Japanese rock garden

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Jul 042011
 
Dry Garden in Ryoanji (Kyoto, Japan)

Japanese rock garden (? ?? Karesansui?, Literal meaning: the dry landscape) or Zen garden is a garden style in Japan. Parks of this type do not use water. Natural landscape is depicted with stones and sand that represents water ponds and streams. People who saw asked to imagine that white stretch of sand and gravel are surface water. The bridge was built to give the impression there is water flow underneath. The patterns on the sand laid out with bamboo rake to symbolize the flow of water.

This park is abstract and mainly developed in Zen temples in the Muromachi period so it is also known as Zen garden. Nevertheless, the stone garden is one part of Japanese garden styles from earlier eras, such as in parks and gardens Kaiyu style Shinden-style home built zukuri official residence of the daimyo. Following the increasing popularity of rock garden on the Muromachi period, the Japanese rock garden is accepted as one of the Japanese garden style. Different styles and models from other Japanese garden, Japanese rock gardens did not require water. Therefore, allow people to make a rock garden Japanese garden in the place of hard water.

Garden stone that represents this style of garden is the garden of stone and Saiho Daitoku-ji-ji in Kyoto. Garden of Japan’s most famous stone in Ry?an-ji, Kyoto. Park-ji rock Ry?an only consists of 15 pieces of stone on a bed of sand surrounded by walls. In Ry?an-ji rock garden there was only sand and rocks, no trees or shrubs. Viewed from any angle (except from above), in-ji rock garden Ry?an only seen 14 pieces of stone.

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Indische Woonhuizen – the Dutch East Indies classic house style

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Jul 042011
 

Indische Woonhuizen is one form and type of new home building in the Dutch East Indies. It appears at the beginning of the 19th century. Indische Woonhuizen built in classicism style, commonly called tropical, the sharpness of the elements of classic has somewhat faded. Neither the climate nor the use of locally available materials softens the hallmark of European classicism. Houses of this type may not be considered high art of classical size in Europe, but is perfect for hot and humid climates. Type of home with a spacious front porch that is protected against sunlight by a roof supported by additional zinc iron poles are thin. The floor is rather high. Right and left-bouwe bijge behold.

Indische Woonhuizen far better suited to the needs of tropical than in town houses and rest houses in the ‘Dutch Style Closed’. In front and behind there is a wide porch that connected by corridors (binnengalerij). From the corridor that people can go to four or six rooms located on the right and left, sometimes a door directly onto the porch, the back or front as well. The breadth and length of the porch, the number, height, and all-powerful and vast pole in front of the home page shows the status of the owner. The houses are built by engineers from the corps of art, the less educated and not think about the beauty and ideals of the art building. Thus, most homes are less embodies a peculiarity, however, very practical, cool, and suitable for tropical climates. The engineers took the pattern from the standard books or imitate an existing house, which at this time follow the style of classicism. Houses like this rather easily constructed, and can be adapted to various needs.

Front porch used as a reception area and reception, while the back porch is the family room. From there the rooms in the side of buildings can be monitored and visited with ease. Cloister protects people against sun and rain. Behind the house, on the right and left of the garden there is an additional building to meet needs such as bathroom and wc, living room, home attendants, kitchen and storeroom, plus stables and ‘garage’ horse-drawn carriage. The roof of the main house sometimes follows the style of Javanese pavilion high, sometimes in the form of trapezoid. The roof is high enough sometimes not visible due to frieze, a kind of decorative stone lisplank elongated and rather wide. If less attention to the east and west, the porch is open allowing the hot sunlight to enter. Therefore, these galleries are protected against the scorching heat of the sun with blinds (curtains) in between the rows of poles. Later on even the corrugated iron roof, supported on thin steel poles, mounted on the front porch so that eyesore (e.g. at the Textile Museum).

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Hanok – traditional Korean house style

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Jul 042011
 

Hanok is the name for a traditional Korean house that used to distinguish it from Western-style house, Korean architecture into account the location of the house from the surrounding environment, especially considering the circumstances of geography and season. Interior structure is also designed based on the location of the house. Principle called Baesanimsu (hangul: ????) literally set the ideal home to be built back to the mountains, and rivers are in front of the house. Hanok built facing east or south in order to get enough sunlight.

Hanok, Korean traditional house at Korean Folk...

Korean traditional houses built from natural materials like wood, soil, stone, straw, tiles, and paper. Masts and Hanok framework made of wood. Wall charger frame house built of bricks made from a mixture of soil and grass. Korean traditional paper (hanji) installed in window frames, door frames, and siding. The floor is made of a hardened soil or rock.

Edge of the roof that curved up is called cheoma. Cheoma length determines the amount of sunlight coming into the Hanok. Based on the striking difference in the roof, Hanok broadly divided into two types: giwajip (thatched roof house) who inhabited the upper classes (yangban) and chogajip (thatched houses) who inhabited among farmers. Giwajip constructed using tiles (Giwa) so the cost of construction of houses to be expensive and not affordable by common people. By contrast, ordinary people lived in thatched houses which the ingredients easily obtainable. Hanok thatched roof is still used as a residence, while the Hanok thatched buildings has become scarce.

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get an aquarium for your living room

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Jul 042011
 

Need a decoration for your living room?

You should get an aquarium.
Diagram of the nitrogen cycle in an aquarium.

The aquarium is a vivarium is usually placed in a place with a transparent side (from high-strength glass or plastic), in which animals and aquatic plants (usually fish, but can also be found invertebrates, amphibians, marine mammals and reptiles) are accommodated, and is used for public display.

Having a beautiful natural feature – such as an aquarium – will help create a tranquil and peaceful atmosphere for your front room. You can simply relax and watch your colorful fish glide effortlessly around the tank, while you lie on the sofa with your laptop and Play at Foxy Bingo, or just read a book and listen to some soothing music.

Why not accessorize your fish tank to match the color scheme of your lounge? For example, if you have a black leather sofa and purple curtains, you could decorate your fish tank with black and purple shiny pebbles, or add a purple sea plant in the corner. You could even buy an exotic Squareback Anthias fish, who’s scales are a vibrant mix of red and deep purple.

Aquarium can also refer to a place where what has been described above is built (fishing museum)

Maintaining fish in the aquarium is a fairly popular hobby. The first public aquarium is founded in London, England in 1853. Along with the course of time, the technology used in the aquarium is growing, (such as filtering systems and lighting).

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