How to Experience the Beauty of the Winter Picturesque?:A Study on the Architectural Form of Nanjing Zhanyuan Garden's Warm Pavilion with the West Rockery
The west rockery of Zhanyuan Garden in Nanjing is a relic of Ming Dynasty.In accordance with hearsay evidences,a brick fire house providing heat source was located within the cave structure of the rockery.There was once a copper pavilion on the mountain top of the west rockery that matched with it.However,no evidence was found to confirm the existence of the warm pavilion by referring to historical books and atlases since Qing Dynasty.The existing pavilion at the top of the west rockery was rebuilt in the 1950s when Mr.Liu Dunzhen took charge of the renovation of Zhanyuan Garden.The new pavilion's location was equivalent to its original site at the top of the rockery mountain.In this thesis,the author took the opportunity of renovating Zhanyuan Garden to conduct a thorough mapping analysis and investigation regarding the west rockery on its collapsing architectural site.Brick heating facilities that collapsed and silted up inside Zhanyuan Garden are found and are identified to be built during the Wanli period of Ming Dynasty.Flue heating and copper column cooling is used to provide heat source for the warm pavilion on the top of the mountain.This method reflects that gardens of Jiangnan region in the early Ming Dynasty was subject to the impact of the northern heating cultural practices,in which extremely luxurious architectural style was implemented in the construction of important scenic buildings.The practice is later abandoned in the early Qing Dynasty due to excessive spending.Although the warm pavilion system did not become a paradigm for garden architecture in the Jiangnan region,its unique nature determined by the Little Ice Age in the early Ming Dynasty still brought many inspirations and reflections.In this thesis,historical images and literature materials are combined with current investigations to analyze and restore the features of the Warm Pavilion architectural group in the west rockery of Zhanyuan Garden,in case the uniqueness of the garden's architectural heritage could be revealed and become reference for the formulation of repair measures.
landscape architectureZhanyuan Garden in Nanjingwest rockeryfirehouse providing heat sourcewarm Pavilionstudy on the architectural form
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