Abstract:As the representative of salt merchant gardens in Tianjin, Wenjin Garden has high artistic value and research value. This paper explores the spatial elements and connotation of Wenjin Garden from the perspective of narrative context. Through the narrative process in the narrative context, that is, the design process of designer Zhang Lin and the interpretation process of guests, the narrative “three elements”, that is, designers, landscape media and interpreters, and the narrative “four levels”, that is, entity element level, symbol graphic level, theme sequence level and landscape connotation level, the paper interprets the spatial elements and connotation of Wenjin Garden, and focuses on Zhang Lin’s literati’s garden view of interested in water and the seclusion of sentimental landscape.