The influence of religious and worldview factors on the landscape design in Japan and China

The role of religious beliefs and philosophical teachings in the developmentof traditional landscape design principles techniques is analyzed thearticle. Examples for analysis this development were cultures two countries Far East –Japan China.In these cultures, animistic supernatural nature elements (sun, wind, thunder, rain, lightning), as such (worship sacred trees, water, etc.) organically combined with later Buddhist canons, which eventually led to syncretism –Buddhism,Taoism Confucianismin China,Buddhism Shinto –in Japan. was carried out on material gardens most visited by tourists, are positioned typical examples both countries.It proved that inJapan China developed according similar other types arts countries. In particular, Chinese based harmonization improvement nature, aimed at creating a certain hedonistic space, hand, Japanese had origins from beginning self-improvement through observation nature.