Table 1 Classification of sample sounds.
From: Research on key acoustic characteristics of soundscapes of the classical Chinese gardens
The type of sound source | Sound Sources sample | |
|---|---|---|
Biophonies | Bird calls | The common cuckoo, Indian cuckoo, red-crowned crane, and oriole (Chengde Mountain Resort, Gen Yue, Kaifeng, Jingyi Park, Beijing) |
Non-biophonies | Wind | Wind blowing through the pine or bamboo forest (Humble Administrator’s Garden, Suzhou) |
Pitter-patter | Rain sounds (on Musa leaves, bamboo forest, and lotus leaves) (Humble Administrator’s Garden, Suzhou, Jichang Park, Wuxi) | |
Running water | Waterfalls, springs, and small streams (Garden of Eternal Spring (Changchunyuan), Beijing, Old Summer Palace/Yuanmingyuan Park, Beijing, Shuqing Garden, Xiyuan, Beijing) | |
