"Yuanyouchanqi, Jingyouxinsheng"—— The Preliminary Study About Zen Gardens

Zen and gardens since ancient times are closely linked in China, they explain the traditional natural aesthetics through the same and different ways of expression to.with the long history of five thousand years of Chinese culture, Buddhism, and Chinese gardens have been infiltrated,complement and influence each other, the two are complementary to each other. After the tang dynasty, the Ming and qing dynasties, Chinese garden has been following the zen development vein to development. The consciousness of the enlightenment of the theory of zen decide the development direction of the garden art and art form, landscape creative writing purpose and significance and zen thought of great unity. Here, this article use zen thoughts, to better analyze the superiority of gardens and theoretical basis, at the same time, it will also inspire the creation of the modern garden, to respect the traditional language and modern creation thinking mode.First from the origin of zen, this paper introduces the development of zen Buddhism, and under the influence of traditional Chinese aesthetic theory, and the change of cultural mentality, and analyzes the zen and literature, the relationship between the painting. In the spirit of the overall analysis of the zen garden and art expression. Buddhist garden is the direct result of a production Buddha in China temple garden with zen connotation, pay attention to zen creation. In art expression, illustrates the space is enough, a symbol, comparison, and the point regulation, etc. The next article in two, respectively discusses the zen and the relationship between Chinese ancient garden and modern landscape architecture, and influence each other, and illustrates respectively. Enjoy the last part of the article expounds the satori and gardens, the relationship between the essence of satori determines the appreciation of aesthetics, which determines the landscape aesthetic decorate a form.Overall, the paper discusses the zen and the relationship between mutual penetration between zen and gardens, as well as the ancient garden design train of thought and the modern landscape design inspiration. Based on the traditional garden art under the symbol of Chinese modern landscape architecture, will be the essence of the garden of inherit and carry forward, and combined with the age characteristics and requirements, to build a fresh vitality of arts.