Practices,Techniques,and Materials:The Temporalities in Classical Chinese Gardens
This research explores diverse temporal and embodied experiences in premodern Chinese garden-making through the analysis of existing garden images and texts.It focuses on various garden-making practices,techniques,and materials.The paper begins by identifying"periodic"and"evolving"garden structures and their construction and management.The focus then shifts to the tying and weaving techniques of plant materials.Lastly,the study delves into the significant role of willow as a key material in garden-making,with a focus on the management practice of pollarding.Furthermore,this investigation situates the cultivation and management of willow within the broader regional landscape-making and landscape infrastructure building contexts.Through"periodic"and"evolving"garden-making and landscape-making practices,this paper seeks to offer a novel perspective on the study of classical Chinese gardens.
landscape architectureplant materiallandscape research methodtemporalityembodiment