A post-90s girl in Zhejiang built her own pavilion with mortise and tenon technology. How complicated is the tenon-mortise structure of the Forbidden City turret?

Su, a girl from Zhejiang, learned tenon and mortise technology by herself out of her love for traditional culture and ancient buildings, and spent five months building it in her backyard? The Palace Museum? . The arch, mortise and tenon, ground warfare, color painting and other parts of the exhibition hall are all done by ourselves.

The tenon-mortise structure is a unique inheritance of our national culture. It has a long history. Many famous buildings in China adopt tenon-mortise structure. This special nail-free connection greatly improves the stability of the article. It can't be said that this is an invention that embodies the wisdom of China people and is the crystallization of a long history and culture.

The turret of the Forbidden City is a building with mortise and tenon structure. It is difficult for carpenters without many years of practical experience to master the essence. Whether the tenon-mortise structure can be dense and stable requires accurate calculation. All kinds of complicated and messy splicing crisscross, and many beams and columns are fine in modeling structure and symmetrical left and right. Looking at the mortise and tenon structure from a modern perspective, we cannot but marvel at the unique beauty of China. ?

Ancient carpenters used tenon and mortise skills properly, and they could connect reasonably and seamlessly by relying on two wooden structures. The master's craftsmanship can be clearly seen through the mortise and tenon structure. In addition to the Forbidden City turret, there are many buildings in China that use tenon-mortise structures extensively. Such as Yingxian Wooden Pagoda, Hangkong Temple and Beidou Temple. There is not a nail in the building, which is a profound traditional culture and craft.

But with the emergence of many new technologies, there are fewer and fewer original manual carpenters. There are fewer and fewer people who know and understand the tenon-mortise structure, and this traditional craft is gradually disappearing.

And Sue's appearance suddenly brightened our eyes. It turns out that some people still love it and study for it silently. It is not easy to stick to your love, which requires great efforts and hardships. Fortunately, this inspirational girl didn't give up. I also hope that more people can join the cause of inheriting traditional crafts, and don't let these technologies unique to our country face the embarrassing situation of disappearing.