How Chinese gardens achieve the idea of "unity of heaven and man" through gardening techniques

Chinese gardening art and Chinese literature and painting art has far-reaching historical origins, especially by the influence of the Tang and Song literati landscape painting, is a model of literati landscape simulation. In the course of its development, Chinese gardens formed two major series including royal gardens and private gardens, the former concentrated around Beijing and the latter represented by Suzhou. Due to the differences in political, economic and cultural status as well as natural and geographical conditions, there are obvious differences between the two in terms of scale, layout, volume, style and color, etc. The royal gardens are famous for their grandeur, strictness, hallowedness and richness, while the Suzhou gardens are famous for their smallness, freedom, delicacy, lightness and elegance. As the latter pay more attention to the harmony of culture and art, so the development of the late royal gardens, in the mood, creative thinking, architectural skills, humanistic content, also draws a lot of private garden "writing" approach.

Classical garden house and garden, can be appreciated, can swim, can live, the formation of this architectural form, is in the densely populated and the lack of natural scenery of the city, human attachment to nature, the pursuit of harmony with nature, beautify and improve their own living environment, a creation

One of the important characteristics of the classical gardens, it is not only a product of history and culture, but also a carrier of the traditional Chinese ideology and culture. One of the important features of the classical garden is that it is not only a product of history and culture, but also a carrier of traditional Chinese thought and culture. Expressed in the name of the garden halls, plaques, pillars, books and stones, carvings, decorations, as well as flowers and trees symbolize, stacked stones to send feelings, etc., is not only a beautifully embellished garden works of art, while storing a large number of historical, cultural, ideological and scientific information, material and spiritual content is extremely deep and wide. Among them, there are reflecting and spreading Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism and other philosophical concepts, schools of thought; there is to promote the philosophy of life, cultivate noble sentiments; and with the help of classical poetry and literature, the garden landscape embellishment, development, rendering, so that people in the habitat of travel and enjoyment, the scenery as the sentiment, resulting in the beauty of the mood, and to obtain the spiritual satisfaction. And the garden brings together well-preserved Chinese calligraphy handwriting, and is a precious work of art, has a very high cultural relics value.