Modern Indochina · Lotus Pond and Water Tea House

A shallow pond filled with lotus flowers. A narrow wooden boardwalk crosses the water to a small tea pavilion in the center of the pond. The tea pavilion has dark solid wood columns and a terracotta tile roof, open on all four sides, with simple wooden lattice railings. Inside the pavilion, there is a low tea table and bamboo woven cushions. Morning mist hangs over the water, with several blooming pink lotus flowers among the lotus leaves. Avoid: making the pond a concrete landscape water feature, adding colorful paintings and gilding to the tea pavilion, using metal and glass for the boardwalk, making the lotus flowers so dense that the water surface is not visible.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一片種滿蓮花的淺水池。一條窄窄的木棧道穿過水面通往池中央的小茶亭,茶亭是深色實木的柱與陶瓦屋頂,四面開敞,欄杆是簡單的木格柵;亭內一張矮茶桌與竹編坐墊。清晨的霧氣停在水面上,蓮葉之間有幾朵盛開的粉色蓮花。避免:把水池做成混凝土的景觀水景、茶亭加上彩繪與貼金、棧道使用金屬與玻璃、讓蓮花密到看不見水面。