英语随口聊：Gardens and Bonsais 园林和盆景

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　　B:Suzhou is one of my favourite cities. Gardens in that area are known for
their skillful combination of landscapes. The use manmade structures such as
creeks, rocks, trees, plants, civilians, platforms, terraces and bridges.
Together, they created a poetic atmosphere, just like painting that combines
poems, calligraphy, and scenery all in well. The rocks in the garden don’t have
to be huge to look meaningful as long as they arranged in order. The same is
true with the creeks. It is not the length of the creeks but the term of the
curve which give the garden the feeling of liveliness. This is the manifestation
of Confucian belief of harmony between man and nature. And the tower is worship
of nature.
        　　A: I don’t see a lot of harmony between man and nature in those particular
gardens. There is too much human interference. You never find vast expenses
grass and trees, most objects are symbolic and artificial, and they are
separated from outside of the world by a wall.
        　　B: This is something to do with Chinese philosophy. The imitation of nature
reflects the worship of the nature. And pursuit a poetic state of mind. The
walls around the garden are in effect a way to show modesty and
unpretentiousness. Also, it separates people with different backgrounds.
        　　A: human’s interference is at its utmost with Chinese born sights, instead
of allowing them to growing freely, the plant is restricted and distorted in a
crowed space.
        　　B: Indeed, born sights are forced on different environments to plants.
However, people like them for the philosophic applications, representing and
interaction with world through portrait landscape, the used to be a saying to
goes: three leaves and two flowers represent the world. In other words, the few
pieces of leaves and flowers are enough to make you feel the change of the
weather, the earth and the universe. That’s the beauty of born sights, the
miniature give people of feeling of closeness to nature.
        　　A: Frankly, I still think is a bizarre way to enjoy nature by distorting at
the first place. But thanks for your explanation, it help me understand that
this is an unique view through an unique culture.
        　　B: This is diversify of the world, we need to learn to accommodate each
other. Maybe these were traditional Chinese gardens and born sights are all
about.