Can Traditional Chinese Gardens be Watched This Way
Tian Peng
Wang Xiaoyan
Tian Chaoyang
Abstract：The "way of watching" is a method of cognition which implies the way of thinking. In the view of modern "way of watching", garden is regarded as a system which includes 4 self-evident elements: hill, water, plant,building and has no common aim. Based on Wang Shu's "watching and thinking" mind/mental theory, the article tries to rebuild a new theory system of "way of watching" which takes the "Yi -Jing" as the common aim in oder to return to traditional context. "Jing", "environment", "path" and "Jing-designing method" are the correlative elements as the 4 key concepts. By transferring the four elements into "Jing"and according modularized instruments-Jing placing instrument, Jing linking instrument and Jing viewing instrument, the article explores the possibility to improve the modularization maneuverability of traditional Chinese gardens.
Keywords："Jing"sceneway of watchingJing viewing instrumentmodularizationtraditional Chinese gardens
Publication Date：2017-01-01