江南水乡园林发展简史(之三)——江南水乡园林之兴盛

A Brief History of Garden in Watery Town of Southern Yangzi River (Part Three):The Prosperity

江南水乡园林的发展、演变历史进程,划分为四个时期:兴起、发展、兴盛、高潮,隋唐五代宋元为江南水乡园林兴盛期。该文指出此时期,江南水乡园林体现出几方面特点:园林规模继续趋小;文人园林完全成熟;唐宋园林,尤其是宋代园林,达到我国古典园林艺术之高峰;皇家、私家、寺庙园林等区别渐著;在庶民阶层普遍追求庭院、庭园等园林形式的同时,世俗化园林在各地流布等。

The progress of watery town of Southern Yangzi River had four periods on its development and evolvement： origin, development, prosperity, climaxes. It had several characteristic below among the Sui and Tang, Song and Yuan Dynasty. As the turning point in Song Dynasty, the scale of the garden was getting small while the intellectual garden was becoming full development. The art of garden in Tang and Song dynasty, especially in Song dynasty, achieved highest level. The difference among Royal garden, private garden and temple garden increased. As the plebeians pursued the cartilage and courtyard garden, temporal garden distributed everwhere.