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Soundscape of classical Chinese garden

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With deep humanized connotation, the classical Chinese garden uses human intuitive sensation and personal poetic observation to express natural sound phenomena. It differs from the rational modern soundscape in western countries.

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Translated from Architectural Journal, 2007, (2): 70–72 [译自: 建筑 学报]

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Yuan, X., Wu, S. Soundscape of classical Chinese garden. Front. Archit. Civ. Eng. China 2, 172–178 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11709-008-0026-6

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