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Content introduction:

The author of this book has changed the obscure and difficult writing method of previous textbooks, using a more humane thinking language and intuitive and detailed pictures to explain the profound things in a simple, detailed and rigorous way. It analyzes the development history of ancient Chinese architecture from primitive society to the Qing Dynasty, allowing readers to complete their study in a relaxed reading atmosphere. The book also includes residential buildings that were rarely covered in the history of ancient architecture in the past, because dating back to the roots of architecture, all buildings developed from various types of residential buildings.

The "Dictionary of Chinese Ancient Architecture Terms" is the key to learning the history of ancient architecture and understanding the knowledge of ancient architecture. It can provide great convenience to the vast number of lovers of ancient architecture and the design and construction operators of cultural relics protection projects. . In the process of writing this book, we followed the principle of "maintaining tradition and preserving traditional craftsmanship and techniques." This was reflected as much as possible in the selection of entries, and the idioms of craftsmen were retained as much as possible in the explanations of entries. These can be said to be one of the characteristics of this book.

This dictionary contains more than 3,600 entries, covering various majors in ancient Chinese architecture, such as large woodwork, small woodwork, stone work, tile work, timber work, and oil decoration. Commonly used terms for paintings, sculptures, and paintings, etc., the terms are arranged according to the stroke order of the terms, a stroke search is performed on the stroke catalog, and a phonetic sequence list of difficult words is made for the uncommon characters in the phonetic index [ling4] , with more than 600 illustrations included in the main text; 90 color plates in the front volume, which mainly include photos of types of traditional Chinese architecture and examples and drawings of practices. ?

Book Introduction

Professor Lou Qingxi served as Mr. Liang Sicheng’s assistant in his early years, and was deeply impressed by Mr. Liang’s academic essence. Later, he studied and taught the history of ancient Chinese architecture at the School of Architecture of Tsinghua University. ?

This book systematically introduces the history and architectural element characteristics of ancient Chinese architecture in the form of lectures, and is equipped with more than 300 exquisite pictures. The book is divided into twenty lectures, from residences to capitals, from altars to ancestral halls, from individual buildings to architectural theories. The narrative is comprehensive, the language is simple, and it is easy to understand. ?

Lou Qingxi is also good at photography of ancient buildings and has more than 300 exquisite pictures, which makes this book more valuable for collection. ?

The relationship between architecture and the public is inherently very close. People's work, study, rest and entertainment are all inseparable from buildings. People have always lived in the space composed of buildings, and they will naturally have their own likes, dislikes and opinions about buildings. The same is true for ancient buildings. Through on-site visits, reading, watching TV, and surfing the Internet at home, people have more and more knowledge about ancient buildings. In this sense, compared with art such as painting and sculpture, it is easier for people to recognize and understand architecture.

Table of Contents

Preface

Lecture 1?

Start with "The house does not collapse when the wall falls"

Lecture 2? Beijing - a masterpiece of ancient Chinese urban planning

Lecture 3? From the Siheyuan to the Forbidden City

Lecture 4? From Terracotta Warriors to Tombs

Lecture 5?

Sacrifice

Lecture 6? Ancestors and ancestral halls

Lecture 7? Buddhist architecture and Foshan

Lecture 8? Pagodas

Lecture 9? Islam and Mosques

Lecture 10? Royal Gardens

Lecture 11?

Private gardens

Lecture 12? Courtyard residences

Lecture 13? Vernacular architecture

Lecture 14? Archway, Chinese watch, screen wall and others

Lecture 15? Architectural Decoration

Lecture 16?

The World of Dragons and the Kingdom of Lions

Tenth Lecture 7? Miraculous Colors

Lecture 18? Ancient Architecture and Feng Shui

Lecture 19? Tiananmen Square in the National Weibo

Lecture 20 ?

Liang Sicheng and Chinese Architecture

About the author

Lou Qingxi: ?

Born in 1930. Graduated from the Department of Architecture of Tsinghua University in 1952. He has stayed at the school to teach until now and is currently a professor at the School of Architecture, Tsinghua University. He has long been engaged in research and teaching of Chinese architectural history. His main works include: "Chinese Palace Architecture", "Complete Collection of Chinese Architectural Art·Architectural Decoration and Decoration", "Traditional Chinese Architectural Decoration", "Door Culture of Chinese Architecture", "Architectural Photography" (teaching materials for colleges and universities), "Gaze - - Lou Qingxi's Architectural Photography Collection" and so on.

Professor Lou Qingxi served as Mr. Liang Sicheng's assistant in his early years and was a member of the China Architecture Society. He was deeply familiar with Mr. Liang's academic philosophy and later studied and taught the history of ancient Chinese architecture at the School of Architecture at Tsinghua University.

Author's Statement

In September 1999, Dong Xiuyu, editor-in-chief of Beijing Sanlian Bookstore, went to the School of Architecture of Tsinghua University and asked me to write a book "Twenty Lectures on Ancient Chinese Architecture" as a " One of the "Twenty Lectures" series. In recent years, although I have written books about palace architecture and culture for readers who are not majoring in architecture, I have never written a monograph that comprehensively introduces and discusses ancient Chinese architecture. Therefore, this prompted me to review this book. I have some thoughts on my writing.

The relationship between architecture and the public is inherently very close. People's work, study, rest and entertainment are all inseparable from buildings. People have always lived in the space formed by buildings, and naturally have their own likes, dislikes and opinions about buildings. The same is true for ancient buildings. Through on-site visits, reading, watching TV, and surfing the Internet at home, people have more and more knowledge about ancient buildings. In this sense, compared with art forms such as painting and sculpture, architecture should be easier for people to recognize and understand. However, architecture has its own characteristics. It is a structure that has both an artistic image and different material functions. The image of a building cannot be left to the arbitrary creation of architects, but must be restricted by material functional requirements and technical conditions such as structure, materials, and construction. As far as ancient Chinese architecture is concerned, whether it is palaces, temples, mausoleums, gardens, or residences, their individual and group images are all aspects of politics, economy, culture, and technology (including building materials, structural methods, construction methods, etc.) of a period. The combined product of conditions. The reason why people see palaces and temples with such big roofs, special dougong components, and brightly painted decorations on beams and rafters is because they are different from the long-term wooden structure system used in ancient Chinese buildings. Not open. Therefore, when we discuss ancient buildings, we must not only clarify their historical and cultural background, but also introduce their structure, structure and other forms.

I teach the history of ancient Chinese architecture in two ways at school. One is to teach in the historical order of dynasties. The advantage of speaking this way is that we can understand the development context of ancient Chinese architecture. However, because China has been in a feudal society for a long time, politics, economy and even culture have developed slowly, resulting in a lack of qualitative changes in the basic system and form of architecture. In addition, Chinese occupied buildings adopt a wooden structure system, which is far less durable than brick and stone buildings. Therefore, there are very few physical objects left from early buildings. Therefore, there is a way of talking about different building types without emphasizing the historical process, that is, according to cities. , palaces, temples, mausoleums, religious buildings, gardens, residences and other types are taught separately. This book adopts the latter style. It first talks about the characteristics of ancient Chinese architecture, and then goes from city scarves and palaces to architectural sketches and architectural decorations. At the same time, it also adds cultural relics and architectural protection related to ancient buildings and the foundation of Chinese architectural history science. Liang Sicheng and other aspects are divided into twenty lectures, one for each topic, and are narrated in scattered points. They are both connected and independent chapters, making it easy for readers to choose any part.

Architectural science is both professional and popular. All types of buildings, from content to form, have been open to comment since ancient times. The content of these twenty lectures I wrote is just to provide some information and my own understanding for readers to comment.

Lou Qingxi

In September 2000 at Tsinghua University?