Differences and Relations between Chinese and Western Ancient Garden Buildings

Differences between Chinese and Western Ancient Garden Buildings

First, cultural differences lead to different architectural cultures. China's architecture embodies Confucian culture, and pays attention to moderation and neatness, so as to reflect its solemn character. Influenced by China's ancient philosophy, China advocated the cosmology of "harmony between man and nature". "The Unity of Heaven and Man" reveals the relationship between man and nature. Nature and man are closely linked as a whole.

Man is a part of nature. China people choose wood as the basic building material, which is the result of attaching importance to the affinity between wood and life and the relationship between wood's particularity and life. The west pursues personal value and distinctive personality, so the western architectural styles are diverse, and the degree of diversification is obviously higher than that in ancient China. Western culture and religious concepts also influence western architecture, which has a strong religious color.

Second, the differences in architectural space layout reflect the differences in institutional culture and personality characteristics between China and the West. Judging from the spatial layout of buildings, the buildings in our country are the spatial pattern of closed groups, which are scattered on the ground plane. No matter what kind of buildings in China, from residential houses to palaces, they are almost a pattern, similar to the "quadrangle" model. The beauty of China architecture is a kind of "collective" beauty. It embodies the introversion characteristics of China's ancient social structure, patriarchal ideology and ethical code system.

Third, contrary to China, western architecture is an open single spatial pattern, which develops towards high altitude. Surround the building with external space and highlight the physical image of the building. This is related to the frequent exchanges between westerners through the sea and the implementation of slave democracy in society. The extroversion and scientific and democratic spirit of ancient Greece not only influenced ancient Rome, but also influenced the whole western world.

The relationship between Chinese and western ancient garden buildings

Both Chinese and western ancient garden buildings pursue harmony and unity, and all want to be integrated with nature and reflect the beauty of nature. Both China and the West regard the beautiful garden as a paradise on earth. China has a famous saying: "There is heaven in the world and Suzhou and Hangzhou in the world." If Hangzhou is half natural scenery, Suzhou is mostly artificial gardens.

Private gardens have embodied the meaning of "Xanadu", not to mention the royal gardens. This is similar to the western concept. Because in English, the word "paradise" comes from ancient Greek, and the word comes from ancient Persia, which means "luxurious garden". The concept that "luxury garden" equals "paradise" is almost the same for all mankind. At the same time, both China and the West regard gardens as symbols of power and sustenance of political feelings.