Chinese Garden Architecture
　　As one of four ancient civilized countries in the world, China, possessing a vast territory covering 9.6 million square kilometres and having a population accounting for over one- fifth of the world’s total, including 56 nationalities and with a recorded history of 3,000 years, has created a unique and outstanding traditional culture. China’ s architectural art is a particularly beautiful branch in the tree of Chinese civilization.
　　The Chinese garden architecture is one of the four essential factors for garden landscaping. The garden architecture should satisfy the requirements both for practical purposes and for landscaping the garden. They should blend with the environment within the garden and the natural environment, either as a central scenic spot or as an individual small scenic spot easy to access.
　　One of the outstanding characteristics of Chinese garden architecture is that they take advantage of the environment so that the natural scenes and human interest could be merged. The classic garden buildings are often embellished with calligraphy of poems and with paintings. They shun symmetry along an axis and adopt an irregular and complicated layout with plenty of large and small spaces. The appearance of a garden building should be aesthetic and expressive, and enhance the beauty of the surroundings. In its details, exquisite decorative means should be made use of, such as pretty guardrails, patterned windows, grilles, etc.. A garden building is a place for viewing the scenery within or beyond the garden and is a key point of the garden. So both the direction of the building and the positions of its doors and windows should take into consideration the viewing angles and the routes.
　　Famous Chinese garden buildings include Chengde Mountain Estate, Yuanmingyuan Garden, Lingering Garden in Suzhou, etc..
注释：

1.     four ancient civilized countries四大文明古国
2.     four essential factors for garden landscaping园林四要素认可度比较高的是山水、 地形、植物、 建筑。
3.     One of the outstanding characteristics of Chinese garden architecture is that they take advantage of the environment so that the natural scenes and human interest could be merged.
    中国园林建筑中一个显著的特点是因地制宜， 使自然景观和人为建筑完美融合。
4.     They shun symmetry along an axis and adopt an irregular and complicated layout with plenty of large and small spaces.
     它们避开了对称中轴而采取了一种不对称的结构复杂的布局， 从而隔分了许多大小不一的空间。
5.     Chengde Mountain Estate, Yuanmingyuan Garden, Lingering Garden in Suzhou
    承德避暑山庄、 圆明园和苏州的留园