Islamic Courtyards: The Charbagh

A square garden enclosed by high walls. Two water channels cross each other, dividing the ground into four sections, with a pavilion featuring four arched openings at their intersection; the four sections are sunken fruit tree flower beds, with cypress trees planted along the channels. At the high end, there is an observation platform overlooking the entire garden.
Avoid: making the water channels winding streams, having the four planted sections taller than the channels, the pavilion being off-center, removing the walls to make the garden continuous with the outside.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一座被高牆圍住的方形園。兩條水渠十字交叉把地分成四塊,交會處是一座開四面拱的涼亭;四塊是下沉的果樹花床,柏樹沿渠列植。盡端的高處有一座觀景的平台可以俯視全園。避免:把水渠做成曲折的溪流、四塊植栽的高度超過渠道、涼亭偏離中心、拿掉圍牆讓園子與外界連續。