Characteristics Lingnan garden

1 characteristics

1.1 layout
1.2 elements

1.2.1 artificial mountains
1.2.2 water
1.2.3 stones


1.3 architecture
1.4 calligraphy , paintings
1.5 plants

characteristics

overall, commonly discussed characteristics of lingnan garden include:

layout

lingnan garden utilizes courtyard layout. use of courtyard prominent trait of lingnan garden, smallness , fineness said comparable of classical japanese garden. vast majority of private lingnan gardens utilize courtyard layout.

elements
artificial mountains

when comes artificial mountains (jyutping: gaa saan; traditional chinese: 假山), lingnan garden utilizes (1) cliffs; (2) islands; (3) artificial reefs; , (4) heaps. style uses mud build artificial mountains.

water

lingnan garden said heavily based around control of water, involving waterways of various patterns: (1) cliff-waterfall-depth pattern; (2) lake pattern; (3) depth without waterfall; (4) curving waterways; , (5) wellspring.

stones

lingnan garden uses different set of stones used jiangnan , northern chinese gardens. utilizes local minerals such minnan granite, hainan coral stone, , taiwan guru stone. gardens of style prefer not stack stones, instead have them spread outward horizontally, various methods , patterns of outward spreading.

architecture

lingnan garden utilizes towers, bridges, , corridors. style either uses high walls , cold lanes divide garden combination of multiple courtyards, or connect buildings , courtyards 1 single whole. architecture involves high pillars, wide corridors, , thick walls. 3 carvings , 3 sculpting (jyutping: saam diu saam sou; traditional chinese: 三雕三塑) - carvings made of wood, brick , stone, , sculptures made of clay, mud, , granite - prevalent. classical lingnan gardens utilize full gardens of 3 carvings , 3 sculpting, shown in bou mak garden (jyutping: bou mak jyun; traditional chinese: 寶墨園, literally garden of treasure , ink ) in punyu, gwongzau. buildings in lingnan garden typically constructed in classical lingnan style.

calligraphy , paintings

yuyum sanfong utilizes calligraphy decorations, alongside massive amount of carvings - latter of typical of cantonese gardens.

classical lingnan garden uses calligraphy , paintings sparingly, , modern lingnan garden less inclined so. there are, however, several notable instances of such in lingnan garden design. yuyum sanfong, instance, has calligraphy 餘地三弓紅雨足，蔭天一角綠雲深 (classical chinese, literally land large 3 bows, rich in red rain; though corner under sky, abundant green clouds ) written on main door.

plants

vegetation in lingnan garden summarized sentence all-season flowers, scenery of tropical rain belt . lingnan gardens use native, subtropical plant species such palm trees (including coconut trees), flamevine, orchids, chinese banyan, , lychee trees.