1. There are generally three classification methods: 1) According to the identity of the owner, it can be divided into: royal gardens, private gardens, and temple gardens (1) Royal gardens: because their status and rights are supreme, therefore, the scale It is grand, with many real mountains and rivers, and the buildings are tall and magnificent. For example, the Summer Palace, Beihai Park in Beijing, and the Summer Resort in Chengde, Hebei Province (2) Private gardens: relatives of the clan, princes, nobles, officials and wealthy businessmen have less power than the emperor. Therefore, the scale is small, rockeries and water are often used, and the building is small, exquisite, elegant and pure. For example, Humble Administrator's Garden in Suzhou, Yu Garden in Shanghai (3) Temple gardens: also known as religious gardens. Including Confucian academic palaces, academies, commemorative sacrificial halls, Buddhist temple gardens, and Taoist gardens, such as the gardens attached to the Temple of Heaven and the Imperial Ancestral Temple in Beijing 2) According to the geographical location of the gardens, they can be divided into: northern gardens, Jiangnan gardens, and Lingnan gardens (1) Northern gardens: also known as Yellow River type gardens, most of which are located in ancient capitals, so the gardens are large in scope, with magnificent buildings, lack of evergreen trees, rough style and insufficient beauty (2) Jiangnan gardens: also known as Yangtze River type gardens, or Yangtze River type garden. Gardens are small in scope, with exquisite architecture, many evergreens, bright and beautiful style, exquisite twists and turns. Most of them are concentrated in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, especially Suzhou. (3) Lingnan gardens: also known as Pearl River type gardens, because they are located in the subtropical zone and the temperature is relatively high. It is high and rains a lot. It is characterized by a tropical scenery. To adapt to the climate, the buildings are taller and spacious.

For example, Qinghui Garden in Shunde, Guangdong, and Keyuan in Dongguan. 3) According to artistic style, it can be divided into: natural garden, regular garden, and mixed garden (1) Natural garden: also known as natural landscape garden or natural landscape garden. Its characteristics are based on natural scenery, coupled with appropriate architecture, originating from China (2) Formal gardens: also known as geometric gardens, integral gardens, and architectural gardens; with rigorous and balanced geometric spatial layout of the architecture, as a landscape The theme of garden expression; originated from the West, but after entering modern times, it had a greater influence on our country (3) Mixed garden: the combination or fusion of natural gardens and regular gardens is the result of the exchange of Chinese and Western garden cultures; this Garden-like leaves came into being