Abstract:Ancient platform gardens are the most representative type of traditional ones in Hanzhong, but they have gradually faded and disappeared during the rapid development of modern cities. Only a few of them have survived to this day. The systematic research from the perspective of landscape architecture has just started. By sorting out and restoring the contents of the literature, the study took seven typical ancient platform gardens such as Hantai and Tianhantai as examples, sorted out the development context of ancient platform gardens in Hanzhong area, summarized the characteristics and wisdom of ancient platform garden construction from the perspective of landscape construction, water management as well as cultural heritage, and enriches the research on the type of traditional garden of ancient platform gardens. The study provides references and suggestions for the protection and development of local traditional gardens.