moongate
Round garden portal
A moongate is a circular opening in a wall, traditionally found in Chinese gardens, framed to create a perfect round portal.
The shape suggests the full moon and frames views of the garden beyond as living pictures.
Moongates appear in formal gardens and as decorative architectural elements: We stepped through the moongate into the courtyard.
Curved overhead passage
- circularForming a closed curve
- openingGap or start
- roundedHaving no sharp angles
- entrancePoint of access
threshold · passageway · doorway · keystone · lintel · masonry · stonework · portal
Curved closed shape
- wholenessComplete, undivided state
- unityWholeness through cohesion
- lunarOf the moon
- completionAct of finishing
harmony · transition · journey · passage · invitation · continuity · cyclical · renewal
Historic Chinese garden city
- courtyardEnclosed open-air space
- wallVertical enclosing structure
- pathwayDesignated route for travel
- framingStructural or contextual shaping
vista · landscape · scenic · trellis · pergola · greenery · hedge · botanical
North Atlantic island group
- limestoneCarbonate sedimentary rock
- coralMarine skeletal formation
- propertySomething owned or inherent
- entrancePoint of access
colonial · traditional · whitewashed · historic · island · craftsmanship · heritage · decorative
archway
Curved overhead passage
entrance · threshold · passageway · doorway · keystone · lintel · masonry · stonework · portal · span
circle
Curved closed shape
completion · harmony · transition · journey · passage · invitation · continuity · cyclical · renewal · eternity
Suzhou
Historic Chinese garden city
framing · vista · landscape · scenic · trellis · pergola · greenery · hedge · botanical · pavilion
Bermuda
North Atlantic island group
- limestoneCarbonate sedimentary rock
- coralMarine skeletal formation
- propertySomething owned or inherent
entrance · colonial · traditional · whitewashed · historic · island · craftsmanship · heritage · decorative · residential