Found in CHINA’S Gardens 发现在中国的花园 Consider water features in Chinese Gardens - how many ? 考虑在中国园林中的水功能 - 多少

1. CHINA living waters
中国生活水域

2. Found in CHINA’S
Gardens
发现在中国的花园

3. Ji Cheng [计成] 1582 - c. 1642
was a Ming Dynasty Landscape Painter & Garden
Designer;
he designed numerous private gardens in Southern
China.
是明代的风景画家及园林设计师; 他设计了众多的私家园
林，在中国南方。
In his late years, he summarized his lifetime
experience, into the first monograph, dedicated to
landscape design and garden architecture:
在晚年，他总结了他一生的经历，到的第一本专着，致力
于景观设计和园林建筑：
Yuan Ye [园冶] 1631 :
English translation - The Craft of Gardens.

5. his text:
请注意，他在他的文字使用的表达
式：
“ Chinese landscapes [ Shan Shui ] or mountains & waters.”
“中国山水画[山水]或山区和水域。”
“ In Nature, mountains form the earth’s skeleton
and streams, it’s arteries.”
“在自然界中，山形成地球的骨架 和溪流，它的动脉。“
“ Making a garden – digging ponds and piling mountains.”
“花园 - 挖池塘和打桩山。”
“ In a Chinese Garden, rocks, the bony structure;
water, it’s living pulse.”
“在一个中国花园，岩石，骨结构;水，它是生活的脉搏。“

6. Described by Chinese Characters
中国文字描述
Ancient Chinese
Characters
Chinese Garden Characters
earth/rocks – pond/water – plant/green – wall/buildings - spaces

7. Consider water features
in Chinese Gardens - how
many ?
考虑在中国园林中的水功能 -
多少

8. Rain drops on banana Waterfalls from rock
leaves mountains
香蕉叶上的雨滴 水，瀑布从岩石山

9. Ji Cheng
“ Night rain patters on the
plantain leaves, like a mermaid’s
tears.”
季承“ 雨落在芭蕉叶，像一条美人鱼
的眼泪。”

10. Enhanced by snow Reflected in ripples
增强被大雪 反映在涟漪

11. Life source for Carp & Life source for plants
others
鲤鱼及其他的生命之源 植物的生命之源

12. Medium for transport between Medium for Fire protection
pavilions
之间的亭台楼阁运输方式为 水灭火

13. Served as Chinese Tea or water
担任中国茶或水

14. Ji Cheng
“ Let the water flow free, as if it
has no end.”
吉承 “让水流自由，仿佛没有尽头。”
Wang Wei
“ The river flows beyond the edge
of the world.”
王伟“的河流，超出了世界的边缘。”
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