Why Chinese architecture should pay attention to symmetry?

To pay attention to symmetry, the gradual formation of three square seven lanes a street. "Three Square and Seven Alleys" was formed in the Tang Wang Audit Luo City, Luo City, south of the Antai River as the boundary, the political center and the aristocracy live in the north of the city, the civilian residential and commercial areas in the south of the city, while emphasizing the symmetry of the central axis, south of the city on both sides of the central axis, the segmented wall.

In order to reflect the supremacy of imperial power, the performance of the hierarchical concept of imperial power as the core, the ancient Chinese palace buildings to take a strict symmetry of the layout of the axis: the central axis of the building on the tall and gorgeous, the axis on both sides of the building is relatively low and simple. As the Chinese system of ritual thought contains a reverence for ancestors, promote filial piety and heavy grains, sacrifices to the land God's content, China's palaces are usually set up in front of the left Temple of Ancestors (also known as the Imperial ancestral temple) for the emperor to worship ancestors, right in front of the altar of the Jikji for the emperor to sacrifice to the God of the land and food God (the community for the land, the Jikji for the food), this pattern is known as the "left ancestor of the right community ". Ancient palace buildings themselves are also divided into two parts, namely, "before the dynasty after the bedchamber": "before the dynasty" is the emperor went to the court to rule, where the grand ceremony, "after the bedchamber" is the emperor and consorts live life.

Simply put, the palace building is the emperor in order to consolidate their rule, highlighting the majesty of the imperial power, to meet the enjoyment of spiritual and material life and built a huge scale, majestic buildings. So these buildings are mostly gold and jade, majestic. And China's symmetrical architecture is the best embodiment .

Ancient China is very concerned about the beauty of symmetry, look at the Forbidden City you can be very clear. Like upstairs someone said about the Suzhou garden is just one of the special cases, at that time is not very popular. The use of symmetry makes the various palaces look more beautiful, and reflects the majesty of the host family.

Chinese and foreign architectural monoliths all pay attention to symmetry, but Chinese architecture, space layout, especially axis symmetry. This is mainly embodied in the Chinese "Zhou ritual" thought influenced by the building system. Ancient city planning, the main palace is located in the central axis, to the palace as the main body, the secondary buildings are located on both sides, left and right symmetrical layout.

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