A Preliminary Study of Chinese Gardening Viewing Stone

Written by Chen Lu

The Chinese gardening viewing stone affected by the influence the freehand painting of Chinese literati, the characteristic in the appreciating of the viewing stone is be showed as followings: one, the expression mode of much in little; two, composition method of scattered point perspective; three, aesthetic way of unity in both form and spirit; four,layout method of the combining with gardens.

Gardens and viewing stone, are both the very important part of Chinese traditional culture,they are inextricably linked and make the old and new contrast and complement each other.With the progress of society and development of economic, gardens and viewing stone are both faced with the task that conforming to the trend of the times and develop with the times on the basis of inheriting the tradition.In this process gardens and viewing stone must be combined more closely than before, and contribute together creating a good environment.