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Chinese Garden Architecture is one of the four essential factors for garden landscaping. With a history spanning almost 5,000 years, the Chinese garden, a multi-faceted and brilliant oriental pearl, has won hearts and minds not only among the Chinese, but also among peoples around the world. The styles of garden architectures are different in north China and south China. Travel to Beijing,Xian, Shanghai,Suzhou,Foshan and Guangzhou, you can see the beautiful Chinese gardens...More

History of Chinese Garden

The ancient Chinese garden, also known as the traditional, or classical, Chinese garden, has a centuries-old cultural history rich in unique features. Infinitely varied in type and artistic arrangement, the charming Chinese garden system is considered to be the best among the three most renowned systems of garden construction in the world. With a history spanning almost 5,000 years, the Chinese garden, a multi-faceted and brilliant oriental pearl, has won hearts and minds not only among the Chinese, but also among peoples around the world.

Style in North China and South China
The styles of garden architectures are different in north China and south China. Gardens in south of China are mainly private gardens, while in north of China are mainly imperial gardens. Besides the scale and natural environment are different, the main difference is the architecture’s form. Gardens in north of China is magnificent and stress the intense colors of paintings, and the structure is much more official. Elaborate gardens in south of China, with green tiles and white walls is totally different from magnificent colorful gardens in north of China. And it’s common to see that elaborate wood carvings are used to decorate the gardens in south of China.

Characteristics of Chinese garden
The garden is a kind of architecture used for providing a place for rest and sightseeing to people.The garden architectures should satisfy the requirements both for practical purposes and aesthetics purpose. They should blend with the environment within the garden and the natural environment, either as a central scenic spot or as an individual small scenic spot easy to access.

Types of Chinese Garden
China’s art of garden design stems from the arts of literature and painting, and has since the Tang and Song dynasties been particularly influenced by the art of mountain and water painting. In the long process of evolution, three types of gardens were formed in China: imperial gardens, private gardens and scenic resort gardens.

Imperial Gardens
According to the distance from the imperial palaces, the imperial gardens could be sub-divided into following 3 types: Yuyuan (royal gardens or gardens within the imperial palaces), Jinyuan (forbidden gardens outside the imperial palaces) and Ligong (gardens of the temporary imperial palaces in the city suburbs). Existing imperial gardens include Beijing’s Bei Hai Park, the Summer Palace and the Royal Garden with the Forbidden City, the Imperial Summer Resort in Chengde district, and the Magnificent Clear Lake in Lintong district, Shaanxi Province. These gardens include the examples of gardens within the Forbidden City proper, gardens in the suburb of the imperial city, and gardens for the monarch in retreat. They are fine examples of the imperial garden, with invaluable artistic qualities...Top Chinese Imperial Gardens


The Forbidden City	Beihai Park	Chengde Mountain Resort

Private Gardens
Private gardens were attached to residence. Because the idea for constructing gardens and the fact that many well-known private gardens passed on for generations were built by scholars, such private gardens were also called scholar’s gardens.

Suzhou Gardens
Suzhou Gardens are the traditional Chinese garden. Suzhou Type Garden has five important elements: winding paths, glazed plant pots, water and rocks. Strangely shaped, irregular rocks have been collected and showcased in gardens for centuries. There is variation across the regions of China in the garden design and there is scope for individuality in design too. The city of Suzhou in Jiangsu is famous for its ancient gardens.


Humble Administrator's Garden	Suzhou Tiger Hill	Suzhou Lingering Garden

Suzhou Lion Grove Garden	Master of Nets Garden	Canglangting Garden

Tuisi Garden	Geyuan Garden	Heyuan Garden

Lingnan Gardens
In the early 18th and 19th centuries during the Qing Dynasty(1645-1911), the merchants in Haizhu and Xiguan areas of Guangzhou Province built a lot of large and magnificent private gardens,such as Panjia Garden, Wujia Garden, and Haishan Xianguan Garden. These gardens, known as the "Business Gardens", were not only the pinnacle of Lingnan gardens, but also triggered the grandeur of European countries imitating "Chinese style" gardens during the Qing Dynasty (1645-1911).


Foshan Liangyuan Garden	Foshan Qinghui Garden	Zhongshan Zhanyuan Garden

Shanghai Yuyuan Garden	Chen Clan Ancestral Hall	Plum Garden

Scenic Resort Gardens

The essence of scenic resort gardens was its public nature. The origin might be traced back to ancient folk customs such as people’s recreation activities like the Shangsi and Fuxi Festivals.