The most western gardens in China.

Based on the gardening concept of "from nature, higher than nature", China gardens integrate architecture, landscape and plants in the garden layout.

The integration of things, the combination of natural beauty and artificial beauty, pursues the artistic realm of "although it is man-made, it is an outstanding representative of natural landscape gardens"; In sharp contrast with China gardens, traditional western gardens are the representatives of formal gardens. The layout of the garden emphasizes the organization and coordination of geometric patterns, and emphasizes artificial beauty and geometric beauty.

Lingnan Garden, as a branch of China's three major garden systems (Northern Garden, Jiangnan Garden and Lingnan Garden), has inherited the traditional ideas of China's classical gardens. However, due to the special natural geographical environment and open and compatible culture in Lingnan area, a unique Lingnan garden style has been formed. The layout of Lingnan Gardens is based on the traditional gardens in China and absorbs the geometric rules of western gardens. The garden layout is regular and rigorous, and even the courtyard path adopts a regular pattern. For example, Huang Zunxian, a poet in the late Qing Dynasty, used irregular geometric figures in Meizhou's former residence, which is an important feature of Lingnan garden layout techniques.

Modern Lingnan private garden Chaoyang West Garden is a typical representative of the combination of Chinese and Western. The overall layout of the West Garden is different from the traditional gardening techniques in China. The gate faces west, and the entrance is an open water court. There is a hexagonal pavilion on the water facing the gate. At the northern end of Xiyuan, the residence faces south and faces the atrium, and the layout is symmetrical and regular. The plane is basically a five-room style, and the side is Chaoshan folk houses, but it absorbs the layout format of western-style buildings. The building cancelled the inner patio and replaced it with a foreign-style house organized by an inner gallery. Adding rooms on both sides of the building (demolition), combining Chinese and western, adapting to local conditions, patchwork and clever management.