Research On Verifying Landscape Culture Of The Eight Views Of The Xiao And Xiang

Eight Views of the Xiao and Xiang, a landscape culture which boasts profound historical and cultural commutations and rich scenery features, leaves people precious spiritual wealth and material heritage. However, the Eight Views of the Xiao and Xiang remains unknown to the public. In the academic area, there has been some disputable ideas on the existence and location of Eight Views of the Xiao and Xiang. Therefore, it becomes an significant task to explore the Eight Views of the Xiao and Xiang.Based on a general conception of landscape culture of Eight Views of the Xiao and Xiang and related ideas, this paper explores the cultural connotation and its contemporary value, puts forward the methods to verify landscape culture of Eight Views of the Xiao and Xiang, suggests the principles of locating and verifying, takes the Foggy but Sunny Image of Mountain and Market for example and analysis deeply. All these can help us to form a framework and idea for the exploration of landscape in Eight Views of the Xiao and Xiang.Firstly, this paper, based on a research statuesque both at home and abroad, introducts the related conceptions of landscape in Eight Views of the Xiao and Xiang, traces the emergence and development situation, analysis the cultural connotation and its contemporary value. The cultural connotation consists of three parts, the poetic image of Xiao and Xiang, the metaphorical culture of relegation and exile, and Pinyuan landscape and Zen spirit. Its contemporary value is fully embodies in four aspects, the preservation and inheritance of traditional culture in Xiao and Xiang district, the exploration and development of landscape of Xiao and Xiang, the promotion of tourism in Xiao and Xiang special areas, and the establishment and spreading of the image of the Hu and Xiang cultural brand.Secondly, this paper makes detailed analysis on the verify methods, puts forward the analyzing methods on poem and drawing, transfer of 2-D to 3-D, and the integration of structure and elements. In the search of the principles of verify locations, the paper comes up with some flexible principles, structure-similar principle and regional principle. In the exploration of the location-verifying strategies, the author puts forward three common strategies:combination of document analysis and practical research, combination of historical continuity and times developments, the corresponding integration of overall structure and partial elements.Thirdly, the paper, taking the Foggy but Sunny Image of Mountain and Market for example, adopts the methods of the document-verifying and the principles and strategies of practice-verifying to make a documental and practical verification. The former verifies from the following three aspects, its profound history and culture, the unique special structure, and rich scenic features. The latter verifies from three aspects, the historical background, geographic features and landscape praticement. It proves that the Foggy but Sunny Image of Mountain and Market is really existing in the Zhao mountain of Xiangtan and its landscape elements can be basically corresponded in the Zhao mountain. Moreover, it verifies that the framework and idea for the exploration of landscape in Eight Views of the Xiao and Xiang can availably guide the verification on the existence and location of the landscape.