The Influence of China's Ancient Philosophy on China's Traditional Architecture

Folk houses deeply influenced by Confucian aesthetics are the basic form of traditional architecture in China.

Confucian cultural outlook pays attention to interpersonal ethics, rules and etiquette, which is vividly reflected in the traditional architecture of China. For example, quadrangles with clear priorities and symmetrical axes, altars and temples for ancestor worship, palaces with three dynasties and five doors, front palaces and back bedrooms permeated with ethical significance, and imperial tombs that pay attention to death, life and death, etc.

In addition, China gardens, which are deeply influenced by Taoism, are an important aspect of traditional architectural forms in China.

The appearance of houses (houses) means that people have opened up a living space environment for themselves, but a desire to return to nature and break the opposition between practical space environment and natural environment has led people to create garden buildings with the main purpose of viewing and enjoying. "It is an important aspect of China's architectural form except houses". The natural beauty advocated by China's garden culture belongs to the Taoist cultural character of letting nature take its course and advocating freedom. The rich connotation of "inaction" in Taoist philosophy has become the soul of life in China's garden culture. "Taoism is still natural, and nature is based on Qu Zhi. Therefore, the plane layout of China gardens is a kind of natural landscape, which embodies a kind of beauty of returning to nature.

Confucianism is carried out in the forbidden courtyard-style architectural layout, while the life emphasized by Laozi and Zhuangzi permeates the garden.