Chinese gardening styles

Chinese system of harmonizing everyone with the surrounding environment

Penjing, also known as penzai, is the ancient Chinese art of depicting artistically formed trees, other plants, and landscapes in miniature.

a set of stones used as a crossing point

highly-rounded arched pedestrian bridge associated with gardens in China and Japan

a circular opening in a garden wall and a traditional architectural element in Chinese gardens

thumb|right|200px|Gongshi (Scholar's rock) in Wen Miao, Shanghai|Wenmiao temple, [[Shanghai]]

decorative water feature which includes koi fish

pedestrian bridge composed of short segments, each set at an angle relative to its neighbors

thumb|320 px|Trees, soil, and rocks form a miniature living landscape in this example of a saikei. is the Japanese art of creating tray landscapes that combine miniature living trees with soil, rocks, water, and related vegetation (like ground cover) in a single tray or similar container. A saikei landscape is meant to evoke a natural location through its overall topography, choice of ground materials, and the plant species used. Saikei is a descendant of the similar Japanese arts of bonsai, bonseki, and bonkei, and it is related less directly to similar miniature-landscape arts such as the C