TY - JOUR AU - Changlong Hu AB - With deep research into historical gardens as well as the existing ones in both China and Japan, this article compares the gardens' origins and evolution in the two countries, and draws the conclusion that the gardens in each country emerged and developed naturally, and classical Chinese gardens originated earlier than those in Japan, but made their progress in a much slower way. BT - Journal of Landscape Research DA - 01/1970 IS - 1 N2 - With deep research into historical gardens as well as the existing ones in both China and Japan, this article compares the gardens' origins and evolution in the two countries, and draws the conclusion that the gardens in each country emerged and developed naturally, and classical Chinese gardens originated earlier than those in Japan, but made their progress in a much slower way. PY - 2014 SN - 1943-989X SP - 23 EP - 30 T2 - Journal of Landscape Research TI - Comparison of Origins and Evolution between Classical Chinese and Japanese Gardens VL - 2014 ER -