Album of the Garden with Miniature Rock Landscapes of the Southern Lower Yangtze River

The miniature rock landscape is a very specific feature of the gardening art, which is created and developed in the Southern Lower Yangtze River. The art of gardens with miniature rock landscapes of the Southern Lower Yangtze River has been recognized nationally as the art of the Chinese gardening architecture. The gardening art of the Southern Lower Yangtze River, being a type of curtilage garden, is characterized by its architecture of rock landscapes, zigzag paths, deep lanes, miniature cliffs and exquisiteness. Album of the Garden with Miniature Rock Landscape of the Southern Lower Yangtze River now is published with an aim to analyze the aesthetic value of the gardens of the Southern lower Yangtze River and summarize its artistic attainments.
The album is divided into three parts; history, Artistic appreciation and Miniature Rock Landscape Architecture. The part of History describes the process that the Rock Landscape Architecture has developed from the "germination" age to date. The next part tries to familiarize our readers with the art of miniature rock landscape and provides pictures of 24 existing famous classic gardens located in Suzhou, Yangzhou, Huzhou, Hangzhou, Wuxi and Nanjing. The part of Miniature Rock Landscape Architecture makes an emphasis on the selected key technical skills of its construction.