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The ideal landscape and its ecological planning approach in Mount Lushan National Park, China

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This paper described the main four basic models of ideal landscape in the Mount Lushan National Park as Kunlunshan model, Xumishan model, Peach flower land model, Christian model. Five typical places in Mount Lushan with the ideal landscape characteristics like the East Grove Temple, White Deer Cave Academy, Simplicity and Tranquility Monastery, Lushan Valley, and Villa-cluster of the East Valley were analyzed, and the integration of the basic models for each place was discussed to make the realistic landscape conform to the ideal needs. Moreover, the discussions also involved the characteristics of ideal landscape that are featured in resource, culture, structure, function, process, scale and region. In conclusion, ideal landscape in the Mount Lushan National Park was the product of the interaction between human and nature. Mount Lushan inherits the essence of Chinese traditional culture with a history of more than 1000 years; and it also absorbs the manna of the Western culture as well as the exchanges between nature and humanities together with the conflict and adaptation among different cultures. The natural landscape could be satisfied with the survival demand and cultural taste of mankind by the way of ecological planning.

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  1. Center for Forest Recreation Research of Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha, 410004, China

    Cong-rong Xu & Zhang-wen Wu

  2. Tourism College, Jiangxi University of Finance & Economic, Nanchang, 330013, China

    Hai-sheng Hu

  3. Art and Communication College, Jiangxi University of Finance & Economic, Nanchang, 330013, China

    Yan-ping Zheng

  4. Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, CAS, Beijing, 100101, China

    Lin-sheng Zhong

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Foundation project: The study was supported by “Cities Farming for the Future, RUAF-CFF”, funded by DGIS of the Netherlands and IDRC of Canada; and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (70503007); the Graduate’s Scientific Research Foundation of Hunan Province; and the Graduate’s Scientific Research Foundation of Central South University of Forestry and Technology (2006bx03)

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Xu, Cr., Hu, Hs., Wu, Zw. et al. The ideal landscape and its ecological planning approach in Mount Lushan National Park, China. Journal of Forestry Research 20, 279–284 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11676-009-0049-4

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