The Gates of Chinese Gardens

The gates in Chinese gardens have many shapes. The moon gates are very popular. They have round shape, like the moon, hence they are called moon gates. Some moon gates also have the bent roof, which are installed the Chinese clay roof tiles.

The gates also have other shapes, like bottle, petal, rhombus and other geometric shapes. The gates are main features of Chinese classic gardens.

In the gardens, one gate in the wall could make people see the scene in the gate. The trees and flowers become one beautiful drawing in the gate with different shapes. This is the technique of view borrowing in Chinese gardens.

These gates are the main decorations in the Chinese gardens. They can increase the layers of gardens and art beauty.