美国墓园概述

The Overview of American Cemeteries

人从出生到死亡,墓地似乎是人们最后的归宿。而对于历史较短的美国来说,墓地无疑成为了国家文化和信仰的缩影。它像地壳的沉积岩,以独特视角揭示了历史变迁,时代的发展。从风景园林设计的角度纵览美国的历史,概括性地介绍了美国墓园的发展史。从而隐射出墓园的发展对美国风景园林所起的重要影响。

People are always dying and cemeteries are the place to bury the remains and ashes after death. The cemetery is closely tied to human cultures and beliefs, and it reveals the historical changes of cultures from the unique perspective like the sedimentary rocks of the crust. The development and changes of American cemeteries are briefly introduced from the perspective of design under the historical background of the United States. The decisive impact of these development and changes in the American history of landscape architecture is thus reflected.