Architectural Features of Suzhou Gardens

Suzhou garden architecture has the following characteristics:

First, free and flexible building layout. Chinese traditional architecture early to regular courtyard as the basic form, forming a closed space. This layout is obviously not applicable to Suzhou Garden, garden building layout to break the symmetry, the layout of the regular, pay attention to the local conditions, flexible changes.

Monolithic building treatment is also unconventional. Ancient Chinese architectural plane for the odd number, three, five rooms mostly. The Humble Administrator's Garden Begonia Spring Dock for two openings, stay in the garden Hifeng Xuan for two and a half. Liouyuan Mingser building roof, east for the hermitage, west for the hard hilltop, the form of chic, but and the surrounding buildings in harmony.

Second, changing building types. Garden building types, in a variety of buildings can be said to be second to none. Suzhou garden architecture is broadly divided into halls and pavilions, pavilions, pavilions, pavilions, corridors five types, each type has a variety of forms, varied. Four sides of the hall, four sides of the long windows, people in the hall can appreciate the surrounding scenery, such as the Humble Administrator's Garden of the Yuanxiang Hall, the surrounding scenery has its own characteristics, such as viewing a long scroll.

Third, the detailed and exquisite decoration. The decoration of Suzhou garden buildings is divided into outer eaves decoration and inner eaves decoration, both are the combination of technology and art, with practical and ornamental dual function. Architectural decoration is flexible, focusing on coordination with the environment, often used as decorative patterns of the three friends of the year pine, bamboo, plum and qin, chess, calligraphy, painting, etc., which is rich in calligraphy, with deep cultural connotations.

Fourth, light and elegant architectural style. Suzhou garden building volume is generally not large, compared with the royal garden building, looks small and exquisite, make people feel friendly, with the breath of life. Intentionally pursued and the combination of nature, easy to enjoy the scenery.

The buildings are more open, so that the building appears to be transparent, no sense of closure. Due to the mild climate in Jiangnan, the roof tiles do not use gray sand under the roof, the corner of the roof is more stretching and flowing, the roof looks "like a bird, such as the leather, such as the Album fly".

Suzhou garden building colors and the royal garden architecture of the brilliant colors form a strong contrast. With a large area of whitewashed walls as the base, black and gray roofs with small tiles and greenish-gray terrazzo brick door frames and window frames, maroon or dark gray wooden beams and frames decorated to give a person a sense of elegance and tranquility.

Extended information:

Suzhou classical garden house and garden in one, can be appreciated, can swim, can live. The formation of this architectural form is a creation of human beings' attachment to nature, pursuit of harmony with nature, and beautification and improvement of their own living environment in the densely populated cities and cities lacking natural scenery.

The Chinese philosophy, history and humanistic customs embedded in the classical gardens of Suzhou are a symbol and concentration of the humanistic and historical traditions and local customs of the south of the Yangtze River, which show the essence of Chinese culture, and have a unique historical status and significant artistic value in the history of gardening in the world. The Humble Administrator's Garden, Liouyuan represents the classical gardens of Suzhou is known as "within a stone's throw to recreate the Qiankun", is the leading Chinese garden culture and pride.