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02 436 History of Gardens China and Japan 2020
02 436 History of Gardens China and Japan 2020
By
Samar Nazer
Landscape Architecture
ENAR 436
Department of Architectural Engineering
Birzeit University
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china
• Confoucianism man to man relashionship , provide
code of rules for social behavior and relationships.
The places of daily life, e.g house, palace, temple
organised around the rules, conventions, and rituals
of social and political institutions dealing with
relations between emperors and high government
officials, parents , wives, children, friends…..etc
• Taoism (daoism) man –nature relashion
• Buddism nature and meditation, interest in natural
landscapes and laws of nature
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• Zhou dynasty, 600bc climax of development
• Deforestation
• Control tree cutting and forest management
• Roadside tree plantation
• Grid system cities, wide tree planted streets north- south and east-west
• Hierarchy, house palace ..
• Axial
• Symmetrical organization
• Rectangular enclosure represent the cosmos and reflected the teaching of
Confucius on which the society was structured.
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Palace of forbidden city Peijing
• Series of spaces and enclosures along major axis rising up
gradually from one level to higher reaching the inner
sanctuary of the emperor (Ming, Qing)
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China
Summer Palace
jin dynesty 1153 qing dynesty 1749
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China
Summer Palace
jin dynesty 1153 qing dynesty 1749
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Tower of Buddhist
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Pavilion of Precious Clouds
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Wang shi
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Wang shi
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Wang Shi Yuan (Garden of the Master of the Fishing Nets) in Suzhou. 16
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Japan
• Shinto religion, forms of nature
• Buddhism , Taoist - Chinese
influence
• Buddhism - Early Paradise, it
intensified the Taoist interest in
nature and contributed to the
typical garden forms in China.
• Meditation was the chief
purpose of the garden revealing
the meaning and purpose of
life.
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• Nara period chinese model
Lakes and rocks
Prototype
Zen dry garden
Stroll garden
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Japan
katsura imperial palace 1620
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Japan
imperial palace
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Zen Garden
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