Gardening has a very long history, which was originally created for the purposes of sightseeing and entertaining. Since various peoples in different regions have different understanding about gardening, different styles of gardens were formed. In general, there are three systems of gardens in the world, the European gardens, West Asia gardens and Chinese gardens. If you have come to study in Mandarin learning courses in China for a long time, you may have known that Chinese gardens are also divided into several classifications like the imperial gardens, gardens of man of letters, temple gardens and landscapes gardens.
When mentioning the gardening, Suzhou is an important city you should know. The Humble Administrator’s Garden is one of the most famous gardens in Suzhou. On April 4th, the opening ceremony of 2012 Netherlands World Horticultural Exposition was held in the south city Venlo. The “Chinese Garden” with the prototype of Suzhou Humble Administrator’s Garden debut in the ceremony, becoming the most attractive highlight in this session of exhibition.
Duke Fabo, the president of International Association of Horticultural Producers mentioned in his speech that when you stand in front of Chinese Garden, you will feel you are in China because this garden shows not only the beautiful scenery in China, more importantly, the features of Chinese culture. In addition, Chinese Garden shows the harmonious relationships between human and nature, implying that human can’t live without nature and human is also important to nature.
This garden also shows us that horticulture is an integral part of our daily life just like art, trend and even foods as well as other things. According to Zhang Yongli, the leader of Chinese delegation and the deputy director of State Forestry Bureau, the Chinese Garden for the exhibition was carefully designed and completed for more than two years by Suzhou Agricultural Vocational and Technical College and Shanghai Lita Landscape Architecture Corporation Limited under the organizing of China Flower Association.
The whole park area takes a cover of 1500 square meters, becoming the largest national exhibition garden in outdoor exhibition areas. Those who learn Chinese online free may hear that Chinese Garden imitates the construction techniques of Chinese classical gardens to show the beauty of artistic conception in the South of China. It vividly shows the traditional Chinese culture concept of harmony between human and nature. More people will know Chinese garden after this exhibition.