Abstract
The celebrity memorial gardens are the most prominent in Xishu gardens, showing strong memorial. As the most characteristic cultural element of Xishu area, water contributes a lot to the development of Xishu gardens and becomes an indispensable element in gardening. By tracing back to the background of the formation and development of water culture, this paper analyses the relationship between the historical celebrities and water in Xishu, and summarizes the art of water in Xishu celebrity memorial gardens under the infiltration of water culture. This paper not only reflects the aesthetic value of water from the perspective of formal beauty, but also creates the poetic and artistic conception and the connotation of humanistic spirit through the combination with other gardening elements. At last the article reveals its significance and value of water culture in celebrity memorial gardens and tries to provide inspiration for future regional garden design.
Highlights
Xishu gardens have more than 3000-year history, and the glory has been in the vicissitudes of the millennium
Xishu gardens are represented by celebrity memorial gardens and showing strong memorial
“Geography of Hanshu” once recorded: “Minshan is located in the west, and the river flows from the southeast to the sea.”The “river” here refers to the Minjiang River
Summary
Xishu gardens have more than 3000-year history, and the glory has been in the vicissitudes of the millennium. Its another regional garden system besides northern gardens, Jiangnan gardens and Lingnan gardens. Its cultural value has attracted numerous scholars to study. Xishu gardens fully reflects the spiritual atmosphere of sentiment and humanism in Xishu. It pays more attention to the creation of historical culture and spiritual connotation. This paper takes “water”, an important element in the gardening of Xishu, as the starting point to trace the formation and development of water culture, analyzing the art of water management in the gardens, and further highlight the pursuit of cultural connotation and spiritual value of people in Xishu
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