Abstract:Interpretation theory has inevitable connection with landscape architecture. This paper takes preliminary discussion on the interpretation theory of landscape architecture. The interpretation methods such as contextual analysis, rhetorical analysis and metaphor analysis used in urban open space are expounded. Taking the Ziyang Park in Wuhan City as an example, the method of narrative metaphor analysis has been used to reveal three core attributes of text representation, structural presentation and time evolution of the unique discourse system of the park's narrative space. It proposes that garden design takes the way of ideographic process to finish textual interpretation which aims to awake the historical memory of urban residents and shape the cultural and local characteristics of the city.
