On my recent trip to China I spent a lot of time walking, period. The two days that we spent with people who had grown up in China, the very first thing that we did was to walk through gardens. If you want to know something about the culture of China, pay attention to what they want their visitors to see. The ingenuity and artistry of these gardens in creating spaces that are intentionally staged but remarkably beautiful and restful abounds in the Shanghai area.
This is just one of literally hundreds of examples that I saw of beautiful frames the natural world. Chinese gardens have a lot of imported rock formations that are designed to accentuate and in some cases, to create a focal point for the framing. These rocks are interesting in and of themselves, and they also work well with trees and flowers to create memorable peaceful portraits that can change with the season.
In one garden we were in, I saw people getting photographs of loved ones that utilized these beautiful frames for the portrait.
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