Study on the Evolution Process and Cultural Connotation of Scenic Gardens in Tianping Mountain under the Confucian Value System
The Taihu natural space surrounded by mountains has nurtured and developed into an exemplary cultural landscape interwoven with political,religious,and other attributes.It is an empirical evidence of the personification of landscape by the elite groups of the past generations.As the core landscapes resource in the western suburbs of Suzhou,the evolution of Tianping Mountain has its particularity,typification,and universality,due to cultural integration between the north and the south.Tianping Mountain has undergone four periods:the home mountain of the Fan family,the field of education,the land of elegant luxury,and the political space,and its flourish and prosperity are not only the representation of the promotion of familial ethics driven by the precedence of ritual order but also a manifestation of the construction of a political community where rulers and subjects build a collective entity through the pathway of"bestowing kindness-repaying gratitude".However,in essence,the core of the sustainable development of garden is the deep-rooted Confucianism in Chinese traditional society.The study takes Tianping Mountain gardens as an example to carry on the evolution analysis,which will help to fully understand the cultural value of scenic spots.
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