A place to relax and meditate

January 25th, 2010 by James Trippy Leave a reply »

Jap gardening is much different from the Western style garden.  Most would say a japanese garden is far more soul calming and affects meditation.  Japanese gardening is a cultural form of gardening that is designed to produce a scene that mimics nature as much as practical.  Using trees, plants, rocks, sand, artificial hills, pools, and flowing water the garden becomes an art form.  The Zen and Shinto practices are both a large part of jap gardening and, because of this ; the gardens have a contemplative and reflective mental state. 

The basic methods of views in are a reduced scale, symbolization, and borrowed views.  The reduced scale is the art of taking a precise scene from nature, mountains, streams, trees, and reproducing it on a smaller scale.  Symbolization involves generalization and abstraction.  An example of this would be using white sand to proffer the sea.  Borrowed views refer to artists that would use something like an ocean or a forest as a background, but it might end up becoming a very important part of the scene. 

There are 2 kinds of jap gardening.  The tsukiyami garden is a hill garden and mainly composed from hills and ponds.  The hiraniwa, which is the precise opposite of the tsukiyami garden, is a flat without any hills or ponds. 

The essential components employed in Japanese gardening include rocks, gravel, water, moss, stones, fences, and hedges.  Rocks are used as centerpieces and bring a presence of spirituality to the garden.  According to the Shinto practice, rocks embody the spirits of nature.  Gravel outlines surface and is used to imitate the flow of water when organized properly.  Stones create a boundary and are sculptured into the form of lanterns.  Water ; whether or not it is in the form of a pond, stream, or waterfall, is an essential part of a japanese garden.  It can be in the actual form of water or portrayed by gravel, but no matter what, it is essential to a jap gardens balance. 

there are several forms and sorts of plants that are signature of Eastern gardening, the main one being Bonsai.  Bonsai is the art of training everyday , average plants,eg Pine, Cypress, Holly, Cedar, Cherry, Maple, and Beech, to seem like huge, old trees just in small form.  These trees range from five centimeters to one meter and are kept tiny by pruning, re-potting, pinching of expansion, and wiring the branches. 

A garden is a wonderful place to relax and meditate.  If it is a japanese garden or Western world garden, coming up with, building, and planting is a great family event.

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