Chinese Classical Garden

China’s classical gardens are the incomparably wonderful works in the world history of gardeners.3000years ago, Shang Dynasty had built a certain significance and scale of gardens, which have been kept until now as an important part of Chinese civilization. Baoding Ancient Lotus Pond is known as the "city of Penglai," enjoying the same fame with Suzhou Humble Administrator’s Garden, Summer Palace, Yuyuan Garden and so on, called the ten famous gardens in China’s history. It is a classical garden tracking back to800years ago, and a national key cultural relic protection unit. It was built in Yuan Dynasty, and after many times transformation, renovation and perfection in Ming Dynasty and Qing Dynasty, it has demonstrated a "poetic" atmosphere of garden art.Baoding Ancient Lotus Pond was originally called "Xuexiang Park. Because the scene had been set around the water since the ancient time and the lotus in the pond bloomed for a long time, the garden finally have the name "Ancient Lotus Pond". Water is the theme of Ancient Lotus Pond water, and the surrounding buildings are small and exquisite, elegant and chic, park and strange enjoy the quiet in the antique, but also brings together the essence of China’s north-south building gardens, initially as a private garden, later became the the Yam en garden to clear on behalf of the Royal Gardens and the Empress Palace Regency. Within the reign of Emperor Qianlong between Lotus Pond mountain, water, buildings, units, pavilion, pavilion, patchwork, side by side formation of the famous Lotus Pool, King12"fully reflects the traditional Chinese classical garden gardening practices in the landscape layout were small garden space, scenery scattered, but the lotus planted in the water, the Lotus Pond water features associated with land scenery interwoven, the final to Hasuike landscape varied in the garden landscape landscaping, artistic conception.Ancient Lotus Pond is not only a famous garden for people to visit, but also the location of the highest institution of the Qing Dynasty Lotus College. Hasuike within pavilions around littered with all kinds of inscriptions of ancient calligraphers, quite worthy of appreciation and study, and when day broke infinite Bi, Lotus flowers in the sunshine,"Hasuike echoes. Lotus Pond has a very high literary value, the the Calligraphy value to the historian’s study provides valuable information. Mao Zedong visits Hasuike once said:"the Hasuike famous Lotus College, Lotus College at the time the country is very famous." There are a lot of scholars at home and abroad come here.The Ancient Lotus Pond which is the combination of old gardens, palaces and college trinity, has experienced the vicissitudes of life. When it was built, it was deeply influenced by Confucianism, Taoism, Zen Buddhism and other traditional philosophy. With the influence of the traditional Chinese garden culture system and the comprehension of cultural thoughts and aesthetic artistic conception behind the system, Lotus Pond focused on the landscape and respected the nature. This paper aims to study the cultural characteristics and artistic characteristics of the Ancient Lotus Pond, explore their cultural values and artistic value profoundly, and provide a reference for nowadays garden construction in China.