Title & Author:

Another world lies beyond : creating Liu Fang Yuan, the Huntington's Chinese garden / edited by T. June Li.

Publication:

San Marino, Calif. : Huntington Library, ©2009.

Description:

126 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 31 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 116-119) and index.
Liu Fang Yuan, the Chinese garden at the Huntington / T. June Li -- The making of Liu Fang Yuan : a brief history / Laurie Sowd -- The necessity of names in Chinese gardens / Richard E. Strassberg -- The implied visitor : names and their meanings in Liu Fang Yuan / Yang Ye -- Decoration and themes in Liu Fang Yuan / T. June Li -- Chinese plants and Liu Fang Yuan : a botanical heritage / Jim Folsom -- A garden glossary for Liu Fang Yuan.

Summary:

"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.

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

9780873281751 (alk. paper)
0873281756 (alk. paper)

Subject:

Gardens, Chinese California Design.
Gardens, Chinese Design.
Trädgårdsarkitektur.
California.

Added entries:

Li, T. June.

Creating Liu Fang Yuan, the Huntington's Chinese garden

Holdings:

Location: Library main 261866
Call No.: BIB 192913
Status: Available