential area is in the form of a compound with a dense layout, but it is more flexible and free. Examples include Shunde Qinghuiyuan.

4, the layout of the side of the study

Scholar's study is a unique type of architecture in Lingnan, it is usually combined with residential and garden. Most of the shuzhai located next to the residence, shuzhai and the mansion of a wall, connected by a doorway. Shujai garden shape, size, size flexibility, garden space through the meandering, more open court, worship court, gallery, through the flower wall and other open buildings or vignettes. Shujai garden in the arrangement of water features rockery, planting flowers and trees, natural interest is relatively strong.

5, the front of the house behind the court layout

The layout of the front of the house behind the court or the front of the house next to the layout of the house in front of the traditional patio courtyard type of residence, behind or next to the house is the garden. Residence-based homes are mostly symmetrical with the central axis, and large homes can have multiple axes, through the rigorous symmetry of the courtyard, in the back or side of some homes, often unexpectedly appear a free layout of small gardens.