Chinese Culture Tour -- Folk Gardens

Author: Xie Yan / Wang Qijun
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Publish Date: 2006-01-01
Features: Folk gardens have a long history and are highly artistic ancient architectural works. Especially for their simple elegance and enduring charm, they stand out among various ancient architectural categories. Among them, Jiangnan gardens are particularly outstanding, regarded as the essence of China's folk gardens. With a vast territory and diverse ethnic groups, China boasts a variety of distinctive gardens. Examples such as Shandong Shihu Garden, Wuxi Jichang Garden, and Sichuan Du Fu Cottage are all outstanding representatives. Folk gardens are the embodiment of traditional Chinese aesthetic concepts, brimming with artistic charm and a rich scholarly atmosphere, resembling literati's freehand landscape paintings. Though lacking the grandeur of imperial gardens, they are comparatively more refined and tranquil, like a lotus emerging from water. Pavilions, towers, and winding paths all offer the charm of "willows in shade and flowers in bloom," transporting visitors to a fairyland or an earthly paradise.