早在18世纪,英国的一位皇家园林设计师目睹了中国园林后,为其赏心悦目的境界所震慑,“恍然大悟”地总结出了中国园林的基本风格为“自然”。于是,回国后,于自然山林中选择一地,筑墙圈地而为园,结果发现并不美。这使他百思不得其解。只好到中国聘请了一位园林设计师去担任了英国皇家园林的总工程师,这才建成了类似中国的园林景观。其实,中国园林绝不是一味地描摹自然,更重要的是雕琢之功。这与欧洲园林修剪树木的 As early as the 18th century, a royal garden designer in Britain witnessed the Chinese garden and was shocked by the delightful state. He suddenly realized that the basic style of Chinese garden was “nature.” So, after returning home, in the natural forest choose one, wall and enclosure for the park, the results found not beautiful. This made him puzzling. Had to hired a Chinese garden designer to serve as Chief Engineer of the Royal Gardens in England, which built a similar Chinese landscape. In fact, the Chinese landscape is by no means traced to nature, but more importantly, the power of carving. This is cut with the European garden trees