What Does A Japanese Garden Represent
Hill and Pond Style Gardensthat originated from China.
What does a japanese garden represent. By the time the 13th century rolled around Zen gardens were heavily integrated in Japanese life and culture. These elements are not meant to be symbols rather they are meant to evocative. The gardens of the Emperors and nobles were designed for recreation and aesthetic pleasure while the gardens of Buddhist temples were designed for contemplation and meditation.
These slabs are frequently natural uncut stones which together with the upright stones that usually flank the ends of the bridge should be considered part of the general stone. Waterfalls are sometimes the actual sources of water in Japanese gardens while in other instances they are dry cascades kare taki in which stones simply suggest the fall of water. Rocks or ishi are foundational items in Japanese gardens.
A zen garden is meant to be a meditative place. Almost every Japanese garden symbolizes things. Stones figure into the water elements and are sometimes used in forming paths.
The Japanese black or male pine called omatsu represents the former force and the red or female pine called mematsu represents the latter force. Tachi-Gata Also called pedestal lanterns the tachi-gata lanterns have long pedestal and massive construction. It represents the ultimate beauty of nature.
At many gardens the entries are marked by a large stone as a sign of welcome. Bamboo is usually found in such gardens and plum trees are often grown there. Wabi literally translates to solitary but in the case of Japanese gardens is more akin to unique or special.
Seisui-Tei Garden of Pure Water is a traditional Zen garden where the essence of nature is created through suggestion and association incorporating many elements into the landscape. Nothing about a Japanese garden is by accident. Although Japanese were inspired by ancient Chinese style outdoor garden sometimes I believe Japanese garden is far beautiful than the Chinese ones.