Chinese Garden

Connected Sites: 16

Chinese Gardens or Chinese Scholar's Gardens. "The design of Chinese gardens was to provide a spiritual utopia for one to connect with nature, to come back to one's inner heart, to come back to ancient idealism." (wiki) Chinese gardens have seventeen essential elements: 1) proximity to the home; 2) small; 3) walled; 4) small individual sections; 5) asymmetrical; 6) various types of spatial connections; 7) architecture; 8) rocks; 9) water; 10) trees; 11) plants; 12) sculpture; 13) jie jing (borrowed scenery); 14) chimes; 15) incense burners; 16) inscriptions; 17) use of feng shui for choosing site.

Connected Sites

  • Classical Gardens of Suzhou
    Classical Gardens of Suzhou
    China
    Inscribed: 1997
    3.64
    175
    8
    Humble Administrator's Garden and Lingering Garden, part of WHS are two of four Chinese great gardens
  • Summer Palace
    Summer Palace
    China
    Inscribed: 1998
    3.90
    295
    9
    one of four Chinese great gardens
  • Old Town of Lijiang
    Old Town of Lijiang
    China
    Inscribed: 1997
    3.54
    111
    11
    Black Dragon Pool is full with chinese classical garden elements
  • Hué
    Hué
    Viet Nam
    Inscribed: 1993
    3.30
    239
    7
    Many imperial mausoleum gardens and the recently restored Imperial citadel's garden are based on Chinese garden principal
  • Ping Yao
    Ping Yao
    China
    Inscribed: 1997
    3.47
    94
    8
    Pingyao's old government office complex garden is classical chinese garden, one of the few remaining example of offical residence gardens in China
  • Grand Canal
    Grand Canal
    China
    Inscribed: 2014
    2.95
    163
    10
    Ge Yuan in Yangzhou is one of the named components of section 12.
    See en.chinaculture.org
  • Imperial Palace
    Imperial Palace
    China
    Inscribed: 1987
    4.19
    334
    11
    Beijing Imperial Palace for its imperial garden for the emperor and his family
  • Xidi and Hongcun
    Xidi and Hongcun
    China
    Inscribed: 2000
    3.42
    77
    6
    Xidi's Western Garden in the former residence of an official is a Suzhou Garden style
  • West Lake
    West Lake
    China
    Inscribed: 2011
    3.30
    140
    6
    as the best example of Classic Chinese landscape and its many smaller gardens are considered to be part of ten great views of west lake
  • Temple, Mansion and Cemetery of Confucius
    Temple, Mansion and Cemetery of Confucius
    China
    Inscribed: 1994
    3.28
    76
    7
    Kong Clan's residence garden, one of the best example of classical garden in chinese nobility house
  • Site of Xanadu
    Site of Xanadu
    China
    Inscribed: 2012
    2.13
    19
    3
    Beiyuan, the garden where the Yuan Dynasty grew exotic and rare plants and cultivated unusual animals and birds (described by Marco Polo)
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • Mount Emei, including Leshan Giant Buddha
    Mount Emei, including Leshan Giant Buddha
    China
    Inscribed: 1996
    3.66
    98
    6
    Mount Emei's Baoguo temple is also one of the best preserved and most lasting representatives of the typical structure of Chinese ancient gardens.
  • Mountain Resort, Chengde
    Mountain Resort, Chengde
    China
    Inscribed: 1994
    3.54
    62
    4
    one of four Chinese great gardens
  • Gusuku of Ryukyu
    Gusuku of Ryukyu
    Japan
    Inscribed: 2000
    2.83
    68
    10
    Shikinaen is a mix of Japanese and Chinese garden
  • Beijing Central Axis
    Beijing Central Axis
    China
    Inscribed: 2024
    3.15
    211
    4
    Jingshan Hill "The Jingshan Hill is the tallest point and a key skyline node on the Beijing Central Axis. Its position and relationship to the north of the Forbidden City demonstrate the planning concept of Chinese palaces and gardens. Its towering hill, picturesque garden, and ornate buildings enrich the architectural sequence of the Axis." - Nomination File
  • Baekje Historic Areas
    Baekje Historic Areas
    Republic of Korea
    Inscribed: 2015
    2.42
    73
    8
    “Historical records indicate that the style of the Baekje gardens had a considerable influence on the development of Japanese gardens. However, as a garden in the royal palace from the Sabi Period was discovered at the Archaeological Site in Wanggung-ri, it was confirmed that China, the Baekje Kingdom, and Japan were closely engaged in exchanges of their garden cultures. Some of the oddly formed rocks and strangely shaped stones in the Archaeological Site in Wanggung-ri contain Chinese viewing stones, indicating the international nature of Baekje culture.” - Nomination File