The Garden Elegant Assembly and Literary Writing of the Adherents at the Time of the Changes of Dynasties:Centered on the"Shui Hui Garden"and the"Ti Garden"
Both"Shui Hui Garden"and"Ti Garden"are designed to avoid the pain caused by the chan-ges of dynasties in reality,but they have their own characteristics,representing two typical types of relic gardens in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties and the late Qing and early Republic of China respective-ly.The garden assembly of the adherents are the continuation of the cultural tradition that:"Poetry Can Make People Harmonize"as well as the cultural memory of the Elegant Meeting.The"Garden Seclusion"is a major theme in the literature of the garden elegant assembly and a safe choice made by the literati after facing the complex political environment and living difficulties.The gardens played an important role in the cultural inheritance at the time of the changes,symbolizing the"spiritual paradise".With the help of the real cultural space,the adherents at the time of the changes of dynasties put the extraordinary life circum-stances and the vicissitudes of changing dynasties into the ultimate enjoyment of indulgence and pleasure,and linked up the memories and retention of the past,representing a desire to return to their homeland.The closeness and self-sufficiency of the garden cut off the pain and suffering of losing the homeland,as a spiritual existence beyond the reality,stored the cultural memory,and placed the survivors'sense of dis-tress and desire to escape the eternal loss of the world.
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