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China DailyThe Red Brick Art Museum in Beijing and the Suzhou Museum in Jiangsu province are two fine examples of how the age-old landscape art of classical gardens are revived for modern life. Through his artworks and garden designs, Shao has prompted enduring questions about the ultimate pursuit of life, eternity and human existence itself, just like people centuries back in the gardens in Suzhou. Wang Xin, an associate professor of architecture at China Academy of Art in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, says: "As a physical representation of Taoism, Chinese gardens were built as places for people to entertain themselves and heal, to engage in activities to keep fit and prolong life, and to find a life pace resonating with nature." He says Chinese gardens show the subordinate roles of humans in the face of the rules of nature, and good architecture informs people of the moralities needed when dealing with the environment in human activities.
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