Cultural reflection and prospect of traditional architecture in China?

There are many places worthy of our reflection and discussion in China's traditional architectural culture, such as the inertial thinking of vertical inheritance of Chinese architectural culture, the way of technology transfer, the neglect of architectural artistic attributes, the contrast between royal architecture and residential architecture, the strength and negative effects of "wall culture" and so on. This paper focuses on the misunderstanding of "inheriting tradition" and how to break through the tight encirclement and the phoenix nirvana.

On the misunderstanding of inheriting tradition.

Although in this era of great change, many people are still afraid of losing tradition, that is, losing the direction of action. Therefore, the slogan of "inheriting tradition" or "carrying forward tradition" is very frequent, almost as loud as the slogan of "anti-tradition" in the west. It is a fact that tradition must be inherited. How can we cut off the continuity of history? The problem is that tradition is dual, with both positive and negative aspects. However, some people often hide negative things behind the inheritance because of the "past" complex. The main performance in architecture is:

1. "Inheritance" has become a simple imitation and repetition of the form and style of predecessors. In recent 20 years, symbols of ancient buildings have been painted and pasted, and the appearance of a large number of antique buildings is a powerful explanation. This "fake antique" with a "suit and melon hat" has made many of our towns nondescript, and some of them have become a hodgepodge of "construction waste"!

2. "Inheritance" has become a shield against innovation, especially against "anti-traditional" requirements and efforts. As we all know, bringing forth the old and bringing forth the new is the routine of art (including architecture), otherwise art can't maintain its vitality, and it will wither. In this respect, anti-tradition is the propeller of artistic innovation. An anti-traditional person doesn't want to be traditional, he just doesn't want to repeat what his predecessors have done. As we all know, Spaniards Picasso, Dali, Miro, especially architect Gaudi, are artists with profound traditional knowledge, but they are all anti-traditional warriors. Therefore, anti-tradition is a positive creative thinking. Lu Xun is a great warrior who is good at inheriting tradition and dares to oppose it.

3. The essence of inheriting tradition is to learn the creative spirit of predecessors. All artists with modern consciousness are ashamed of repetition, that is, they do not repeat what their predecessors have done, what others have done, or even what they have done. Because repetition is the habit of craftsmen, creation is the true nature of artists. As early as 60 years ago, Mao Zedong once said in his Speech that "imitation (that is, repetition-the author) is the most hopeless literary dogmatism and artistic dogmatism".

Art pays attention to originality, and originality is one-off. Our ancestors made brilliant achievements in the fields of art and architecture under the condition of poor material conditions and lack of relevant theories at that time, which is a remarkable thing. But today, under better conditions, we only know to repeat them, which is really "not enterprising"! In fact, the artistic creation spirit of our ancestors can stimulate our wisdom and imagination and inspire us to create more and better original things.

How to solve the above problems? I think, we must break through the encirclement and the phoenix will be nirvana.

1. Break through the encirclement of feudal consciousness. China's traditional architectural culture is formed through thousands of years of farming. On the one hand, it embodies the creative wisdom of working people; On the other hand, it is influenced by the political philosophy of the ruling class, mainly the feudal ruling class. The core of this philosophy is the so-called "the sky remains unchanged and the Tao remains unchanged; Constantly changing. "This is a long-term curse to the people of China! This is also the fundamental reason for the slow development of China architecture and even the whole China society. In today's reform and opening-up, we must thoroughly smash the mantra in the depths of this thought, firmly establish the concept of reform and opening-up, and keep pace with the great times and the world trend.

2. Get out of the craftsman mentality. I often feel that the negative things in China's architectural culture are still influencing us invisibly today. The outstanding point is that quite a few architects still can't get rid of the bondage of "craftsman mentality". The status of ancient architects in China was not high. As a class, they never got rid of the status of "craftsmen" and did not freely imagine or create art as engineers or artists, which was respected by society and officials. The most common manifestation of craftsmen's mentality today is that they are used to repeating their homework. A simple drawing was copied over and over again, which led to the same phenomenon. The second is the lack of professional dignity.

The most typical example is the roof incident at the entrance of Beijing West Railway Station. Just as the main structure of the West Railway Station was completed, it suddenly received the command of "leader": the gate was capped! An architectural design comes from an architect's complete conception. How can it be said that it will be added? But although the designer was reluctant, he did it! Make this important capital gate like "putting a horse's mouth on a cow's head" and become neither fish nor fowl! This is incredible to architects in other countries.

3. Walk into "modern thinking". From a global perspective, architecture has experienced two aesthetic revolutions in the past century and a half. The first time it was called "modernism", it lasted for almost a century. Nearly half a century has passed since it was called "postmodernism" for the second time. After these two changes, people have gained a series of new ideas and knowledge. I call this knowledge "modern thinking":

The development of art is infinite, and the methods of art are infinite, so artistic creation (including architectural design) logically moves from monism to pluralism, and forms a coexistence pattern. This means that artists (architects) have entered an era of "showing their magical powers", and mutual respect has become their basic philosophy of life. The attitude of denigrating and denying each other is out of date;

Beauty can't be copied, because original things can't be copied. Therefore, all artists with modern consciousness are ashamed of repetition: he does not repeat predecessors, others or even himself-he pursues originality and demands that every creation is a new "fireworks"!

Modern artists regard innovation as the life of art and think that innovation needs a lot of experiments and great efforts. In other words, if you want a successful work, you must tolerate hundreds of mediocre works. The person who is incompatible with others' innovative attempts at least shows that he has not entered the modern context of art. If he wants to express his views on modern art (architecture) works, he must master modern artistic language and modern discourse mode, otherwise it is tantamount to "casting pearls before swine" and wasting time. Wait a minute.

4. Look at the high standards in the world. Architecture, especially modern architecture, like other arts, does not recognize national boundaries. Therefore, it has long been common for architects from all over the world to cross national borders and be invited to design some important or even national landmark buildings in other countries. And this phenomenon is especially common in countries where architects gather. For example, the strength of American architects can be said to be the strongest, but the World Trade Center in New York, the tallest in the world, was designed by the Japanese. The new World Trade Center building under construction also won the bid from the Germans.

There is no doubt that the German architectural lineup is also very strong, but the reconstruction of its parliament building and the design of Frankfurt Financial Building were handed over to British architect norman foster; France is also a country rich in architectural talents. However, the Pompidou Art and Culture Center, which was built in the name of the President, selected Italians and Britons (cooperation) from 666 bidding drawings. As for the rock-breaking Opera House that stands on the pier of Sydney, as we all know, it is the genius contribution of the Danes ... You see, so many architects come and go from one country to another, making guest appearances for each other, and in the end, no one loses to anyone, and no one wins. On the contrary, everyone contributes first-class architectural wisdom, radiates light in various countries and promotes the development of world architecture.

From this point of view, if a country wants to win glory for itself or its own nation in architecture, it does not have to have its own architects to show their talents, nor does it have to be based on the traditional style of its own nation. If you insist on starting from the national tradition and see what it looks like, sometimes you will tie your hands and feet, thus losing many benefits and sharing the enjoyment of international wisdom.

China is a vast multi-ethnic country. The architectural culture of all ethnic groups and regions is rich and colorful, and the architectural style is dazzling. On the basis of fully summarizing the architectural heritages of various ethnic groups and regions in China, we will strive to absorb the architectural strengths of all ethnic groups in the world and enhance our creative consciousness. It is very likely that more world-class architectural works will be created in 2 1 century, making the Chinese nation among the advanced nations in the world in architecture.

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