What is charbagh?

Charbaggh is the style of a garden that was created in ancient Persia. This type of garden is generally very regular in design and layout and is often divided into geometrically identical parts, as evidenced by the fact that the term Charbaggh is roughly translated as a "garden in four parts". These gardens existed during the classic antiquity and have remained common since then. Formal gardens in this style are found in areas that had cultural or commercial contact with Persia and were often used to improve the beauty of the main monuments.

All gardens are idealized versions of the natural world. Different cultures produce different gardens, because each culture has a special set of opinions on what represents natural perfection. In some cases, such as in the ornamental French garden, nature is carefully tamed and forced to carefully modify and care for. Other gardens such as a certain style of the English garden focus more on Natural aspects of nature, although still trying to tryIntroducing an idealized version of the natural world.

Charbagh has much more in common with the French style of horticulture, especially when it comes to its basic structure, and is standardized by careful and carefully arranged layout. In Charbagh, the space is usually evenly divided into four parts, with paths or water used to divide the garden. Any formal structures contained in charbagh are usually located in the center of this organizational pattern. In larger examples of this type of garden, each quadrant can be further divided, providing sixteen smaller gardens of identical size.

This diversity of the garden most often includes a wide range of plant species, but the plants in Charbagg are generally not maintained with the same perfect accuracy as the overall arrangement of the garden. Such formal gardens usually inlude flowering plants, shrubs and larger trees. Water traits often include Ryby and trees are often designed to attract birds to further strengthen the aesthetic attraction of the garden.

Taj Mahal is located in northern India, which is located in an area of ​​influenced Persian culture through Mughal Conquest, perhaps the most general example of Charbaggh. This garden breaks its tradition, because the mausoleum is located on one edge of the garden rather than in the middle, but is an otherwise excellent example of this style of the garden.