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In the Chinese culture the landscape design always was art, and founders of gardens were guided by traditions and values of a society and religious principles. Gardens in China broke since XI century B.C., since the state Chzhou. Thus if Europeans assert that the garden needs to be planted, Chineses build gardens. In the Chinese garden there are no accurate lawns, as in English, and accurate lines, as in regular French style. The Chinese gardeners imitate the nature and try to create on a small site a corner of the nature, same various, as China. At this landscape there can be mountains, lakes, the rivers and trees. It is important, that the garden helped the person to find balance and harmony with the nature surrounding it.
For garden creation in the Chinese style use three basic classical principles:
- the Garden should look as much as possible naturally. In the Chinese garden the sensation should be created that you have got out on the nature, and all has around appeared without the aid of the person. Any images in such garden are prepotent, allow to take pleasure in a touch to the nature and invite to reflexions and meditation.
- the Garden should be built so that it was the self-sufficient world in a miniature. That to the owner of a garden forces of the Universe had a kind feeling, in a garden it is necessary to place symbols of components of the Universe – signs инь and янь, symbolising unity of contrasts. Stones and water, garden flowers and a natural landscape, and also drawings and architectural forms should underline harmony of your garden.
- the Chinese garden should bring new impressions and underline variety of images even on small space. For this purpose use multiplane prospect, lay tracks and bridges so that it was necessary to make more steps to pass from one place of a garden in another. Often gardens in China consist of the several small gardens absolutely different in registration, divided by bushes, galleries, walls or even buildings.
Besides for creation of gardens in the Chinese style it is necessary to adhere to following recommendations:
- plant in a garden trees with скрюченными branches, curve trunks and the bared roots. The Chinese gardeners very much love mountain pines – a symbol of courage, force and longevity and a bamboo – a symbol of vivifying emptiness. The peach and plum in China is «a happiness tree», and a weeping willow – a machismo symbol «янь».
- Lawns in a garden can be sowed herbs or cereals. Often also in such garden grow up treelike peonies which in China carry the name «the tsar of colours» for the growth (from 1 to 1,5 metres) and longevity. Such peonies can grow till 100-150 years on one place. Also in the Chinese garden grow up chrysanthemums and irises which land at reservoirs, stones and on slopes of hills.
- it is important to know that on belief of Chineses the garden represents house continuation and if it is deprived vegetation, it is opened to winds which will carry away vital energy «ци». Therefore put various plants in a garden, frame walls with an ivy and wild grapes. Your plants will keep curative energy and will bring health and longevity in the house.