The urban and rural economy is highly prosperous, but it faces the destruction of the country and the weak state, and is destroyed twice due to the invasion of foreign races.

The three major thought trends of Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism have transformed, Neo-Confucianism, Zen Buddhism, and Taoism of scholars and officials have emerged, and culture has developed inwardly

The society is filled with glitz and extravagance, from emperors to common people, they are keen on traveling, entertainment and building a large number of buildings.

The four great inventions were completed in the Song Dynasty, with theoretical summary of architectural technology and significant progress in horticulture technology

Maintain the traditional layout form, transforming functions into a business and political center, with triple city walls and developed water systems

The Southern Song Dynasty political and economic center transformed the economy and maintained the central axis pattern, and was close to West Lake.

Tokyo: Yanfu Palace has rich plant landscaping, Genyue's artistic achievements are high, Qionglin Garden is awarded a banquet for Jinshi, Jinming Pond has special functions

Lin'an: The back garden is a mountain garden, and Deshou Palace is divided into districts according to the scenery, with distinctive landscapes such as "Feilai Peak" and "Qinglian Duo" stones

Central Plains: Luoyang Private Park features flowers and trees, Fuzheng Park is reasonably divided into districts, Dule Park is simple and has a profound artistic conception

Jiangnan: Lin'an's many villa gardens and house gardens, Wuxing Private Gardens each have their own expertise, Runzhou Mengxi Garden is well-known, Pingjiang Canglang Pavilion has strong wild interest

Literary gardens: mature style, simple, sparse, elegant and natural characteristics, affecting other garden types

Buddhist temples and Taoist temples are further literatiized, have close ties with literati and doctors, and promote the development of scenic spots

Urban public gardens: Tokyo has pond gardens for sightseeing, Lin'an West Lake is a large open natural landscape garden

Rural Public Garden: Cangpo Village, Nanxi River, presents a waterscape garden form, with the symbolic landscape of "Four Treasures of Study"

Gardens of the yamen: Landscaping of the central government offices of the Song Dynasty was more common

Liao Dynasty Gardens: Royal, private, and temple gardens are distributed in Nanjing, and temple gardens rely on nature to become famous scenic spots.

Jin Dynasty Gardens: Zhongdu Imperial Garden is large in scale, and private, temples and public gardens were influenced by the literati gardens of Northern Song Dynasty.

Private gardening activities are outstanding, Shiliu Garden is fully literatiized, becoming a symbol of garden maturity

The royal garden is influenced by literati gardens, and its scale has become smaller but its planning is more refined, which has increased in common with private gardens.

The temple gardens are further literatiized, and the difference from private gardens is narrowed

Public gardens are more active and universal, and some royal and private gardens also assume public garden functions

The skills of stacking and stone placement are excellent, and a large number of single blocks are used to "specially placed", especially Taihu stone

Water management can simulate the image of all water bodies in nature and build a complete water system

Rich ornamental plant varieties thanks to the development of horticulture technology

Garden architecture has diverse images, covering almost all images seen in later generations, with exquisite sketches, details and furniture furnishings

The freehand style is fully mature, completing the transformation from realistic to freehand

Poetry and painting have a strong interest, landscape poetry, painting and gardens penetrate each other, and landscape inscriptions and plaques are widely used

The artistic conception is deepened, and the artistic conception is created and expressed through various methods, so garden art is more connotative