The West Lake Governance and Surrounding Lake Gardening in Lin'an City During the Southern Song Dynasty
Southern Song gardens were one of the most important stages of development in the history of Chinese gardens,laying the foundation for the maturity and peak of Jiangnan gardens in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.Its more important contribution in the history of gardens is the large-scale opening of the origins of ancient Chinese urban ecological construction,which deeply influenced the urban landscape pattern of Hangzhou.This article summarizes the relationship between Lin'an City and West Lake in the Southern Song Dynasty,as well as the overall renovation of West Lake and the construction of gardens around the lake.It also points out that the flourishing gardening and garden tours promoted the development of social culture and the pros-perity of industrial economy,and further influenced the aesthetic orientation,artistic skills,and urban landscape.This was easily overlooked in the study of classical garden history in the past.
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