Theory and Method of Chinese Garden Art

Successful practice of traditional Chinese garden art is not few. But it is hard to find corresponding papers expounding the theory and method of Chinese garden art. The article puts forward the theory and method of Chinese traditional garden design with examples and a few paintings such as the ideal state which the Chinese garden art seeks to attain. Through a refined selection of a site brings about appropriate construction of a garden, creating landscapes with a clever method of borrowing scenery, creating the artificial from nature and making the artificial true to nature, putting the poetic feeling and the artistic conception of painting into garden, setting up construction according to the nature of the mountains, hence the gardens will stay interesting and excellent forever.