Creation and Appreciation of “Nature and Man in One” and Chinese Classic Beauty of Garden – Taking the Suzhou classic garden as an example

Abstract

The ideology of "Nature and Man in One" from Taoism, one of the local schools that has the deepest influence on China, demonstrates an admiration and appraise for the nature and shows the thought that man and nature exist in harmony. The ideology "Nature and Man in One" is a basic principle for ancient people to deal with the relation between man and nature, and also provides a corresponding basis and reflects the wisdom of ancestors. The modern society has also provided a reference for harmonious and sustained development of man and nature. Chinese classic garden is an artistic works from the ancient craftsmen. As a representative of Chinese classic garden, Suzhou Garden complies with the philosophical concept "Nature and Man in One" to arrange the mountains and rivers. This article makes a deep analysis on the influence of Taoism cultural deposits on the arrangement of Chinese classic garden based on the connotation of "Nature and Man in One" ideology. Keywords. nature and Man in One; classic garden; Suzhou Garden; Taoism ideology The arrangement of Chinese classic garden is a demonstration of ancients' wisdom. In a higher hierarchy of philosophy, it records the development history of Chinese architectural culture. As a good representative of philosophy and aesthetics, the classic garden art has a broad and profound basic idea. The ideology "Nature and Man in One" is not only the essence of traditional culture, but also the composition principle with which our Chinese ancient buildings complied. Suzhou Garden, a representative of Chinese classic garden, is elegant in building types and reveals the ideological connotation and artistic rules with its profound cultural deposits. It is trying to provide a conducive inspiration for the artistic design of modern environment.