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The First records about creation of gardens in Japan are dated VI century. In capital of Japan of that time, the city of Nara, gardens have been broken into territories of a palace of the emperor with use of the traditions inherent in the Chinese style. Basic elements which were used at garden registration is a stone and water. Also since VIII century when the Chinese monks have brought the Buddhism to Japan, Japanese began to create rock-gardens. Was considered that stones hide in themselves statues of the Buddha so, are sacred, have cut a statue from a stone or not. The gardens consisting of stones and sand, were outstanding products of that time. With IX till XII centuries the new capital – a city of Kyoto in which the Japanese masters have embodied features of the perception of the world in new gardens for rich citizens has been erected. Gardens for tea ceremonies allowed to enjoy harmony of wildlife, conducting slow conversations in an arbour.
For creation of the Japanese style of landscape design use following rules:
- the Key rule at creation of the Japanese garden – to maintain contrast between the open and closed spaces. Do not aspire to filling of each scrap of soil, harmony in all – here a basis of the Japanese culture.
- For the Japanese style of registration of a garden an obligatory element is the reservoir. It is desirable, that it seemed natural is there can be a stream, a pond or falls. Water will add dynamics in a landscape and perfectly will help to distract from daily affairs of a city. Through a stream it is possible to throw the small bridge which often paint in red colour.
- If there is no possibility to use water for the Japanese garden, it is possible to create a channel of the dried up stream or lake from sand. The waves drawn on sand, will create illusion of water and will help to relax during their contemplation.
- Choose following bushes and trees for landing: an azalea, a cherry, a camellia, кизильник, a dwarfish fur-tree and a pine, and other coniferous forms of the small size. The crocus, a host, a cyclamen, water-lilies, the Japanese iris and other similar grassy plants will help to decorate your garden. Бонсай, a bamboo, ferns, a moss, figured bushes coniferous, various decorative grassy plants, lawns with a grass of small height will add in the Japanese garden of harmony.
- Well will approach for registration of a garden of a path from stones. Take firm and rough stones of the wrong form in width about 30 sm and lay out them a path through a garden. The distance between stones – 30-45 see
- Add to your garden small architectural forms in the Japanese style. It is possible to put in a garden a small arbour for tea ceremony, it will be good to look a beautiful lantern from silk or a rice paper with hieroglyphs. Also it is possible to put a small statue of the Buddha.