Grand View Garden in Dream of the Red Chamber
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Grand View Garden in Dream of the Red Chamber is the lavish, poetic residential garden where much of the novel’s central drama and the lives of the Jia family’s young nobles unfold.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Grand View Garden | 0 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional garden
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fictional location ⓘ residential garden ⓘ setting in a novel ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Daguanyuan
NERFINISHED
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Grand Prospect Garden NERFINISHED ⓘ Great View Garden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Dream of the Red Chamber NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Chinese classical garden ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
family conflicts
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imperial visits in the story ⓘ music and literary games ⓘ poetry composition ⓘ romantic entanglements ⓘ |
| createdBy | Cao Xueqin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance |
frequent subject of Redology scholarship
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iconic symbol of Dream of the Red Chamber ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceIn | Dream of the Red Chamber NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
residence for young nobles of the Jia family
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setting for family rituals ⓘ setting for poetry gatherings ⓘ setting for romantic relationships ⓘ |
| hasPart |
artificial hills
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flower gardens ⓘ individual courtyards for different young women ⓘ pavilions ⓘ poetry club meeting places ⓘ ponds and streams ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
Buddhist and Daoist ideas of emptiness
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illusion versus reality ⓘ prosperity and decline of an aristocratic family ⓘ youth and transience ⓘ |
| inhabitedBy |
Jia Baoyu
NERFINISHED
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Lin Daiyu NERFINISHED ⓘ Xue Baochai NERFINISHED ⓘ maids and servants of the Jia household ⓘ the Jinling Twelve Beauties NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inspiredRealWorld | reconstructed gardens in Chinese theme parks ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | Chinese ⓘ |
| laterFateInStory | falls into neglect as the Jia family declines ⓘ |
| locatedInFictional | Rongguo Mansion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
central setting for the novel’s main plotlines
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contrast to the outside official and commercial world ⓘ space where the fates of the Jia daughters unfold ⓘ |
| partOf | Dream of the Red Chamber NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
a dreamlike, illusory realm
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a utopian world of youth and beauty ⓘ the peak of the Jia family’s glory ⓘ |
| timeOfConstructionInStory | during the Jia family’s period of greatest wealth ⓘ |
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