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Woody floral elegance in Chinese gardens: a modern recreation inspired by the Dream of the Red Chamber
Article number
1434_15
Pages
105 – 114
Language
English
Abstract
Woody ornamentals play a crucial role in Chinese gardens, adding color and vitality to the courtyard and expressing the owner’s taste and sentiments.
Utilizing unique and captivating flower colors, shapes, and fragrances, they enhance the visual and sensory experience of the garden landscape.
Woody flowering plants often carry unique cultural symbols, and planting specific plants allows owners to express their love for literature, art, and traditional values, showcasing their taste and cultural heritage.
Gardeners consider factors such as florescence, flower postures, and fragrances, strategically placing flowering plants to create different atmospheres and moods in the garden, forming a sense of hierarchy and depth, and introducing varied color changes throughout the seasons.
While modern gardens incorporate woody flowering plants as elements in landscape design, they often overlook their cultural significance.
Therefore, this study focuses on representing the fictional but realistic garden of the Dream of the Red Chamber, a work that richly portrays Chinese culture and garden landscapes.
Through modern spatial modeling tools, it presents this imaginary garden with a careful selection of woody ornamentals.
Previous studies have explored Chinese garden concepts and cultural meanings by analyzing the Dream of the Red Chamber.
Although there are many creative works representing the Grand View Garden, few focus on the theme of combining woody ornaments.
This research selects the three main characters’ courtyards as study subjects.
By conducting a literature review, this study chooses woody ornamentals symbolizing the characters’ personalities and destinies as primary design elements.
Finally, the Minecraft platform is employed as a visualizing tool, utilizing its abstract block style to create a garden that reconnects them to cultural meanings behind the landscape while avoiding limiting the viewer’s imagination.
Utilizing unique and captivating flower colors, shapes, and fragrances, they enhance the visual and sensory experience of the garden landscape.
Woody flowering plants often carry unique cultural symbols, and planting specific plants allows owners to express their love for literature, art, and traditional values, showcasing their taste and cultural heritage.
Gardeners consider factors such as florescence, flower postures, and fragrances, strategically placing flowering plants to create different atmospheres and moods in the garden, forming a sense of hierarchy and depth, and introducing varied color changes throughout the seasons.
While modern gardens incorporate woody flowering plants as elements in landscape design, they often overlook their cultural significance.
Therefore, this study focuses on representing the fictional but realistic garden of the Dream of the Red Chamber, a work that richly portrays Chinese culture and garden landscapes.
Through modern spatial modeling tools, it presents this imaginary garden with a careful selection of woody ornamentals.
Previous studies have explored Chinese garden concepts and cultural meanings by analyzing the Dream of the Red Chamber.
Although there are many creative works representing the Grand View Garden, few focus on the theme of combining woody ornaments.
This research selects the three main characters’ courtyards as study subjects.
By conducting a literature review, this study chooses woody ornamentals symbolizing the characters’ personalities and destinies as primary design elements.
Finally, the Minecraft platform is employed as a visualizing tool, utilizing its abstract block style to create a garden that reconnects them to cultural meanings behind the landscape while avoiding limiting the viewer’s imagination.
Authors
S.-T. Yang, T.I. Lee
Keywords
Chinese garden design, woody ornamentals, A Dream of Red Mansions, cultural symbolism, modern representation
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