To compare the visual preference of Korean-Chinese upon the aesthetic landscape elements, typical water landscape pictures were collected and the preference levels were tested with questionnaire in five points Likert Scale. Tested water landscape wer...
To compare the visual preference of Korean-Chinese upon the aesthetic landscape elements, typical water landscape pictures were collected and the preference levels were tested with questionnaire in five points Likert Scale. Tested water landscape were categorized to 8 kind elements with 3 space types to adopt all water facilities in landscape areas. Among 10 water landscape elements, Korean shows the highest level(4.20) of preference for a “musical fountain”, on the contrary the lowest(2.92) for “an artificial waterfall”. But for Chinese, “natural waterfalls” was the highest(4.42), but the lowest(2.92) for an “artificial waterfall”, different trend to Korean‘s. Significant(p=0.05 level) differences of preference between Korean-Chinese were found at "Natural Fall", "Pond", "Music Fountain". Expecting facilities in each landscape space types were arranged in addition following the preference order.