Another world lies beyond
Subtitle: creating Liu Fang Yuan, the Huntington's Chinese garden
By: edited by T. June Li.
Contributors: Li, T. June.
Publisher: Huntington Library Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: San Marino, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 126
ISBN-13: 9780873281751
Subjects: Gardens, Chinese -- California -- Design
Other titles: Creating Liu Fang Yuan, the Huntington's Chinese garden
Description: "This book explores the Huntington's Chinese Garden - Liu Fang Yuan, or the Garden of Flowing Fragrance - one of the largest such gardens outside of China." "The contributors to Another World Lies Beyond discuss the challenges of constructing the garden in Southern California as well as the cultural traditions and aesthetics of Chinese garden design, especially the ways in which the plants and structures engage the imagination of visitors. Inscribed poetic couplets, literary allusions, botanical motifs, and evocative names for structures reveal layers of symbolism for exploration and interpretation. The book's final essay describes how plants that originated in China have enriched the gardens of both East and West."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Liu Fang Yuan, the Chinese garden at the Huntington / T. June Li; title: The building of Liu Fang Yuan / Laurie Sowd; title: The necessity of names in Chinese gardens / Richard E. Strassberg; title: The implied visitor: names and their meanings in Liu Fang Yuan / Yang Ye; title: Decoration and themes in Liu Fang Yuan / T. June Li; title: Chinese plants and Liu Fang Yuan / Jim Folsom.