Contents Briefing

Ancient Chinese gardens were built in line with the principle of imitating the natural landscape to create picturesque scenes. This book contains the essences of ancient Chinese gardens, including imperial gardens such as the Summer Palace, Yuanmingyuan and Jingshan Park in Beijing and private gardens such as the Surging Wave Pavilion, Lingering Garden, Lion Grove, Garden of Harmony in Suzhou and other gardens in Hangzhou and Yangzhou, and tells the history and design characteristics of Chinese gardens with excellent pictures and accompanying essays.

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Formally established in July 1, 1952, Foreign Languages Press (FLP) is a comprehensive publishing house targeted at the international market; it specializes in editing, translating and publishing foreign-language books for readers abroad. It also publishes foreign-language textbooks, reference books and books in Chinese.

The FLP is an imprint of the China Foreign Languages Publication and Distribution Administration (China International Publishing Group).

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