Qianyuan (the ‘Hidden Garden’) is a classic southern Chinese scholar’s garden that was gifted to Ruhr University (Germany) by its sister school, Tongji University of Shanghai, in 1990. Beginning with the original concept, this book illustrates the history and design of the garden through 29 themes, with abundant pictures and accompanying text. The garden draws on the Legend of Peach Blossom Spring, in which a fisherman who is drawn to a blossoming peach orchard accidentally discovers a hidden outcrop of paradise, which once discovered can never be found again (a plaque in the garden recounts the tale). Qianyuan has borrowed theory and techniques from the ancient Chinese gardening masterpiece The Garden Treatise, whose artistic language was influential in the creation of this Chinese ‘paradise’ in Germany. The garden is considered an important example of Sino-German cultural exchange. <\/p>\n
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This book illustrates the history and design of the Qianyuan (‘Hidden’) Garden, a gift from a Chinese university to a German university, through 29 themes with abundant pictures and accompanying text.<\/p>\n
Birth of the Garden
\n The Garden Layout
\n White Wall, Scattered Shadows
\n Charm before the Entrance
\n Entrance Hall, a Pair of Couplets
\n Less Is More
\n Walking along the Gallery, Chatting Freely
\n The Houses are Neatly Arranged
\n One Garden Corner
\n The Unevenness of the Main Hall
\n Ancient-Style Brick Carvings
\n Step into Solitude
\n Improvised Small Scenes
\n Yedu (Pulling Oneself Across)
\n Time-Worn ¬atched Hut
\n Of Rocks and Paintings
\n Song of Environmental Protection
\n An Account of the Fengyue Pavilion
\n Between Rocks and Water
\n A Mountain Need Not Be Tall
\n A Cultural Paradise
\n A Chinese Tea House
\n Exterior Landscapes
\n The Story of the Tiles
\n Borrowed Wonder
\n Water Paintings, Spring and Autumn
\n Beautiful Flowers of All Sorts
\n Silver Adornments, Plainly Wrapped
\n Asking about the Tao and Zen (Chan)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":37649,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":""},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[5559],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-37648","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-architecture-landscape-design","7":"author-by-author-zhang-zhenshan","8":"publisher-tongji-university-press","10":"first","11":"instock","12":"shipping-taxable","13":"purchasable","14":"product-type-simple"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n