Visit the Suzhou Gardens. The landscape sentiment in the city streets -- A classic cultural journey of China

Author: Li Zongwei
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Publish Date: 2004-04-01
Features: The gardens of Suzhou are the crystallization of Chinese garden cultural art, embodying the highest achievement of Chinese garden culture, and have been listed as one of the World Heritage Sites by UNESCO. For a long time, books and albums introducing Suzhou gardens have mostly focused on their architectural features and aesthetic achievements, failing to explore their deep cultural connotations. This book not only allows readers to directly experience the beauty of Suzhou gardens through 168 exquisite photographs and elegant text, but also further uncovers the philosophical concepts, attitudes toward life, and aesthetic tastes of ancient Chinese scholars hidden behind them. The characteristics of Suzhou gardens, such as finding tranquility amidst chaos, presenting the grand in the small, and winding and profound paths, are all closely related to these ancient scholars' ideas.