Wandering Through Jiangnan Gardens: Ho Family Garden

By Yang Chen

This volume explores the Ho Garden's unique multi-tiered walkways and harmonious blend of architectural styles, unveiling why it's hailed as a masterpiece of late Qing garden design. Discover this cultural gem. Text in English and Mandarin.

This volume unveils the refined artistry of Jiangnan gardens through an in-depth exploration of Yangzhou's Ho Family Garden. Featuring captivating photography, delicate sketches, and rare archival images, it traces how the garden's unique architecture--its layered walkways, wall-backed rockeries, and harmonious synthesis of northern grandeur, southern elegance, and subtle Western influences--emerges from the local cultural heritage and aesthetic traditions. Blending visual richness with scholarly insight, the book rediscovers the often-overlooked cultural values and the profound, place-specific wisdom embedded within this landscape. Organized around the engaging framework of "stories, routes, and appreciation," it invites readers to wander its pages. Ideal for landscape architects, garden enthusiasts, cultural scholars, and travelers, this journey reveals why Ho Garden is celebrated as a pinnacle of late Qing dynasty garden design and an enduring jewel of Chinese horticultural art.

Text in English and Mandarin.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 7576517026
• ISBN13: 9787576517026
• Release Date: January 2027
• Publisher: Tongji University Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.27 lbs.