#chinese garden

[koshigurajumy]

Jumy-M Seven Stars Bridge / 七星橋

#風景 #庭園 #中国庭園 #橋 #landscape #Garden #Chinese Garden #bridge #photographers on tumblr

[fuckyeahchinesegarden]

艺圃yipu, suzhou, zhejiang province by 雨晴烟晚85

#china #garden #chinese garden #scenery #photography

[uroko]

Stephanie Wang

#digital art #illustration #nature #art #inspiration #chinese garden #garden

[viagginterstellari]

Courtyard - Shaxi, 2019

#picofthenight #travel #china #yunnan #original photographers #photographers on tumblr #chinese garden #chinese aesthetic #courtyard #chinese architecture #urban aesthetic #canal #photoofthenight

[samspicturesandwords]

Tree

#tree #trees #Chinese garden #jardin Chinois #photography #Montreal

[milkywayrollercoaster]

Lou Lim Ioc Garden

Macau/ China

photos cjmn

#macau #china #chinese garden #lou lim ioc garden #botanics

[lazyumbreon]

portal to another world by @lazyumbreon

#photography #nature #aesthetic #mine #fairycore #japanese garden #chinese garden #pond #window #windows #portal #green aesthetic #ghibli

[journeytothewestresearch]

sorry to bother, but I've got a question that's been bugging me for a little while. In chapter one of Anthony C. Yu Translation, it states the monkey kings birth rock as an 'immortal stone' then goes on to describe its size. how could a stone be immortal, or is a just a way to say it was favored by the heavens?

I'm not sure, but I've always considered it to be a kind of "scholar's rock" (gongshi, 供石), a category of gnarled, pitted stones that develop in nature. They are often seen in Chinese gardens. The rocks were historically viewed as stand-ins for qi (氣)-filled mountains far away from the cities and towns where scholar-cultivators lived. I wrote the following in an old college research paper:

It’s important to point out that the very first reference to Chinese gardens appears in the Book of Changes. The aforementioned material also states that “Grace [can be found] in the hills and gardens” (賁于丘園). Here, gardens are associated with the wilderness and not a plot in a private residence. The first unambiguous mention of gardens comes from the Songs of Chu (楚辭, Chu Ci, 4th-c. BCE), an anthology of poetry written during the latter part of the Zhou Dynasty. One famous verse known as “Summoning the Soul” (招魂, Zhao Hun) describes how a shaman (巫, Wu) struggles to entice the meandering spirit of an ailing king to return by reminding him of the beautiful women waiting for him “in your garden pavilion, by the long bed curtains”.[7] Such imperial gardens took on a new significance during the following Qin (221–206 BCE) and Han dynasties (206 BCE–220 CE) as certain emperors became obsessed with Daoist immortality and built microcosms of landscapes—rocks for mountains, ponds for rivers, and trees and plants for forests—within their palaces. The hope was to entice lofty immortals to settle there and teach them their secrets of longevity. The first private pleasure gardens arose during the Han. There were two kinds, the extravagant park owned by the wealthy and the simple scholar’s retreat. The former was based on the great imperial hunting parks that served as a symbol for the emperor’s power since such spaces were stocked with exotic plants and animals gifted by conquered territories. Thus, the extravagant nature of these gardens served to broadcast the wealth and power of their owners. On the contrary, the latter were most likely born from privately owned vegetable gardens. The Book of Odes (詩經, 11th–7th-c. BCE), the oldest known collection of Chinese poetry, suggests that scholars during the Zhou dynasty already viewed their simple food gardens as relaxing places of leisure. The idea of a garden serving as a proxy for a mountain retreat was made popular by Tao Qian (陶潛, 365–427), a poet of the Six Dynasties period (220–589). His philosophy is best exemplified by poem number five of his “Twenty Poems After Drinking Wine” series: I built my hut beside a traveled road Yet hear no noise of passing carts and horses. You would like to know how it is done? With the mind detached, one’s place becomes remote. Picking chrysanthemums by the eastern hedge I catch sight of the distant southern hills: The mountain air is lovely as the sun sets And flocks of flying birds return together. In these things is a fundamental truth I would like to tell, but lack the words. ​Here, shear concentration of will transports an individual to the mountains far away from the hustle and bustle of daily life. This implies that any setting can be one’s own personal Eden, even a garden.

#immortal stone #Chinese garden #scholar rock #microcosm #qi energy #meditation #spirituality #spiritual cultivation #Sun Wukong #Monkey King #Journey to the West #JTTW #Lego Monkie Kid #LMK

[goatondaroad]

Chichi Week 01: Mythical AU/Plants

@celebratingchichi

#I AM SO LATE FOR THIS #chichi #dbz #journey to the west #princess iron fan #digital art #artwork #digital watercolor #copic markers #inking #ink art #garden decor #chinese garden #the original tag said mythical creatures don't think about it #ChiChiWeek2022 #ChiChiWeek

[koshigurajumy]

Jumy-M Chinese Gardens / 庭園の美学

#風景 #庭園 #中国庭園 #landscape #garden #Chinese Garden #jumym #photographers on tumblr

[fuckyeahchinesegarden]

瞻园zhanyuan, nanjing, jiangsu province by 绿暗红稀雨如烟

#china #scenery #photography #travel #nature #trees #plants #gardens #chinese garden

[cclassical-share]

Tenon & Mortise Toys - Ancient Chinese Building Toys - Pavilion

#toys #bulking #chinese garden #home decor

[togetherkru]

Hi there ! Happy Tuesday and happy BFSN ;-) No, I'm not in China, but I did have the opportunity to visit a beautiful Chinese garden a few minutes' drive from my home, so I'm sharing it with you too. I've never visited it before, and I've already promised myself I'll go back in the spring, as the peonies must be superb. I'm thinking of you, and hoping that September brings a little peace to everyone.

Tagging/sending love to : @pendragaryen, @natassakar, @carrieeve, @ninappon, @roguetwelve, @lee-em-dee, @igotbellarkeforthat, @infp-with-all-the-feelings, @astridandoddsandends, @okmcintyre, @kizo2703, @jeanie205, @gabbagabbadoo, @isweartobreathe, @gaiagalit, @bellamyblake, @immortalpramheda, @doortotomorrow, and a special thought to @geekyogicheese and @julibernardo

#bfsn #my photgraphy #nature #chinese garden

[samspicturesandwords]

Flowers in Dream Lake Garden, Montréal.

#Dream Lake Garden #flowers #pink flowers #plants #Chinese garden #Jardin Chinois #Montreal #photography #botanical garden #jardin botanique

[skynapple]

California spring

A few unedited selects from spring at the Huntington Library

#california #spring #florals #chinese garden #flowers #cherry blossom #huntington library #home things #mine

[lazyumbreon]

#photography #nature #aesthetic #japanese aesthetic #japanese garden #japanese #japan #nippon #chinese #chinese garden #mine #bamboo #lantern #zen garden