During the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, private gardens flourished and temple gardens began to appear. China's gardens have changed from royal gardens to royal gardens, private gardens and temple gardens. Therefore, this period is a turning point in the history of the development of classical gardens in China.
Most of the large and small regimes established in Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties built palaces in their respective capitals to show that they inherited the imperial system and were ordered by heaven. Famous palaces include Tongque Garden, Wuying Garden and Fanglin Garden in Yecheng, Cao Wei. Later, Hu built a mulberry garden here. Hou Yan Murong Xi built Longteng Garden. China Garden was built in Northern Qi Dynasty, and Yu Garden was visited. Luoyang is surrounded by Fanglin Garden, Hualin Garden and Westward Journey Garden in Cao Wei, Qiongpu Garden, Stone Temple and Ganoderma Garden in Western Jin Dynasty. The Northern Wei Dynasty rebuilt Hualin Garden and Westward Journey Garden. Sun Hao of Soochow in the Southern Dynasty built a palace in Jiankang (now Nanjing) and added it in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Liu Song built a music park, Xuanwu Lake and Forest Park in Zhoushan. On the basis of expanding the old garden of the previous generation, Xiao Qi founded Fangle Garden. During Liang Dynasty, the unique Xiangdong Garden was built, and the Pu Yuan Garden and Pavilion were also built. Chen was rebuilt and expanded on the basis of the previous generation. In addition, small-scale gardens and gardens can also be seen in Yunzhong (near Datong today) in the Northern Wei Dynasty, Chang 'an in the Western Wei Dynasty and Chang 'an in the Northern Zhou Dynasty.
Following the private house in Lin and the cold garden in Yuan and Guang Dynasties, there were flowers everywhere in Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, and two kinds of private gardens with obvious tendencies appeared: one was an aristocratic garden represented by aristocratic bureaucrats, which strived for beauty and admired splendor; One is the literati garden, represented by literati and celebrities, which is pleasant and affectionate and proud of the spring stone. The most famous one is Jinguyuan, which was run by Shi Chong in Hui Di. Shi Chong is a famous figure who won the war with wealth and jewels in the history of China. The Jingu Garden he built is not only magnificent, but also skillful in gardening and management. The water features and flowers and trees in the park are outstanding. In addition, some scholars, such as Xie An, Xie Lingyun and Wang Daozi, also advocate gardens and emphasize the freehand brushwork of landscapes. Among them, Wang Daozi asked the Dongdifu Garden built by Zhao Ya to build mountains and cross pools, plant bamboo and trees, and set up a restaurant by the water to sell wine by boat, so as to move the "scene" of social life into the garden.
The outstanding contribution of Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties in the history of China gardens was the rise of temple gardens, which added a new type to China gardens. The construction of Buddhist temples began in the Eastern Han Dynasty. At first, it was a place to worship Buddha. Later, due to the needs of monks and donors to live and play, gardens were gradually opened next to and behind the temple. Due to the influence of building houses as temples and palaces as temples, many royal gardens and residential gardens have been changed into temples, and the construction of temple gardens has reached a high level.