Why is it said that Japanese and Korean traditional culture is better preserved, and what are typical examples?

Application of Japanese Kusan Shui - Combination of modern garden and Kusan Shui

The garden is not big, but it is small, exquisite and comprehensive, reproducing the infinite mood of nature through limited space. Japanese garden is like a refined sketch, focusing on every detail of the carving, so that the garden everywhere for the scenery everywhere to achieve exquisite.

Japanese garden with color are relatively simple and elegant, no gorgeous coloring, but it is thought-provoking, doubly serene.

In the Japanese garden, no matter the architecture, rocks, flowers, trees, and vignettes are all extremely elaborate, and the pursuit of a refreshing and elegant style is highly sought after, creating the same state of enlightenment as that pursued by Buddhism.

Japanese gardens are divided into Ikezumi Garden (real landscape) and Kusansui:

Ikezumi Garden - the landscape is all in a square inch in a single thought

Ikezumi Garden is the real landscape in miniature. In the pool garden, often using the figurative approach to the pool than the sea, the stone instead of the island, the spring instead of waterfalls. In the construction of these gardens, the pond is usually the main focus, and the waterfall, waterfall, and curved water are also used. The term "Yishui" is used to refer to the practice of streaming.

Kusansui - a Zen "spiritual garden"

Kusansui is the best and most unique form of gardening for Japanese gardens, and it belongs to the Zen gardens. Some people even call it a "spiritual garden". Kusansui uses rocks, raked gravel, and mossy ground in the shade as its main components, creating a landscape with mountains and water, emphasizing the meaning of "Kure, Silence, Wabi-sabi"

I think the good thing about Japan is that it has a very good business system. I think the good thing about Japan is that it has a very good business system that allows these traditional culture masters to make a living - even if it's not very well-paid, but at least it represents elegance on a spiritual level, or it combines Japanese style things with modern craftsmanship. Perhaps this has something to do with the promotion of the spirit of craftsmanship in traditional Japanese culture, which in China is a minor detail ......

Japan is better at preserving and passing on traditional culture than China, such as in architecture -- Japanese-style gardens

Japanese-style Although the garden originated from Chinese culture, it has gradually formed a garden art with unique Japanese cultural character traits after a long period of development. In the process of imitating the Chinese garden, it has gradually moved towards the realm of ku, silent, wabi-sabi. Today, the Japanese garden as a whole presents a quiet, simple, condensed and mysterious style.