枯,字从木、从古古亦声。“古”意为“老”。释为古老的树木。又释,毫无生趣为枯。源自中国的另一支佛教宗派禅宗在日本兴起的一种主要作为宗教寺院的造景手法。以砂代水,以石代山川岛屿。为体现禅宗修行者们的苦行宗旨,寺庙庭院摒弃掉山水植物,绿树茵茵。而是使用一些如常绿树、苔藓、沙、砾石等静止、不变的元素,营造枯山水庭园,园内几乎不使用任何开花植物。故此称之为枯山水。 Withered, the word from the wood, also from the ancient sound. “Ancient ” means “old ”. Interpreted as ancient trees. And release, no interest in dry. Another Buddhist origin from China, Zen Buddhism, emerged in Japan mainly as a religious monastery landscaping practices. Water on behalf of the sand, rocky mountains and islands. In order to reflect the ascetic purpose of the Zen Buddhists, the temple courtyard abandons the landscape plants and the green trees. Instead, they use static and constant elements such as evergreen trees, moss, sand and gravel to create a dry landscape garden that uses almost no flowering plants. So called dry landscape.