Study On The Winding River As An Ideal Sight To Design

The emergence, evolvement and development of the 'the winding river as an ideal sight to design' in traditional Chinese gardens are researched in the paper. The origination, the social cultural foundation, the evolvement characteristic and form of 'the winding river as an ideal sight to design' in different periods are also studied. Its landscape view implication is summarized and the application in the modern landscape is also expounded through some positive and negative examples, while some methods and personal opinions about the application of the traditional Chinese gardens in the modern landscape are put forward.'The winding river as an ideal sight to design' once referred to a kind of activity of putting the cups on the flowing winding river to drink and make merry. From its evolvement and development in the long historical river, it firstly was one kind of traditional civilized activity of China which expressed the grateful affection of human to nature. With the development of the gift and music culture, the idea of 'The winding river as an ideal sight to design' developed from the memorial ceremony, from which the amusing culture and the recreation culture developed, and entered the classical royal garden, and then became a way and place of the official dinner of emperors. Then, with the forming of the landscape view of mountains and rivers and the further influences of scholar's thoughts on traditional Chinese gardens, it was pushed to the climax of literary pursuits by the meeting of scholars in the Lanpavillion, and the activities were admired and imitated by past dynasties scholars. Consequently, it runs through China scholar's cultural salon of history and bears the traditional culture marrow of China. The landscape view of 'the winding river as an ideal sight to design' developed with the popularity of such activities and formed its unique characteristics in different period, and precipitated to a kind of characterized landscape view which is of a deep cultural bedrock.'The winding river as an ideal sight to design' is a kind of traditional Chinese culture coming down in one continuous line, is full of very important meaning, especially in the landscape culture of China. The landscape view, as far as culture is...