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Literati felt a strong connection to their gardens, with many taking their [[art-name|poetry names]] from the names of their gardens, or vice versa. Poetry collections and other writings were often named after one's garden, and even those who could not afford to own or maintain a garden created imaginary ones in their poetry and paintings.
Literati felt a strong connection to their gardens, with many taking their [[art-name|poetry names]] from the names of their gardens, or vice versa. Poetry collections and other writings were often named after one's garden, and even those who could not afford to own or maintain a garden created imaginary ones in their poetry and paintings.
Over the course of the [[Ming Dynasty|Ming]] and [[Qing Dynasty|Qing]] Dynasties, as many in the merchant class grew wealthier, gardens became the province not only of [[scholar-officials]], but of merchants seeking to emulate the literati lifestyle as well.
The garden culture and style of the Jiangnan region (Suzhou, [[Hangzhou]], etc.) began to be incorporated into the Imperial gardens at Beijing during the reign of the [[Kangxi Emperor]] (r. [[1661]]-[[1722]]), with the expansion of the [[Yuanmingyuan]] (Old Summer Palace) by the [[Qianlong Emperor]] in [[1736]]-[[1753]] marking the more complete reorganization of the Imperial gardens in the image of southern Chinese private gardens.
The garden culture and style of the Jiangnan region (Suzhou, [[Hangzhou]], etc.) began to be incorporated into the Imperial gardens at Beijing during the reign of the [[Kangxi Emperor]] (r. [[1661]]-[[1722]]), with the expansion of the [[Yuanmingyuan]] (Old Summer Palace) by the [[Qianlong Emperor]] in [[1736]]-[[1753]] marking the more complete reorganization of the Imperial gardens in the image of southern Chinese private gardens.