Inscriptions and surnames of Zhaobi in Dali

Zhaobi, a unique part of traditional architecture in China, has a long history. As early as the Western Zhou Dynasty, there was the image of zhaobi in architectural relics, especially in the Ming Dynasty.

The ancients called zhaobi a "small wall", so there is a saying that "disaster starts from a small wall"; The word "screen wall" is also called "screen wall", which evolved from the word "hide", meaning "hide" inside the door and "avoid" outside the door.

Zhaobi is a unique architectural form in China influenced by geomantic consciousness. In ancient times, people thought that ghosts kept visiting their houses and built a wall to block the path of ghosts.

At the same time, feng shui pays attention to guiding qi, and qi can't go straight into the hall or bedroom, otherwise it will be unlucky.

The method of avoiding air rush is to put a wall in front of the house, which can play the role of resisting external evils and driving away internal evils, thus forming a unique architectural form of observing the wall, reflecting the folk psychology of ancient people praying for good luck, avoiding evil and seeking peace.

At the same time, from the architectural point of view, zhaobi plays the role of shielding space and purlin, which increases the layering of the building and the momentum of the house.

Bai nationality is one of the ethnic minorities in China who pay the most attention to residential buildings. It originated from Zhaobi in the Central Plains and entered the Bai people's living system. In addition to inheriting some basic characteristics of Zhaobi in the Central Plains, Bai people have remolded Zhaobi with their own national characteristics according to their own natural environment, economic conditions, unique aesthetic taste and humanistic feelings, which has become an indispensable part of Bai folk houses.

Walking into Bai villages and families, you will find that Baizhaobi has profound cultural connotations besides its beautiful appearance and exquisite modeling. As long as you see the inscription on the wall of Baizhao, the Bai people will tell you the name of the owner, such as Yang as an innocent heirloom, Zhao as Qin and Jia Sheng, Zhang as Bai Ren Jia Sheng and Li as a legacy of violet.

As Professor Liang Sicheng, a famous contemporary architect, said, "China architecture is an engineering technology that has lasted for more than two thousand years, and it has created an artistic system. Many buildings express our culture and great artistic heritage. ..

The contents of the surnames engraved on the walls of the Bai people's houses not only reflect the profound cultural heritage of the Bai people in Dali, but also show the life purpose of the Bai people in Dali, under the long-term influence of Han culture, attaching importance to cultural cultivation, pursuing splendid articles at home and serving the country when they are alive.

Through the wall of Bai people, we can feel their tradition of attaching importance to knowledge and education.