Ancient houses in China

The study of ancient houses in China, known as the ancient architecture in China, has a long historical tradition and brilliant achievements. China ancient architectural art is also an important object of artistic appreciation.

The plane of ancient buildings in China is rectangular. Rectangular buildings have two dimensions on the plane, namely width and depth. The long side is wide and the short side is deep. For example, a building with three north rooms is wide in the east-west direction and deep in the north-south direction. Single building is composed of the most basic unit "room"

Judging from the development of square and round shallow caves excavated at Banpo site in Shaanxi Province, it has a history of six or seven thousand years. The Great Wall, built on a high mountain and winding in Wan Li, is a miracle in the history of human architecture. Anji Bridge, built in Zhao County, Hebei Province in Sui Dynasty, has long been at the forefront of bridge science in the world in terms of the perfect combination of science, technology and art.

The existing wooden tower of Fogong Temple in Yingxian County, Shanxi Province is as high as 67. 1 m, which is the highest existing wooden structure in the world. The Forbidden City in Beijing in Ming and Qing Dynasties is the largest existing large-scale building complex in the world, with exquisite architectural derivation and complete preservation.

The most basic features of ancient architecture in China;

1, the unity of aesthetic value and political and ethical value. Since the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, China has had the concept of overall management of the built environment. Although all the planning systems in "Zhou Li" about wilderness, metropolis, customs, townships, cities, mountains and temples may not be fully realized, it at least shows that there was a large-scale regional planning idea of systematic planning.

2, rooted in profound traditional culture, showing a distinct humanistic spirit. All the elements of architectural art, such as scale, rhythm, composition, form, characters and style, are based on the aesthetic psychology of contemporary people and can be appreciated and understood by people, without ups and downs and strange and inexplicable images.

3. Holiness and comprehensiveness. Almost all the outstanding architectural works in ancient times mobilized all the factors and techniques that might constitute architectural art at that time, forming a whole image. From the overall environment to the single house, from the external sequence to the internal space, from the color decoration to the affiliated art, every part is not dispensable. If one of them is removed, the overall effect will be damaged.