Chinese imperial gardens

Author: Luo Zewen
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Publish Date: 2002-01-01
Features: China has a long history of landscape gardening, renowned worldwide for its exquisite landscape design techniques and rich, exquisite classical garden heritage. Chinese classical gardens are the result of a brilliant combination of ancient architecture and horticultural engineering. They represent an artistic spatial environment that integrates traditional Chinese living, leisure, viewing, recreation, literary arts, and more, serving as an important part of China's traditional cultural and natural heritage. Many significant classical gardens have been declared national and provincial/municipal/city-level protected cultural relics sites. To protect and promote the fine traditions of Chinese classical gardens, and to introduce their long history, unique landscape design art, and rich classical garden heritage both domestically and internationally, this book is compiled in an accessible and illustrated format, featuring 42 classical gardens in China.