What is the difference between a pavilion and a porch in a Chinese garden?

The pavilion a kind of open small building, mostly with bamboo, wood, stone and other materials, the plane is generally round, square, hexagonal, octagonal and fan-shaped, etc., the top of the single-eaved, eave, save the pointed roof for more. According to its location, there are bridge pavilions, road pavilions, well pavilions, corridor pavilions and so on. The largest scale in the garden is the summer palace seventeen-hole bridge on the east side of the corridor such as pavilion. Interpretation of the name "said: pavilion that stops the meaning, is for visitors to rest, cool, shelter from the rain and view the surrounding beauty of the place. Pavilion generally do not have windows and doors, only the roof without walls, with four wind, eight exquisite features. Its form of a thousand forms, colorful, its ting ting yu standing image, can make the landscape color. Pavilion in the garden must be based on the view, it is in the site selection, it must be surrounded by very distinctive beauty, and its choice of viewing angle, viewing distance is also the best, so the pavilion is known as "the eye of the garden" reputation. Because the pavilion must be surrounded by beautiful scenery can be viewed, is based on the landscape, so travelers often pavilion for the lead, so the pavilion has played a role in organizing tours. The corridor has a covered walkway called the corridor. Gallery Usually arranged between two buildings or ornamental points, playing a shelter from the wind and rain, linking the traffic and other practical functions, but also on the landscape in the garden of the unfolding and level of the organization has an important role. From the shape of the cross-section, the corridor can be divided into four types: double-sided air corridor (both sides through), single-sided air corridor, double corridor (in the middle of the double-sided air corridor plus a wall), double corridor (up and down two layers). From the overall shape and location, and can be divided into straight corridors, curved corridors, corridors, climbing corridors and bridge corridors. The characteristics of the corridor narrow and smooth, curved and airy, used to link the scenic spots and attractions, it is a kind of both "lead" and "view" of the building. Narrow and smooth to promote the development of some kind of expectation and seek the mood, can achieve the "lead everyone wins" purpose; curved and airy can be viewed to the ever-changing scenery, because by the step by step scenic difference. In addition, the corridor column also has the role of framing the scene. Salt Waterfront or partial or full construction of buildings on the water, used for rest and viewing the water. Waterfront open house called water thanks. Its characteristics: a platform in the water's edge. Half into the water, half of the frame on the shore, on the pavilion-shaped building, surrounded by columns set between the railing or beauty leaning, waterfront side of the special open. Sometimes the building on its platform, the inner circle to leak the window wall and round hole floor cover to be separated, the periphery into the corridor, surrounded by open fa?ade, simple, light, and become a good place for people to rest at the water's edge and landscape. The main function of the water parlor is used to embellish the water features for visitors to enjoy the water features, also often used as a teahouse in tourism, visitors in this on the one hand, you can rest cool, on the other hand, you can also sip tea and watch the scenery, a multi-purpose, so it is the ideal place to stop and enjoy the water features. Water has a gentle and lively character, the garden has a water, the scenery is more charming, poetic. At the water's edge, the sky light and clouds, waves and reflections, swimming fish and lotus, sunlight and moonlight ...... are important content of viewing, it can give people the enjoyment of beauty. Mr. Jin Xuezhi in the "Chinese garden aesthetics" in the beauty of the water is summarized as: the beauty of the clean, the beauty of the virtual content, the beauty of the flow, the beauty of the article. According to his analysis, the clean beauty of the water, not only is wet, cooling, purifying the environment of the material cleaning function, but also shows the washing of the spirit of the nature of the spirit, clarify the nature of the heart, cultivate the temperament, purify the soul of the spirit of the cleaning function; water of the beauty of the virtual content, not only the performance of the water quality of the crystal clear, crystalline transparency of the beauty of the water, but also expressed in the reflection of the real and unreal. Like real or virtual, up and down the sky light, trance, the beauty of the virtual spirit; the beauty of the flow of water, not only in the insertion of heaven and earth, the source of long-lasting lively flow of state, but also manifested in the same as people talk to people, for people to play the sound of the gurgling; the beauty of the article of the water, the focus on the Su Xun description of the Fengshui phase, the wind blowing the water crepe at the time of all kinds of different states. These constitute the beauty of the water in a thousand different forms of Wenlan embroidery. Hall for the main building in the garden, often for the layout of the whole garden center, is the essence of the country, the scene of the convergence of the place. The hall is an independent building in the garden split from the ancient monolithic building. In ancient architecture, the hall for the guests, banquets, rituals with the room, the hall for the single building in the center, sunny and wide room, but also social activities. Hall is the main building in the garden, generally taller, with good viewing conditions and orientation, often for the main body of garden architecture and composition center. The function of the hall more for the party, banquet, enjoy the scenery, its multiple functions in one. Therefore, the hall is characterized by: tall, spacious, beautifully decorated, rich furnishings, generally before and after or around the doors and windows are open, you can quietly watch the garden outside the hall. Hall and there are four halls, Yuanyang Hall, the main halls more than four halls, in order to facilitate the view, often not closed around the wall, and set up large partitions, floor-to-ceiling windows, and surrounded by corridors. Yuanyang Hall is a screen or cover will be divided into two, divided into before and after the two parts, before and after the decoration, furnishings are also distinctive. The advantage of the Yuanyang Hall is that a hall can be used for two purposes at the same time, such as the front for celebrations and then for hospitality, or with the change of seasons, choose the right location for hospitality, sitting. In addition, the lotus Hall and the Hall of the fish more waterfront and built, generally in front of a platform for viewers to freely choose the target on the platform, enjoy the tour. Hall often into a closed courtyard layout, just open the front doors and windows, it is the owner of the garden living place. Generally speaking, different halls have different functions, such as the Yuyuan Garden in Shanghai, three Sui Hall is used as a meeting place for guests, point spring hall for banquets, theater, Yuhua Hall is a study. Therefore, the function of each hall according to the specific circumstances, not identical to each other. Lent that is the meaning of fasting, its environment is generally more secluded and quiet, its style is mostly simple and elegant, with elegant interest, Lent in the garden mostly for meditation, reading, rest. Xuan and pavilion is similar, is also a classical garden in the role of small buildings in the starting point. Xuan and pavilion is different: Xuan with simple tables and chairs and other furnishings for visitors to rest, in general, the garden in the Xuan for poets and ink masters gatherings, the requirements of a quiet environment, the shape of the simple, and more traditional paintings and calligraphy, plaques, couplets embellished, can give a person with a subtle, elegant interest. Xuan is also mostly used for enjoying the scenery. Boat Boat is a kind of boat-shaped building built on the water surface of the garden modeled after the shape of a boat for people to play and hold banquets and enjoy the water scenery, such as "Xiangzhou" in Suzhou Humble Administrator's Garden, "Qingyan Boat" in Beijing Summer Palace, etc. It is a boat-shaped building by the water or in the water. It is a boat-shaped building on the water's edge or in the water, divided into three sections in front and back, with the front cabin higher, the middle cabin slightly lower, and the back cabin built with a two-story building for climbing up to the top to enjoy the view from afar. The front end has a flat Qiaokou connected to the shore, imitating the boarding of the springboard. Because the defense can not move also known as untethered boat. Defense in the water, so that people are closer to the water, in which people have a sense of swinging in the water, is the garden for people to rest, enjoyment, drinking and banqueting place. But animal this building, in the Chinese garden art of mood creation has a special significance, we know that the boat is the main means of transportation in ancient Jiangnan, but since Zhuang Zi said, "incompetent people have nothing to seek, full of food and invite swim, flooded with untethered boat" after the animal has become a symbol of the ancient literati seclusion of the rivers and lakes, said the owner of the garden seclusion of the rivers and lakes, then do not ask The symbol of the garden is a symbol of the ancient literati's seclusion in the rivers and lakes. So it is often the owner of the garden to send thoughts of the building, suitable for the world of the meaning of seclusion. Because in ancient times there are a considerable part of the scholars were disillusioned, dissatisfied with the reality of life, often want to escape from the world of seclusion, delayed in the mountains and water, and their free voluntourism, most of them are to buy a boat to the thousands of miles in a day, rafting between the mountains and the water, is not it fun. Therefore, the prevention in the garden often contains the meaning of seclusion, but the boat in different occasions also have different meanings, such as suzhou lion forest, this is the back garden of the buddhist temple, so the boat in the garden contains the meaning of universal sentient beings. And the stone animal of the Summer Palace, according to the Tang Wei Zheng said: "the water can carry the boat, can also cover the boat", because the stone boat can't cover forever, so it contains the meaning of the river and the mountain forever. Shanghai Yuyuan garden inside the garden on the rockery of the boat is suitable for "here is the paradise on earth" of the solution. Pavilion A small-scale hall for resting and meeting guests, sometimes also used as the name of an architectural group, such as the Summer Palace's Listening to the LIXI Pavilion and the Yiyun Pavilion. Terrace Terrace is an open-air, relatively flat surface, open building. There can be no building on it, only for people to rest, watching, entertainment, can also build buildings, the platform as the basis of the building looks majestic and tall. Built on the basis of different landforms are called platform (built on the top of the mountain), pick platform (built on the cliffs), floating platform (built on the water's edge). The pavilion The pavilion is a high-rise building in the garden, generally larger, richly modeled. Early building is a two-story monolithic building stack, for residential use. And the pavilion is empty on the bottom, the main building is located on the upper floor, mostly used for viewing the scenery. Later, the multi-storey halls for storing books and paintings or for Buddha were also called pavilions, such as the Buddhist incense pavilion in the Summer Palace in Beijing. Bridges Bridges, islands and embankments are important elements in the composition of garden water features. According to the shape of the bridge, there are arch bridges, flat bridges, pavilion bridges and corridor bridges. The materials for building bridges are mostly stone, bamboo, wood and so on. China's northern royal gardens are mostly spectacular bridge, while the southern gardens are mostly small and delicate arch bridge.