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The Chinese and Japanese garden: design and spirituality
Chinese gardens are traditionally dense and rich, with plants and ornamentation squeezed into tight spaces. They reflect man's place in the cosmos and the use of colour and space reflect the importance of ancient spiritual movements such as Buddhism, Confucianism and Taoism.
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| The Japanese developed their gardens after visiting China and seeing how gardens could be used as places of prayer and worship. Japanese gardens date from about 500 AD and have become the intensely spiritual places we know today. They're spaces for reflection, meditation and worship, and their tranquillity is well-known.
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