Exploring The Taoist Intention In The Landscape Layout Of The Old Summer Palace

Yuanmingyuan is a large-scale landscape imperial garden in Qing Dynasty,which integrates Chinese classical garden gardening techniques.It occupies an important position in the history of Chinese classical garden and is known as the garden of ten thousand gardens.Its landscape and architectural layout all reflect the idea of centralization and imperial supremacy,and the political idea of the ruling class is highlighted in landscape construction and architectural layout.Along with the development and continuation of Taoism in the past dynasties,the influence of Taoism on classical gardens is very far-reaching,which has guiding significance in the planning and landscaping of royal gardens.In this paper,we hope that through the refinement of Taoist ideas about garden construction,such as Taoism following nature,the combination of virtual and real,immortal ideas,and the prototype paradigm of Penglai model,Kunlun model,and Hutian model,we can further explore its impact on the artistic conception and artistic expression of Chinese classical Gardens represented by Yuanmingyuan.Through the research on the creation of Taoist artistic conception,the inscribed tablets,couplets and imperial poems of Yuanmingyuan,this paper analyzes the cultural orientation of the upper class and the pursuit of garden art,as well as the ideological realm,political ideas and metaphorical thinking of the emperors of Qing Dynasty reflected in the landscape layout of Yuanmingyuan.