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Moon gate at Hortus Haren in the Netherlands. A moon gate (Chinese: 月亮门; pinyin: yuèliàngmén) is a circular opening in a garden wall that acts as a pedestrian passageway. It is a traditional architectural element in Chinese gardens. [1] The shapes of the gates and their tiles have different spiritual meanings.
The garden was enlarged in the 1740s, and then to the designs of Thomas Robinson in the late 1750s. This increased the area of the garden from 3 acres to more than 9 acres. Robinson also added heated walls, a conservatory, and a new entrance gate. [1]
Even everyday garden gates throughout Western suburbia are topped with almost identical pairs of scrolls seemingly derived from the motifs associated with the akhet and the palmette, including the related winged sun and sun disk flanked with a pair of eyes. [3]
A wicket gate is also used for a stand-alone gate that provides convenient secondary access, for example to the rear of a walled park or garden. The cricket term "wicket" comes from this usage. [7] "The Wicket Gate" is an important feature in John Bunyan's 17th-century Christian allegory The Pilgrim's Progress. As the first stage of the journey ...
Garden Design Elements with Description Eastern Garden Dragon Wall. Facing the garden gate, this dragon wall marked the garden entry on the canal. All Blue Pavilion. A terrace with two wings built over a pond. It is named for a verse by Chu Guangxi, "Waterweeds in the pond look dark green". Also called the Angling Terrace. Celestial Spring Tower
The Chinese garden is a landscape garden style which has evolved over three thousand years. It includes both the vast gardens of the Chinese emperors and members of the imperial family, built for pleasure and to impress, and the more intimate gardens created by scholars, poets, former government officials, soldiers and merchants, made for reflection and escape from the outside world.