TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bryant,Shelly
TI  - The classical gardens of Shanghai /Shelly Bryant
T2  - RAS China in Shanghai
SN  - 9789888313983
AV  - SB457 .C537 2016
PY  - 2016///
CY  - Hong Kong
PB  - HKU Press
KW  - Gardens, Chinese
KW  - China
KW  - Shanghai
KW  - History
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 2; 1. Introduction : Shanghai's gardens in context --; 2. Zuibaichi : a historical perspective --; 3. Qushui Yuan : space and text --; 4. Guyi Yuan : revival, restoration, and expansion --; 5. Qiuxiapu : a literary perspective --; 6. Yu Yuan : staging a family drama --; 7. Conclusion; 2; b
N2  - In The Classical Gardens of Shanghai, Shelly Bryant looks at five of Shanghai's remaining classical gardens through their origins, changing fortunes, restorations, and links to a wider Chinese aesthetic. Shanghai's classical gardens are as much text as space; they exist in art, poetry, and literature as much as in stone, rock, and earth. But these gardens have not remained static entities. Rather, they have been remodeled constantly since their inception. This book reflects this process within the constancy of traditional Chinese horticulture and reveals Shanghai's remaining classical gardens as places representing wealth and social status, social and dynastic shifts, through falling family fortunes and political revolutions to search for a recovery of China's ancient culture in the modern day
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