Ancient Chinese traditional thought in ancient architecture in which the main performance

Architecture is the crystallization of wisdom and civilization, is a witness to the vicissitudes of history, but also cultural and ideological manifestations. Overview of China's ancient architecture, in the thousands of years of historical evolution, whether it is a magnificent palace, solemn temples, quiet gardens, or colorful homes, with its unique form of language, branded with the traditional Chinese culture, expressed a rich and profound traditional Chinese ideology. Mediocrity and Harmony "Mediocrity" is the highest value principle of traditional Chinese thought, which was put forward by Confucius. He said: "Zhongyong is the greatest foundation of the world; Harmony is the greatest way of the world. When we are in the center and in harmony, heaven is in the center and all things are nurtured." Mediocrity is one of the basic spirits of the Chinese. "Zhong means adaptable, and yong means unswerving." "Zhongyong" means to be adaptable and unchanging. It was later interpreted to mean impartiality and moderation. Ancient people discussed astronomy, geography, and humanity, all of which could not be separated from the "center". Therefore, the relationship between heaven, earth and human beings must be based on the standard of "the middle", i.e. to achieve the so-called "unity of heaven and man". The concept of "the middle" is reflected in the ancient architecture is the plane of the building for the symmetrical and uniform arrangement, the layout must have a solemn north-south axis of the main line, plays the role of the central nervous system. This pattern has become the epitome of all kinds of architectural combinations in ancient China - such as palaces, royal residences, government offices, temples, ancestral halls, halls of worship, academies and so on. Although the concept of architectural symmetry along the central axis began as early as the Shang and Zhou dynasties, the most typical representation of this central axis culture is the city of Beijing and its palaces of the Ming and Qing dynasties. The whole Beijing of the Ming and Qing dynasties from south to north, along a 7.5 kilometers long axis organically organized together, the axis to the southernmost Yongdingmen as the starting point, to the north of the Di'anmen Bell and Drum Towers as the end point, the architectural spatial sequence of the overlapping, climaxing and orderly, especially in the Forbidden City, three halls of the plan layout of the most rich in characteristics. In addition, this spatial awareness of the central axis of the building, but also reflected in the general courtyard residential housing in Beijing. The mediocrity of "the unity of heaven and man" is also reflected in the development of ancient Chinese architecture, which did not pursue the development of houses that are too high and too big. Therefore, the ancient Chinese architecture from the shape and volume, whether it is the emperor's palace or traditional residential, in general, has been to the direction of the plane of the development, from between the composition of a single unit, from the composition of a single unit of the courtyard, and then by the courtyard of the building complex, forming a kind of continuity in the sense of the earth. Harmony of "heaven and man"