Exploration on the Construction Approach of Guangzhou Temple Garden Landscape in the Qing Dynasty from the Perspective of Eight Views of Hoi Tong Monastery
Hoi Tong Monastery,which stands near the Pearl River,was one of the four famous temples in Guangzhou during the Qing Dynasty.During the period when Guangzhou was open for business,it became the only two garden resorts for Western merchants to'rest and play'with the flowery land.'Monk、poetry and Western painting with famous'at Hoi Tong Monastery,left a lot of text and image data.Beginning with the Eight Views of the Hoi Tong Monastery,this study uses graphic and textual corroboration to deconstruct the construction approach of the Hoi Tong Monastery landscape through geospatial,sensory experience,garden mood,and other perspectives by taking the export paintings of Hoi Tong Monastery and the poem on The Eight Views of Hoi Tong Monastery as the main research material.It is found that the Hoi Tong Monastery,by presenting the close connection of temple-river-city space,creating a holistic perception of time and space in the temple garden landscape,and rendering the atmosphere of secular and Zen integration,presents to the Westerners the image of a'Chinese temple garden'with a boat ride into the garden,the sound of tidal wave,a vast river view,a fusion of time and space,and a blend of secularism and Zen.
Eight Views of Hoi Tong MonasteryQing DynastyTemple Garden in GuangzhouSpatio-temporal perceptionGarden image