Liu Liu yuanyuan Garden Garden (The Lingering (The Lingering Garden)Garden) in Suzhouin Suzhou Brief introduction Location Four parts buildingsBrief Introduction Occupying an area of 23,300 square meters (about 5.8 acres), the Liuyuan Garden is located outside Changmen Gate in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province. Originally a classical private garden, it is one of the four most famous gardens in China. Processing typical Qing style, it is well-known for the exquisite beauty of its magnificent halls, and the various sizes, shapes, and colors of the buildings. In 1997, the garden was recorded on the list of the world heritage by UNESCO. The garden can generally be divided into four parts: the central, eastern, western and northern parts according to the style of the buildings. The central part is regarded as the best part of the whole garden. The eastern part is famous for its strangely shaped stones. The western part is the scenes of hills. The northern part used to be a vegetable garden, but now is used to exhibit potted plants of which the Suzhou people are quite proud.The center partThe western partThe eastern partThe northern partWith a history of more than 400 years, the Liuyuan Garden has changed hands several times. Each owner did his best to perfect the garden. It was first built in 1593 during the Ming Dynasty (1368 - 1644) by a retired official named Xu Tai. During the Qing Dynasty (1644 - 1911), it was bought by Liu Shu. As a calligraphy lover, he carved masterpieces on both sides of the corridors of the buildings. He had also collected unusually-shaped stones in the garden. The succeeding owners followed his model when doing restoration work. Almost demolished in the 1930s, the garden was repaired sponsored by the government and then opened to the public.这门厅正中 屏门上嵌的 一幅缀玉留 园全景图。 这是一九八 六年时，为 纪念苏州古 城建成2500 周年，由扬 州工匠用 2500枚各类 玉石薄片相 缀而成的。 在全景图的 上方高悬着 一方扁额， 上面写着“吴 下名园”四个 大字，点出 了留园在苏 州园林中的 地位。 Buildings play two roles in the Suzhou classical gardens. That is Use and enjoy it.1.The type of architecture2. Spatial processingcourtyardThe courtyard is an architectural form in the classical gardens of Suzhou. Due to the local landscape area is not large, be in a limited space to create many quiet environment, or in a continuous building is inserted between the different views of the transitional space, increase the landscape changes, resulting in the courtyard to divide space and area, become the commonly used method.courtyards can be divided into three categories: garden, small garden and large garden.枇杷园留园五峰仙馆留园五峰仙馆拙政园远香堂厅厅 堂堂网师园竹外一枝轩轩轩留园清风池馆馆馆拙政园见山楼楼楼、阁阁拙政园付翠阁拙政园梧竹幽居亭留园可亭拙政园塔影亭拙政园笠亭亭亭廊廊框景框景 对景对景 漏景漏景 借景借景 夹景夹景 障景障景Suzhou classical garden landscape art对景：go different places, you will see different scenery. This method is based on road, veranda, and some turning points.障景：“欲扬先抑，欲露先藏” . When we visit some places, use some man-made mountain or plants to cover part of the scenery. The aim is attract the attention of visitors.漏景：It can through the window, tracery wall, transparent partition, Shifeng woodland and other landscape elements to realize.框景：Frame view is to use the limited space frame to the recovery of infinite space, the partial picture scenery gimmick.借景：“Borrowing scenery ” is one of the basic principles that Chinese landscapists generally adopt. From the Guanyun Building in Suzhous Liuyuan Garden , one can enjoy the scenery of Tiger Hill Park in the distence.Guanyun Peak , in Liuyuan Garden in Suzhou , is actually a formation of stones from Taihu Lake .It stands near a spring , its shadow reflecting clearly in the water .The rock formation is modeled after a peak in real life .Between the reality and the reflection , the garden presents a fascinating composition.冠云峰冠云峰中部小蓬莱To summarize , whatever the methods used , every effort is made to achieve the purpose of giving visitors a sense of space in the garden . This is an important and specialized field to understand Chinese aesthetics and Chinese philosophy .(古代哲人中庸避世之道)THANK YOU !