Close-up of the Rock Garden (karesansui, 枯山水, dry landscape) of the Ryoanji Temple (龍安寺 or 竜安寺, Ryōanji), Kyoto, Japan
Look at me
for a while
then
tell me
what you see…..
Like looking at clouds…………. I'm curious what you see ;-))
Will be back in a few days, have a little mini-origami-convention. Have a great time too ;-))
Close-up of the Rock Garden (karesansui, 枯山水, dry landscape) of the Ryoanji Temple (龍安寺 or 竜安寺, Ryōanji), Kyoto, Japan.
For a view of the whole garden, click here.
Nearby the Kinkaku-ji (The Golden Pavilion, Kyoto) is the Ryoanji Temple (龍安寺 or 竜安寺, Ryōanji) .
The temple's name is synonymous with the temple's famous Zen garden, the karesansui, 枯山水, (dry landscape), Rock Garden.
The temple and its gardens are listed as one of the Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto, and as an UNESCO World Heritage.
""This simple and remarkable garden measures only 25 meters from east to west and 10 meters from south to north.
The rectangle Zen Garden is completely different from the gorgeous gardens of court nobles constructed in the Middle Ages. No trees are to be seen; only 15 rocks and white gravel are used in the garden.
The walls are made of clay boiled in oil. As time went by, the peculiar design was made of itself by the oil that seeped out.
This international famous rock garden is said to be created at the end of Muromachi Period (around 1500), by a highly respected Zen monk, Tokuho Zenketsu.""
information - from the brochure
""Meaning of the garden.
Like any work of art, the artistic garden of Ryōan-ji is also open to interpretation, or scientific research into possible meanings. Many different theories have been put forward inside and outside Japan about what the garden is supposed to represent, from islands in a stream, to swimming baby tigers to the peaks of mountains rising above to theories about secrets of geometry or of the rules of equilibrium of odd numbers.
Garden historian Gunter Nitschke wrote: "The garden at Ryōan-ji does not symbolize anything, or more precisely, to avoid any misunderstanding, the garden of Ryōan-ji does not symbolize, nor does it have the value of reproducing a natural beauty that one can find in the real or mythical world. I consider it to be an abstract composition of 'natural' objects in space, a composition whose function is to incite meditation.""
information - WiKi
Close-up of the Rock Garden (karesansui, 枯山水, dry landscape) of the Ryoanji Temple (龍安寺 or 竜安寺, Ryōanji), Kyoto, Japan
Look at me
for a while
then
tell me
what you see…..
Like looking at clouds…………. I'm curious what you see ;-))
Will be back in a few days, have a little mini-origami-convention. Have a great time too ;-))
Close-up of the Rock Garden (karesansui, 枯山水, dry landscape) of the Ryoanji Temple (龍安寺 or 竜安寺, Ryōanji), Kyoto, Japan.
For a view of the whole garden, click here.
Nearby the Kinkaku-ji (The Golden Pavilion, Kyoto) is the Ryoanji Temple (龍安寺 or 竜安寺, Ryōanji) .
The temple's name is synonymous with the temple's famous Zen garden, the karesansui, 枯山水, (dry landscape), Rock Garden.
The temple and its gardens are listed as one of the Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto, and as an UNESCO World Heritage.
""This simple and remarkable garden measures only 25 meters from east to west and 10 meters from south to north.
The rectangle Zen Garden is completely different from the gorgeous gardens of court nobles constructed in the Middle Ages. No trees are to be seen; only 15 rocks and white gravel are used in the garden.
The walls are made of clay boiled in oil. As time went by, the peculiar design was made of itself by the oil that seeped out.
This international famous rock garden is said to be created at the end of Muromachi Period (around 1500), by a highly respected Zen monk, Tokuho Zenketsu.""
information - from the brochure
""Meaning of the garden.
Like any work of art, the artistic garden of Ryōan-ji is also open to interpretation, or scientific research into possible meanings. Many different theories have been put forward inside and outside Japan about what the garden is supposed to represent, from islands in a stream, to swimming baby tigers to the peaks of mountains rising above to theories about secrets of geometry or of the rules of equilibrium of odd numbers.
Garden historian Gunter Nitschke wrote: "The garden at Ryōan-ji does not symbolize anything, or more precisely, to avoid any misunderstanding, the garden of Ryōan-ji does not symbolize, nor does it have the value of reproducing a natural beauty that one can find in the real or mythical world. I consider it to be an abstract composition of 'natural' objects in space, a composition whose function is to incite meditation.""
information - WiKi