Contents Briefing

The Chinese art of garden has a worldwide reputation. An important aspect of Chinese civilization, gardening art embodies the Chinese ideal of harmonious relations between humankind and nature, and Chinese people's yearning for a tranquil and beautiful life. This book, written by Qingxi Lou who is a professor of Architecture Department in Qinhua University, a renowned university in China, is both an academic work and a popular reader on Chinese gardening. It traces the history of Chinese gardening, puts its focus on the origins, styles and techniques of royal gardens, scholars'gardens in southern China, and gardens attached to monas-teries. It examines the internal relation between China's socio-economic development and traditional culture embodied in Chinese gardening.

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China Intercontinental Press, under the authority of the State Council Information Office, is a multimedia, comprehensive foreign communication institution, whose main function is to make propaganda products. With its principle of "let the world know China, and let China know the world" and through various means and channels, this publishing house uChina Intercontinental Press, under the authority of the Information Office of State Council, is a multimedia, comprehensive foreign comm...    more about