What is the development history of Japanese gardens?

Japanese gardens have a long history. In the 6th century, China gardens were introduced into Japan with Buddhism. Asuka period and Nara were the import periods of China landscape gardens, heian period was the "harmony" period of Japanese Chiquan gardens, Kamakura and Muromachi were the Buddhist period of gardens, Taoshan was the tea ceremony period of gardens, and Edo was the comprehensive period of Buddhism, tea ceremony and Confucianism. The evolution process of the main landscape of Japanese gardens is as follows: Chinese landscape (Nara) architecture, Buddhist island, Ishichi island, dry landscape (Kamakura) pure dry landscape Shiting (Muromachi) Academy, tea ceremony, dry landscape (Taoshan) tea ceremony, dry landscape and Ikejima (Edo). In the early days of Japanese history, although there were records of digging ponds to build islands and building palaces on the islands, they were mainly for fire prevention and defense against foreign enemies. With the spread of Buddhism to the east, the influence of China gardens on the Japanese gradually expanded.

The landscape skeleton of Japanese gardens was introduced from China, and it became the ancestor of Chiquan. Among them, Buddhism as the national religion of Japan plays an important role in the religious development of Japanese gardens. In the early days, Japanese gardens were equivalent to gardens. Due to the introduction of more mature technology from China, in addition to animals and plants, they are more artificial landscapes, which are closer to artificial gardens. Due to the nature of Japan's territory, it takes the form of boat tours, including pools in the landscape, Rocky Mountain and Mount Sumi, turtles, fish, dogs and horses among animals, gardens, detached palaces, Wuqiao and boat painting, and garden activities include hunting, boat tours and water banquets. Although the Japanese garden style is influenced by China's garden art, after long-term development and innovation, it has formed a unique natural style landscape garden of the Japanese nation. It can be considered that Japanese gardens initially focused on selectively and developmentally integrating the local contents of China gardens into their own cultural traditions. Later, Zen Buddhism was introduced into China, which pushed the pursuit of garden spirit to the extreme, resulting in different styles of garden forms.