The Chinese garden is a landscape garden style which has evolved over three thousand years. They create an idealized miniature landscape, which is meant to express the harmony that should exist between man and nature. A typical Chinese garden is enclosed by walls and includes one or more ponds, rock works, trees and flowers, and an assortment of halls and pavilions within the garden, connected by winding paths and zig-zag galleries. By moving from structure to structure, visitors can view a series of carefully composed scenes, unrolling like a scroll of landscape paintings. A view of a garden of a wealthy Chinese merchant. Opaque watercolor. Originally published/produced in 1800-1805.