Abstract
Chinese ancient literati drew inspiration from traditional paintings and pursue picturesque scene in terms of artistic expression in constructing gardens. Using the method of image analysis, literature review, field investigation, and logical analysis, an important element of literati garden construction -- corridor, as the research object, was studied. As the important element of traditional Chinese gardens, corridors in the garden are not only the connection of the buildings, but also act as the guide line of the scenery, which make garden buildings connected into a harmonious whole landscape. Clearly, the interaction between the traditional Chinese painting and garden space were probed from three aspects, spatial order, spatial level and spatial imagination and reality. In sum, spatial-temporal integration, fusion of feelings with the natural setting, interdependence of being and non-being are three levels of the spiritual expression of corridors. Meanwhile, by analyzing the spiritual expression of corridors in the picturesque scene creation of garden space, the paper tries to probe into literati’s aesthetic ideals of unity between man and nature and spiritual pursuit of seclusion and detachment. What’s more, further studies according to the connotation culture of literati gardens and corridors were probed, in order to provide a reference for contemporary garden practice.
Highlights
Ancient Chinese literati pursued the high “unity of man and nature”, and had the political ambition and life vision of cultivating moral character, regulating family, managing state affairs and bringing peace to the world
From the perspective of visual experience, traditional Chinese painting organizes the spatial order of pictures by cavalier perspective [8]
Compared with the focus perspective of western painting (Figure 2), no visual focus can be found in the scroll of traditional Chinese painting, and space and time in the picture are dependent on man's will
Summary
Ancient Chinese literati pursued the high “unity of man and nature”, and had the political ambition and life vision of cultivating moral character, regulating family, managing state affairs and bringing peace to the world. Influenced by ideas of “emptying hearts” of Daoism and “finding true self” of Zen, literati abandoned themselves to nature by garden-making, and stood by their firm ideals and waited for the opportunity for being an official in good political condition, which was their imagination in predicament [1]. They recovered their original simplicity for spiritual freedom and detachment, which was a psychological balance mechanism of the literati pursing the best state of being and the optimal development status [2]. Tang Fengqiang and Fu Junjie: A Study of the Spiritual Expression of Corridors in Literati Gardens spatial-temporal integration, fusion of feelings with the natural setting and interpromoting relation between being and not-being into the garden space that is both material and ideal in the spatial organization, spatial level division and contrast between the real and the unreal
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