On the site selection of geomantic omen, China Royal Garden occupies all the geomantic omen treasures. For example, the summer resort in Chengde. The water in the northeast. Water in the southeast flows to the mountains in the southeast and northwest. Mountain is the representative of Kunlun, the symbol of Xuanwu, and water is the symbol of Qinglong and Suzaku. The interior of the garden is also modeled after the pattern of Feng Shui. Go east and south. There are mountains in the west and north. The former is a mountain. Behind it is a mountain. East is right, and west is right. The mountains are surrounded by low-lying basins. Therefore, in saline-alkali land, water is a pool, like suzaku. In terms of landscape pattern, China Royal Garden adopts landscape garden style. Give priority to mountains, supplemented by water. Pay attention to the combination of wisdom water and benevolence mountain. Benevolence, supplemented by wisdom, is also the moral concept of China people. So there must be heaped mountains in the garden. The mountain is high, with the main building on the mountain as the visual center and the island in the water as the composition center, and the two hearts are integrated.
On the axis, symmetry and center, the royal garden firmly walks on the axis and symmetry road. For example, the Summer Palace, from the North Palace Gate in the back hill to the Buddha Pavilion in the scenic center, and even the Phoenix Pier in Kunming Lake, is an obvious axis. At the same time, axis and symmetry are used in the imperial garden, Cining Palace Garden and Ningshou Palace Garden behind Kunning Palace.
The China Royal Garden adopts the forms of solid wall, thick landscape and high wall in landscape division and enclosure. For example, the gardens in Beijing Imperial City are surrounded by high walls, and so is chengde mountain resort. This enclosure was designed with the city wall as a safety wall, which reflected the sacred and inviolable sovereignty of the emperor at that time.
Frames, antithesis and ellipsis are widely used in China Royal Gardens. Frame view is generally realized through window frames: the opposite view is generally realized through the separation of mountains and rivers; Scenery leakage is generally realized through cloisters or verandahs.
On the road, most of the royal gardens in China are inlaid with bricks, tiles, stones and other materials. Mainly made of artificial ceramic tiles and stones, supplemented by natural rocks. Use the method of composition. In plant planting, the amount of body used is relatively small, and the green coverage rate is relatively low, mainly to show the effect of seeing nature in artificial life. As far as plant species are concerned. I like to use plants with four seasons and flowering plants. Like three friends in a cold year, four gentlemen in a flower. Zhi Tao in spring, lotus in summer, maple tree in autumn and pine tree in winter all have the same preference, which is the expression of Confucian golden mean.
In plant pruning, the beauty of natural form is always above everything else.
The architectural performance is as follows: first, the type, mainly the hall. Pavilions and pavilions are supplemented. The religious buildings in the royal gardens of China occupy a large part, which is related to the royal virtue and longevity. The second is that the architectural layout is mainly symmetrical with the regular central axis. The third is the dense number of buildings. The building density is relatively high. The fourth is that the building is relatively large. Fifth, bridges are mostly stone arch bridges.
Looking at the above characteristics, it shows that the gardening technology of China Royal Garden is quite profound, which can be said to be the crystallization of the people's wisdom in China for several years. China Royal Garden initiated the discipline of landscape architecture, which made the classical beauty of China gardens recognized internationally.