A Comparative Study On Plant Culture Of Classic Landscape Architecture In China And That In The West

Plants have been attached to the gardens from the very beginning and cohered abundant and profound cultural meaning over the long course of history. The classic landscape architecture in China and those in the west are very different in the styles and landscape of gardens due to the differences of Chinese and western culture, thus their landscape plants express different meaning to meet the people's needs in various and multi-levelss.The thesis has drawn a parallel between the plant culture of classic landscape architecture in China and that in the west mainly by historical and parallel comparative methods.On the basis of analyzing the plants history of the classic landscape architecture in China and that in the west, the thesis focuses on the comparison of plants varieties, introduction histories, symbolism of plants and the expressions of the plant culture in Chinese classic landscape architecture and those in the west, and finally, summarize the similarities and the differences between them, and try to explore the reasons from geography, philosophy, aesthetics, gardening conditions, and so on.How to assimilate the essence of Chinese and western classic landscape architecture design on the basis of matching the demands of contemporary landscape design to create a sustainable development garden landscape which with regional culture, is worth studying among the trend of Chinese and western culture hybrid. Besides hoping to attach importance to plant culture and have thorough understanding of which in Chinese and western classic landscape architecture, the main purpose to draw a parallel between the plant culture from two different civilizations is to build the contemporary landscape design the Chinese way by learning from the advantages of western culture and carry forward the essence of Chinese culture to march cultural integration and combining the people's life styles and spiritual needs.