Study On Guangzhou Cemetery

Cemetery made in different historical periods and social backgrounds reflects the social,eonomic and cultural picures of the era. This can be seen from the ancient imperial cemeteriesto the modern tombs of martyr and celebrity. Their unique culture in commerating is part ofthe social and national civilization. Landscape development has a long history in our country.Different from other landscapes, cemetery has more significant realistic meanings in mouringancestors, protecting the history and inheriting the culture.The first chapter, taking the roots of the landscape art and the cemetery culture, theformation and development of the cemetery, and the modern situation of the cemetery as thebackground, introduces the research fruits at home and abroad and sets forth the purpose andsignificance of the research.The second chapter first differs and defines the related concepts, and then systematicallyexpounds the development course of the cemetery since the ancient times, and by the way,concludes its development features in each period. In the grand background of Chinesecemetery development, the paper focuses on the development course of Guangzhou cemetery.By narrating its ancient, modern and contemporary development periods, the paper tries toreveal the development historical picture of Guangzhou cemetery.The third chapter analyzes the characteristics of Guangzhou cemetery, concludes fromsuch three levels as martyr cemetery, celebrity cemetery and foreigner cemetery, and thendiscuss the cemetery development from the landscape angles. The fourth chapter, however,based on lots of field survey and research, expounds the memorial spirit and imperialcemetery culture manifested from Guangzhou cemetery. The fifth chapter sums up the designstyle features of Guangzhou cemetery, including infusing the western design methods into thenative cemetery design, and combining the Chinese traditional landscape forms with theimperial cemetery forms.The paper tries to put forth the features of Guangzhou cemetery, and enrich the researchof cemetery culture from the perspective of landscape theories, and so as to improve thetheories of Guangzhou cemetery.The papar has68,000words and200charts, including181picuturs and19sheets.