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The Chinese garden: death of a symbol

The Chinese garden: death of a symbol Abstract In many modern Chinese cities, it is customary to give large high-rise blocks of flats flowery names. ‘The Garden of a Hundred Virtues’ is in actual fact a complex of apartments perched on a mountainside in Hong Kong, overlooking a new town down in a valley where fifteen years ago there were little more than a few villages and paddy-fields. The area at the foot of the mountain — now an industrial estate — still bears traces of its humble origins in its name, Charcoal Burners.1 Up above, behind the Garden of a Hundred Virtues, stands a vast quarry cut into the side of the mountain. One side of my apartment looks out onto this quarry: the rock face rises sheer into the sky, like a mighty Song dynasty scroll. The other side looks down into the red (?black) dust of warehouses and workshops of Charcoal Burners. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Studies in the History of Gardens & Designed Landscapes Taylor & Francis

The Chinese garden: death of a symbol

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Taylor & Francis
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1943-2186
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1460-1176
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10.1080/14601176.1998.10435550
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Abstract In many modern Chinese cities, it is customary to give large high-rise blocks of flats flowery names. ‘The Garden of a Hundred Virtues’ is in actual fact a complex of apartments perched on a mountainside in Hong Kong, overlooking a new town down in a valley where fifteen years ago there were little more than a few villages and paddy-fields. The area at the foot of the mountain — now an industrial estate — still bears traces of its humble origins in its name, Charcoal Burners.1 Up above, behind the Garden of a Hundred Virtues, stands a vast quarry cut into the side of the mountain. One side of my apartment looks out onto this quarry: the rock face rises sheer into the sky, like a mighty Song dynasty scroll. The other side looks down into the red (?black) dust of warehouses and workshops of Charcoal Burners.

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Studies in the History of Gardens & Designed Landscapes – Taylor & Francis

Published: Sep 1, 1998

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