In the author's opinion, what is the most striking feature of China architecture?

The basic features of China architecture can be summarized as the following nine points.

(1) A single building is generally composed of three main parts: the lower abutment, the middle house itself and the upper wing roof.

(2) As far as layout is concerned, the so-called "Suo" house in China is composed of several such buildings and some related buildings, such as cloisters, houses, compartments, ears and halls. , built around one or several courtyards or patios. In this arrangement, the left and right sides are usually symmetrical and form a significant axis. The main houses generally face south to get the most sunshine.

(3) The system is mainly constructed by wood structure. The main structure of the building is wood. The main body of the house is made of wood as columns and beams, forming a beam frame. Walls are also commonly used between two columns, but they are not loaded.

(4) Bucket: On the auxiliary beam frame, at the joint of the upright post and the balance beam, a layer of short arch wood named Bucket is added to the stigma, and a bucket-shaped wood block named Bucket is used as a buffer between the two arches. This unit consisting of arch and bucket is called "bucket". The decorative features of the bucket arch have been discovered for a long time. It has not only made great progress in wood structure, but also been fully applied in masonry buildings, becoming one of the most remarkable features of China architecture.

(5) Lifting, folding and lifting: the beam on the beam frame is the highest floor; The upper layer is always shorter than the lower layer; The short column (or pier) between two floors always rises gradually. This is called "lifting the frame". With this lifting frame, the slope of the roof gradually increases from the gentle slope of the lower eaves to the steep slope near the roof ridge, becoming a gentle surface.

(6) The roof has always occupied an extremely important position in the architecture of China. Its gorgeous decoration has long been discovered and utilized. The roof is not only loved by the people for thousands of years, but also the proudest achievement of our nation. Its development has become one of the most important features of China architecture.

(7) Boldly use scarlet as the main color of the building.

(8) In wooden buildings, most of the connecting parts of all components are exposed, and the external shape is slightly processed to make it a decorative part of the building itself.

(9) in building materials, a large number of colored glazed tiles are used; Make full use of the decorative potential of various coatings. Woodcut flowers, stone decorative relief, brick wall carving.