Analysis of Confucius Institute Architecture
The architectural style of Confucius Institute has four characteristics:
1, I like Confucius Temple, but I don't like Confucius Temple on the basis of following the basic regulations and retaining the core elements. The so-called "like Confucius Temple" means that it has the core elements of Confucius Temple, "but not Confucius Temple" means that its sacrificial function is weakened and its learning and communication function is strengthened.
2. Based on the regional culture of Guizhou, Xiangxian Temple and Yangming Temple were established to worship the famous Confucianism in Guizhou; Local stones are widely used as building materials; Choose the characteristics of local civil buildings in Guizhou, with gray, black and white as the main colors.
3. Conforming to the mountainous terrain: the main shaft building of Confucius Institute faces southwest and northeast, with warm temperature in front, Huaxi at the bottom and General Mountain at the back. This is the trend of natural landscape, and it does not take the trend that the plain area faces south.
4, bold innovation, sui generis: taking the Han and Tang styles as architectural features, changing the Ming and Qing styles mainly adopted by Confucius temples around the country, mainly reflecting the visual grandeur and the cultural atmosphere of the Confucius era.
As early as 20 10, Liu Zhaofeng used the World Bank loan to successfully bid for the design right of Qufu and Zoucheng Confucius and Mencius cultural heritage protection projects, and knew the culture and architectural style of Confucius Temple, Confucius House and Confucius Forest like the back of his hand. 20 1 1 Invited, Liu Zhaofeng participated in the design competition of Confucius Institute in Guiyang. After repeated deliberation, Liu Zhaofeng and his team finally came up with a general idea and plan. Although this design scheme won the second place in the competition by only one vote, Liu Zhaofeng and his team finally won the design right of Confucius Institute because it was more in line with and close to Guiyang's requirements for this project.
"The final design scheme has been revised for the ninth time." Liu Zhaofeng said that his design concept is "Han-Tang tolerance, modern expression", showing humanistic spirit and culture with architecture.
According to Liu Zhaofeng, the architectural design of Confucius Institute takes the Han and Tang styles as architectural features, and changes the Ming and Qing styles mainly adopted by Confucius temples around the country, which mainly reflects the grandeur of Chinese culture. The innovative layout based on the traditional Chinese well-shaped layout presents a "three-axis cross-linking" trend.
The vertical axis, the "ritual axis", runs through from northwest to southeast, symbolizing the core ideas of Confucianism, namely "ritual" and "benevolence", starting from Xingxingmen, passing through Dachengmen, Etiquette Square and Dachengdian, and ending at Xingtan. There is a walking statue of Confucius in the square in front of Dacheng Gate, 9.28 meters high, to commemorate Confucius' birthday; Dacheng Hall is the core of Confucius Institute and the central place for offering sacrifices to Confucius.
The two horizontal axes, namely "wind axis" and "tourism axis", both run from northeast to southwest. "Wind Axis" symbolizes the Confucian practice of "ruling the country and leveling the world". On the left side of the central axis are lecture halls and Xishan Academy, which are the main areas for future meetings and lectures by scholars. "Line Axis" symbolizes the wisdom and practice of Confucianism. There are buildings like Xiansi, Yangming Temple and Kuiwen Pavilion on the central axis. Xiangxian Temple is dedicated to celebrities in Guizhou, Yangming Temple is dedicated to Wang Yangming, a great scholar in Ming Dynasty, and Kuiwenge collects Confucian cultural classics.