Garden architecture in china
2 min readGarden Architecture
In China，gardening architecture began in the Qin Dynasty，and was fully developed in the later dynasties.And the great achievements were made in the Qing Dynasty.The Summer Palace is one of the extant imperial gardens of the Qing Dynasty in Beijing.
Summer Palace Garden architecture is another form of Chinese architecture and also an important part of Chinese rich heritage.Garden architecture is a combination of structures of man-madepanorama and natural landscapes.Its essence is to construct beautiful surroundings by designing all the elements mountains，waters，buildings，roads，indoor decoration，etc.，in a harmonious and organic way.Garden architecture represents as scenic resorts.These gardens usually are constructed on a large public area as they are based on the combination of natural scenes and man-made landscape and also the structures of the suburb areas or mountains.
There are four gardening elements:mountains，rivers，structures and plants.There are some organic components such as roads，interior settings.In comparison to ordinary structures，the spiritual character of gardens is more outstanding，and it requires that artists have greater and higher ingenuity and imagination.
In the developmental course of Chinese gardening，there are two categories:imperial gardens in Beijing and the private gardens in the South.
Classifications for Chinese garden architecture include：Multistory buildings ；Terraces ；Pavilions ；Two-story pavilions ；Chinese Pogadas ；Verandas with windows ；Pavilions or houses on terraces ；Rooms along roofed corridors.
Imperial Gardens
In the imperial gardens，there are a few features.
（1）The imperial gardens are usually very big，constructed on the real mountains and in the real waters.They have more than enough money to back up，so their technique of building the garden is close to a realistic painting，without worrying about the cost.
（2）The imperial gardens have much richer content of function and grander scale of activity.There are also residential halls within the garden.
（3）They stress a beautiful and imposing and solemn style to play up the royal atmosphere.
