Abstract:Garden construction follows the principle of painting, and painting is based on gardens. The two complement each other. The principle of “position management” in Chinese landscape painting theory is also applicable to Chinese gardens. This paper takes Haishan Xianguan Garden Scroll as the research object, identifies and summarizes the types of plant configuration in the picture scroll by using the method of mutual proof of graphics and text in iconography and according to the expression of plant configuration types in classical Chinese paintings. Combining the theory of Chinese landscape painting and the theory of Chinese classical garden gardening, the paper explores the position management techniques between plants and between plants and buildings in Haishan Xianguan Garden Scroll, such as isolated planting and group planting of plants, as well as the configuration of plants and buildings with a clear relationship, suitable density, proper covering, and a combination of dynamic and static landscapes. By analyzing the correlation and difference between garden images and real garden, the paper explores the superposition of the real landscape of classical gardens and the landscape painting paradigm reflected in garden images, and the integration of “reproduction” and “freehand brushwork”.