The Central Thought of Ye Shengtao in Suzhou Gardens

The central idea of Suzhou Gardens: This paper grasps the overall characteristics of Suzhou Gardens: "No matter where visitors stand, they always have a perfect picture in front of them." Furthermore, around this center, various landscapes are comprehensively divided into several types, which are introduced and described in detail respectively, thus naturally and truly reappearing the scenery of Suzhou, and also showing the wisdom of designers and craftsmen and the superb garden art in China.

The text summarizes the characteristics of Suzhou gardens from the perspective of tourists, that is, make sure that no matter where visitors stand, there is always a perfect picture in front of them.

the article first illustrates this feature from four main aspects: the layout of pavilions and pavilions, the coordination of rockeries and ponds, the setting off of flowers and trees, and the level of close-range vision, and then from three subtle aspects: the beauty of composition in every corner, the beauty of patterns in doors and windows, and the beauty of architectural colors.

Extended information:

This article is a preface written by Ye Lao for a Suzhou garden photo album. At the beginning of 1979, a publishing house in Hong Kong planned to publish a photo album introducing Suzhou gardens, and asked Ye Lao to write a preface. Before the age of 22, Ye Lao had been living in Suzhou. In his spare time, he often visited Suzhou gardens with his friends, and he had a deep understanding of the taste and characteristics of Suzhou gardens. When writing this preface, he referred to the book Suzhou Gardens compiled by Professor Chen Congzhou.

the general feature of Suzhou gardens is "make sure that no matter where visitors stand, they always have a perfect picture in front of them", that is, gardens are "painting everywhere". This is the center of the whole paper, and "pictures" become the clue to introduce Suzhou gardens.

The "perfect picture" is embodied in four stresses and one "everything": "Pay attention to the layout of pavilions and pavilions, the coordination of rockeries and ponds, the setting off of flowers and trees, and the level of close-range vision." Everything should be designed to form a perfect picture. This is also the general outline and order explained below.

Baidu Encyclopedia-Suzhou Gardens