Abstract: Based on researching the historic changes of the Xiequ Garden, the paper made comparison between the Huishan Garden and the Jichang Garden through four aspects which are site selection, landscape buildings, garden atmosphere and plants landscape. Through the above analysis, the paper came to the conclusion that the Xiequ Garden on every corresponding timescale was constructed by every garden owner's intention, but its imitation to the Jichang Garden became formalistic unavoidably. Consequently, evaluating the Xiequ Garden should be viewed with a historical and developing eye. Based on it, we should acknowledge that the different garden owners and historical development have a huge impact on the garden itself. Besides that, we also need to analyze the Xiequ Garden from the viewpoints of landscape design by comparing it with its blueprint—Jichang Garden.