This book compiles famous gardens and landscapes in our country, interpreting the basic content, art style, and landscape type of Chinese gardens with the focus on the four basic elements which are architecture, water system, lying stone, and arrangement of flowers and trees. More than two thousand pictures are adopted to directly analyze the various building techniques of the four main garden systems which are the northern garden, gardens on the Yangtze Delta, gardens in the south of five ridges, and gardens in the southwest. The comparing of the ancient and the contemporary gardens well interprets the historic developmental track of Chinese garden landscape. This book contains more than two thousand pictures with abundant and concrete displaying of the details, powerful expertise, detailed content, and large amount of information. This book has great value on practicality, academic research, and art collection. Whats more, it has great reference value for people expert in garden design, architectural design, and interior design.