Chambers pointed out that the scenes in a Chinese garden actually changed as you walked through it and with the moods of the different times of the day and the seasons. The variety of vistas was also suitable for a range of different activities, such as banqueting, reading, sleeping and meditating.
他指出，中國園林步移景易、與時變化，精心營造出晨昏四季、景色各異的情境，也創造出適於飲宴、讀書、睡眠、沈思的各種活動的環境。