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4.5
I have 3 books on Chinese Garden, but this one is newly published and the best available for readers. Other books that read like a tour, from an outsiders eye; but this book is from an insider's study. And from the book forward a reader may know this book gets to the point, it directly shows you what is Chinese Garden Art, instead of investigation of other authors.When reader read the topic and content list, that he may know that this author is someone who builds Chinese garden, very thruly and logically guides reader to the tour, from each building, elements, and provided with feature and usage thru a culture and historical view, and reader will not be lost in searching the depth of wisdom of garden, but other books that reader easily lost in every beautiful page, yet once finishes still not to grasp a complete picture.This one is correct tour guide to the Temple of Chinese Art, garden.I beg all of the readers will love this book page by page, not only because the sensual photos it folds, but a way that this book shows the art of life, from the beginning page to the last like visual symphony that all the beauty of life, art, philosophy... unveil to our eye. So the reader will become one with this book, this art, be harmony to our earth and adjust our perception about the true pleasure of our world. Not only that, this book shows reader how to build a garden, how to borrow the landscape, use nature, adapt our surrounding, so our bed chamber, library, living room, party house, bridges, hallway, corridors, lounge, White walls, gates, windows, path, rock, pond, lake, stream, river, waterfall, fountain, grass, flower, trees, birds, ducks, fish, pet, even snow, wind, rain, sunshine, moonlight, and friends, family and music instrument, painting scroll, calligraphy board...all become one.And every reader will become an artist by reading this book 3 times.
