When designing a Chinese garden, the primary goal is to preserve the natural beauty of nature. In the process of transforming the original landscape, the following principle is followed: “change it as if nature did it.”
It is important that the transformed area looks natural and meets the needs of people who want to be closer to nature.
In addition, the Chinese try to create many curves and wavy shapes. Nature is constantly changing, and this is what makes it interesting. Chinese gardeners, striving to imitate nature, always use a variable and unhurried composition in style. The Chinese gardening system is completely different from the Western one, built on the principle of symmetry.
Various structures and architectural elements play a huge role in the Chinese garden. They occupy up to 1/3 of the entire territory and represent supports for plants. These include:
- pergolas;
- gazebos;
- bridges;
- gates.
Of course, they should be made of natural materials such as wood, bamboo, clay and stone in combination with decorative metal elements.
When creating the environment, Chinese gardeners do not stop at the stage of formal beauty, but try to express inner feelings through external decorations. Therefore, the fundamental key to creating a Chinese garden is the level of culture of the creator.