What are the skills of introducing Jiangnan gardens into royal gardens from the middle of Qing Dynasty to the end of Qing Dynasty?

Did you also take the self-study exam? Hey, hey ... me too. This topic is one of the topics in the garden history exam in April this year.

The answer is as follows:

There are three ways for the Royal Gardens to introduce the gardening techniques of Jiangnan Gardens:

First of all, introduce the gardening techniques of Jiangnan gardens. -On the basis of maintaining the traditional style of northern architecture, common garden architectural forms in the south of the Yangtze River, such as verandah, water gallery, climbing gallery, arch bridge, pavilion bridge, flat bridge, boat, pavilion, powder wall, leaky window, cave dwelling, flower street building, etc., as well as some sketches, details and decorations, are widely used, and the methods of overlapping mountains by various factions in the south of the Yangtze River are widely used, but the materials of overlapping mountains are mainly bluestone and North Taihu stone.

Second, reproduce the theme of Jiangnan gardens. -Many "landscapes" in the royal gardens of the Qing Dynasty actually reproduce the theme of the gardens in the south of the Yangtze River in the north, and can also be said to be variations of some famous gardens in the royal gardens. For example, the scene of "sitting on a stone back stream" in Yuanmingyuan condensed, transplanted and imitated the idea of the famous Lanting in Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province. The mountains were artificially built on three sides and the water was diverted into waterfalls and streams.

Third, the concrete imitation of the famous garden. -Based on some famous gardens in the south of the Yangtze River, they were built in imperial gardens according to their planning and layout, such as An Lan Garden in Yuanmingyuan imitating Chen Haining Garden and Changchun Garden imitating Jiangning Zhan Garden.

I have written it, especially on page P438 of The History of Classical Gardens in China.

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