Research On Celebrity-memorial Garden In West Sichuan And Its Memorial

The celebrity-memorial garden in west Sichuan is a type of Chinese classical garden which deeply rooted to the local culture. They express the art style of classical garden in west Sichuan very well. For having a special meaning-the memory of the celebrities and their deed, allusion, literary talent, achievements, and so an, they are worth to be study deeply.There are five types of celebrity-memorial garden: temple, ancestral hall, former home, mausoleum, historic site, and there aren't clear dividing lines among these types. We can find two ways of their evolvement. One develops from a temple or an ancestral hall, and they always have a purpose of memorial since they were built up. The other develops from a former home, a mausoleum, or a historic site. They didn't have the purpose of memorial at first. But during the development times, they become carriers of memorial. Each evolvement way has its protracted tortuous process, and so many factors produce effects on it.The basic inner factor which propels the development, evolvement, and inheriting is memorial. It also plays a big role in the development of whole classical gardens in west Sichuan. However, the roots of memorial in these gardens are these celebrities and their moral characters, achievements, and so on. Thus it can be seen that person is the core of the celebrity-memorial garden. Memorial is a large power comes from the person, and the gardens are carriers of memorial.Except showing material in layout of the gardens, there are two elements to show the memorial in gardens: material element and immaterial element. These elements not only make people feel the existing of the memorial, but also make the celebrity-memorial garden play its role of memory. Besides the general characteristics of celebrity-memorial garden, the celebrity-memorial garden in west Sichuan has its own characteristics, too. At last, "exploiting of the historic sites, holding in deep respect of celebrities; exerting an influence based on enjoying the scenery, inspiring people to develop culture and civilization" is the most important purport of the celebrity-memorial garden in west Sichuan.