Aesthetic Measurement and Judgment of Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden

Owing to the abstractness of the aesthetic values,it is usually difficult to measure the scale of landscape beauty.The article adopted the method of landscape physics,i.e.,BIB-LCJ(Balanced Incomplete Block-Laws of Comparative Judgment) aesthetic appraisal and measurement integrated with questionnaire to judge the aesthetic attitudes of the people toward beauty of the landscape.The evaluation of the landscape aesthetic value was made according to the outcome order of each site.An quantitative chart reflecting the quality of landscape was set up through tiered grading,and then the mathematical correlation between the chart and the landscape elements was established.The method of delicacy analysis was then applied to describe quantitatively the landscape beauty of Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden,Chinese Academy of Science.The findings proved that there was something in common though there was also some difference in the measurement and judgment among different groups of sampled people.