A Study Of The Development History Of Westlake Landscape In Hangzhou

As a world famous scenery lake, Hangzhou Westlake has a reputation of "feature of the Hangzhou". It has been very important in the public lives in Hangzhou and receiving the local governors' and public recognition and care. During the developmental and history of Westlake, the people have poured great enthusiasm into it, and have created the rich historical culture. All these made Westlake very famous in the world and have been attracted enormous visitors all over the world. A developmental and vicissitude history of Westlake is not only a history that people keep on improving the relations between the environment and themselves, but also a history that displays the development of Westlake landscape. Therefore, the study of the history of Westlake landscape will have important enlightenment for both the construction of exquisite environment and the development of landscape architecture.In the thesis, the author takes the history of Westlake landscape as a longitudinal clue, and divides the developmental process of Westlake landscape into three main historical stages, in order to form a clear skeleton and the structure of the study. On the other hand, the author depicts the character of Westlake landscape and the influence that it suffered from exterior environment in each stage, and analyzes the status and significance of each stage in the entire history through careful and deep research.The thesis mainly includes following parts:1.The pandect: the author introduces and analyzes the Westlake landscape and its vicissitude history in general, then gives a comprehensive summary of the general characteristics of Westlake landscape.2. Main body of the thesis: the author gives an in-depth study on all three developmental stages of Westlake landscape and a detailed analysis of the developmental characteristic of each stage.3. Conclusive part: the author reviews the history of Westlake landscape, then analyzes the reasons that Westlake is so famous in the world and the deficiencies in the construction of Westlake landscape, then discusses some new idealistic tendencies and developmental trends in current landscape architecture.The following main conclusions are drawn from the research:1.The general characteristics, of Westlake landscape: the profound cultural connotation, the artistic conception and poetic imagery, the perfect combination of artifact and nature, the culture of landscape collective name, the coexistence of many landscape types, and the strong religious atmosphere;2. The reasons that Westlake is so famous: the tight combination of Scenery and city, writers and artists' impetus, the influence of religious culture and social vicissitude;3.The deficiencies in the construction of Westlake landscape: the inconsistency between the lake and the city, the constructive destruction in the scenic spot, the insufficiency of guiding ideology of landscape architecture, and the conflict between economic benefit and the construction of landscape;...