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Glossary of Chinese Garden Architecture --- |
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Pavilion ("ting") (亭) |
A construction with a roof and without walls (有頂無牆，供休息用的建物) |
from Xue-Yan Hu's Residence, Hangzhou (晴雨亭) |
from Zhouzhengyuan, Suzhou (待霜亭) |
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Waterside pavilion ("hsieh") (榭) |
A pavilion on waterside for rest or scene viewing, often surrounded by low handrails (水邊供休息或賞景的亭子，常環繞低平欄杆) |
from Zhouzhengyuan, Suzhou (芙蓉榭) |
from Zhouzhengyuan, Suzhou (芙蓉榭) |
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Small windowed house ("hsuan") (軒) |
A small house with windows (有窗的小屋子) |
from Zhouzhengyuan, Suzhou (聽雨軒) |
from Yuyuan, Shanghai (九獅軒) |
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Tower with empty base ("geh") (閣)
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A small house or tower usually with two stories and empty base space, often used as a lady's chamber in the old time (一種架空的小楼房，古時常做女人閨房)
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from Zhouzhengyuan, Suzhou (浮翠閣) |
from Zhouzhengyuan, Suzhou (留聽閣) (似不合左邊定義) |
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On-water boat-shaped house ("Fang") (舫) |
A boat-shaped construction on water in a garden (仿照船的造型建在園林水面上的建築物) |
from Zhouzhengyuan, Suzhou (香洲舫)(=台+亭+榭+閣) |
from Zhouzhengyuan, Suzhou (香洲) |
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Covered corridor ("Lang") (廊) |
A passage under an eave of a house or an independent extension of it with roofs (屋簷下的 過道及其延伸成獨立的有頂的過道) |
from Zhouzhengyuan, Suzhou |
from Yuyuan, Shanghai |
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Guest House ("Guan") (館) |
A house for treating guests to stay (招待賓客居住的房屋) |
from Zhouzhengyuan, Suzhou (秫香館) |
from Zhouzhengyuan, Suzhou (秫香館) |
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Reception Hall ("Ting") (廳) |
Hall for meetings or receptions of guests (聚會或招待客人的大房間) |
from Yuyuan, Shanghai (靜觀大廳) |
from Yuyuan, Shanghai (靜觀大廳) |
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Hall ("Tang") (堂) |
Hall for holding formal activities (正房，即舊時官府舉行儀式的地方) |
from Zhouzhengyuan, Suzhou (遠香堂) |
from Xue-Yan Hu's Residence, Hangzhou (延碧堂) |
| 10 |
Stored building ("Tang") (樓) |
Hall for holding formal activities (兩層以上的房屋) |
from Zhouzhengyuan, Suzhou (見山樓) |
from Zhouzhengyuan, Suzhou (倒影樓) |
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Platform ("Tai") (台) |
A horizontal construction for scene watching and other activities or for placing a pavilion (賞景及活動用，或置建亭榭之水平建物) |
from Zhouzhengyuan, Suzhou (香洲訪前平台) |
from Zhouzhengyuan, Suzhou (松風水閣下之平台) |
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Bridge ("Chiao") (橋) |
A construction for connecting two sides of a creek or a pond (連接小溪或水池兩邊的建物) |
from Xue-yan Hu's residence, Hangzhou (晴雨亭前曲橋) |
from Zhouzhengyuan, Suzhou (園內之一橋) |
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Wall ("Chiang") (牆) |
A construction for enclosing a part of a garden (圍繞部分庭園的建物) |
from Zhouzhengyuan, Suzhou (波形廊之牆) |
from Yuyuan, Shanghai (園內龍牆) |
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Sunken area ("Wu") (塢) |
A sunken flower bed or court yard (地勢周圍高中央凹的地方) |
from Zhouzhengyuan, Suzhou (海棠春塢) |
from Zhouzhengyuan, Suzhou (海棠春塢) |
