The Comparison of Traditional Gardens ArtisticÿConception between China and Japan
- DOI
- 10.2991/saeme-17.2017.95How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Zen garden; Japanese rock garden; Temple gardens.
- Abstract
Zen is belongs to the Buddhism of mental perception and also great wisdom of seeking natural character by keeping peaceful. Zen lays emphasis on the Magyar and seeks confirmation of wisdom liberation. After the Tang Dynasty, it stepped into a period of great prosperity gradually and played an important role in the Chinese ancient philosophy, literature, art and so on. As a form of art in Chinese culture, gardens are not only influenced by the traditional Confucian rite and music culture but also, in some sense, inherits the pursuit of Zen philosophy and even creates a special type of Zen garden. Zen garden is one type of temple gardens and also an ancient, special and independent garden system, because it's out of range of religious gardens. Although from China, it matured in Japan. The impact performs in regards of Japan life and religious activities. It triggered Japanese tea ceremony and the appreciation of the simple and unadorned style, emphasizing extremely strong self-control. As it were, Zen is the soul of Japanese garden. Japanese rock garden and earth-bare garden, which have the most special Japanese characteristics, are strongly infiltrated by Zen thought. At the same time, the suitable plant landscape expresses the refinements of Zen in a unadorned and simple style.
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- © 2017, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
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- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Zhong Yi AU - Bohui Wang AU - Jianfei Dong PY - 2017/07 DA - 2017/07 TI - The Comparison of Traditional Gardens ArtisticÿConception between China and Japan BT - Proceedings of the 2017 International Conference on Sports, Arts, Education and Management Engineering (SAEME 2017) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 423 EP - 428 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/saeme-17.2017.95 DO - 10.2991/saeme-17.2017.95 ID - Yi2017/07 ER -