Modern Chinese and Japanese garden as a symbol of national identity in the context of globalism

Yang Ding; Olena Semykina; Andriy Mykhailenko; Olga Ushakova; Oleksandr Khliupin

doi:10.22616/j.landarchart.2021.19.09

Authors

Yang Ding Kyiv National University of Construction and Architecture
Olena Semykina Kyiv National University of Construction and Architecture
Andriy Mykhailenko Kyiv National University of Construction and Architecture
Olga Ushakova Saint Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering
Oleksandr Khliupin National Aviation University, Ukraine

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22616/j.landarchart.2021.19.09

Keywords:

Japanese garden, Chinese garden, national memory, modernity, simplification of landscape design, multiculturalism

Abstract

The article considers examples of modern gardens and parks with elements of Chinese and Japanese landscape design, analyzes the degree of their similarity with historic gardens. A comparative analysis of historic gardens and modern gardens and parks is carried out in order to prove which elements of traditional oriental landscape design are cited the most. A set of elements that embody national identity in modern Chinese and Japanese gardens is argued. It is shown how, over time, including under the direct influence of multiculturalism and in connection with the typification of pavilions for mass construction, the concentrated national features of eastern gardens were gradually smoothed out. As the most recognizable elements of modern Chinese gardens, pavilions, sculpture, compositions of stones, Japanese gardens – gates-torii, pagodas, compositions of boulders, "dry gardens", landscaping with sakura, coniferous trees, and Japanese maples were identified. Compared to Chinese gardens, in a modern Japanese garden outside of Japan there may be no buildings at all or their number is minimal, and the natural environment itself is more natural. On the contrary, the Chinese garden outside of China showcases the art of landscape design and the craftsmanship of man-made landscape paintings.

Author Biographies

Yang Ding, Kyiv National University of Construction and Architecture

Post-graduate student, Kyiv National University of Construction and Architecture, 31 Povitroflotskyi Avenue, Kyiv, 03037, Ukraine. Sphere of activity – landscape architecture, theory and practice of modern architecture. E–mail: ddyy123wanan@gmail.com

Olena Semykina, Kyiv National University of Construction and Architecture

Candidate of Architecture, Associate Professor of the Department of Information Technologies in Architecture, Kyiv National University of Construction and Architecture, 31 Povitroflotskyi Avenue, Kyiv, 03037, Ukraine. Sphere of activity – landscape architecture, theory of architecture. E–mail: esemykinav@gmail.com

Andriy Mykhailenko, Kyiv National University of Construction and Architecture

Candidate of Architecture, Associate Professor of the Department of Information Technologies in Architecture, Kyiv National University of Construction and Architecture, 31Povitroflotskyi Avenue, Kyiv, 03037, Ukraine. Sphere of activity – landscape architecture, innovation technologies in architecture. E–mail: mykhailenko.av@knuba.edu.ua

Olga Ushakova, Saint Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering

An urbanist and landscape architect. PhD/Candidate of Architecture, Associate Professor. Saint Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering, 4 Vtoraya Krasnoarmeiskaya Street, Saint Petersburg, 190005, Russia. Sphere of activity – landscape architecture, practice of modern architecture. E–mail: usho@mail.ru

Oleksandr Khliupin, National Aviation University, Ukraine

Associate Professor of the Department of Architecture, Construction and Design, National Aviation University, 1 Liubomyra Huzara Avenue, Kyiv, 03058, Ukraine. Sphere of activity – landscape architecture, theory and practice of modern architecture. E–mail: Ahlupin@ukr.net

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