Research on the Restoration Method of Classical Gardens Based on Historical Topography:A Case Study of the Jichang Garden in Wuxi,16th Century
Topography is the base of Chinese classical gardens.This paper proposes the restoration method of classical gardens based on"historical topography",aiming to speculate on the layout and details of restored gardens by restoring historical topography.In terms of historical research,it can supplement the lack of histor-ical documents and fill the gaps in research.In terms of garden design practice,it can also analyze the mech-anism of landscape change and promote the flexible use of traditional gardening methods.This paper takes the Jichang Garden in Wuxi as an example,starting from the hydrological and topographic conditions of Mountain Hui where the garden is located,and combining historical documents to infer the historical topography of the garden,speculating from the perspective of historical topography that the garden was founded in the Ming Dynasty in the 16th century and the possibility of its previous reconstruction actions,compared with historical documents,using the method of exclusion to determine the historical reconstruction methods,and presents a complete and clear view of a garden under the dual effects of nature and man-made The vivid features of contin-uous evolution and development can provide historical experience and reference for how to borrow the power of nature and create ingenious landscapes in today's urban and landscape construction.