Traditional Chinese gardens and calligraphy are cultural phenomenon only existed in China. Both of them can give limited space highly aesthetic creation spirit. The paper took aesthetic generalization thought as a study point, explored the similarities in the creative thinking of these two arts, and then presented the similar pursuit in their creation and appreciation from aspects of creative subject, creative object, art appreciation, and emotional spirit. Trying to explore the correlation between artistic categories, the paper provided a broader cultural perspective for traditional gardens.