The author of this book changes the obscure writing method of previous textbooks, and analyzes the development history of ancient architecture in China from primitive society to Qing Dynasty in a simple and detailed way with more humanized thinking language and intuitive and meticulous pictures, so that readers can complete their study in a relaxed reading atmosphere. There are also some residential buildings rarely involved in the history of ancient architecture, because all buildings are developed from various residential buildings.

China Dictionary of Ancient Architectural Terminology is the key to learn the history of ancient architecture and understand ancient architectural knowledge. It can provide great convenience for lovers of ancient buildings and designers and builders of cultural relics protection projects. In the process of writing this book, the principle of "maintaining tradition and retaining traditional techniques" is followed, and this is reflected as much as possible in the selection of entries, and the idioms of craftsmen are retained as much as possible in the interpretation of entries, which can be said to be one of the characteristics of this book.

This dictionary contains more than 3,600 entries, covering various disciplines of ancient architecture in China, such as Damuzuo, Joinery Work, Shiguo, Wa Zuo Zuo, Daicai Zuo Zuo, oil painting Zuo Zuo, sculpture Zuo Zuo and Kanyu. According to the order of entries, the list of entries is arranged, the stroke directory is searched, and an uncommon word [ling4] is made in the pinyin index. There are 90 color plates in front of the volume, mainly including photos, examples and drawings of traditional buildings in China. ?

Book Introduction

Professor Lou Qingxi served as Mr. Liang Sicheng's assistant in his early years and won the academic essence of Mr. Liang. Later, he studied and taught the history of ancient architecture in China in the School of Architecture of Tsinghua University. ?

This book systematically introduces the history and architectural elements of ancient buildings in China by means of lectures, with more than 300 beautiful pictures. It is divided into twenty lectures, from folk houses to the capital, from altars to ancestral halls, from single buildings to architectural theories. The narration is comprehensive, the language is easy to understand, and the explanation is simple. ?

Lou Qingxi is also good at ancient architecture photography, with more than 300 beautiful pictures, which makes this book more collectible. ?

Architecture has a close relationship with the public. People's work, study, rest and entertainment are inseparable from architecture. People always live in the space where architecture is formed, and naturally they have their own likes and dislikes and views on architecture. The same is true of ancient buildings. People have learned more and more about ancient buildings through field trips, or reading books, watching TV and surfing the Internet at home. In this sense, compared with painting, sculpture and other arts, it is easier for people to know and understand architecture.

catalogue

order

First lecture?

Talking from "the wall falls down, but the house does not fall down"

Second lecture? Beijing-A Masterpiece of China's Ancient Urban Planning

The third lecture? From Siheyuan to Forbidden City

The fourth lecture? From Terracotta Warriors to Qing Tombs

Lecture 5?

offer sacrifices to ancestors

Lecture 6? Zhou Ancestor and Ancestral Temple

Lecture 7? Buddhist architecture and Foshan

Lecture 8? pagoda

Lecture 9? Islam and mosques

Lecture 10? Royal garden

Lecture 11?

Private garden

Lecture 12? Courtyard residence

Lecture 13? Local architecture

Lecture 14? Archway, watch, screen wall and others

Lecture 15? architectural decoration

Lecture 16

The world of dragons and the kingdom of lions

Lecture 17? Wonderful colors

Lecture 18? Ancient architecture and geomantic omen

Lecture 19 National Micro-scale in Tiananmen Square

Lecture 20?

Liang Sicheng and China Architecture

Brief introduction of the author

Lou Qingxi:?

Born in 1930. 1952 graduated from the Department of Architecture of Tsinghua University. Since then, he has been teaching and is now a professor at the School of Architecture of Tsinghua University. He has been engaged in the research and teaching of architectural history in China for a long time. His main works include: China Palace Architecture, Complete Works of Architectural Decoration of China, Traditional Architectural Decoration of China, Door Culture of China Architecture, Architectural Photography (a textbook for colleges and universities), and Gazing at the Collection of Architectural Photography of Lou Qingxi, etc.

Professor Lou Qingxi was Mr. Liang Sicheng's assistant in his early years. He is a member of China Architectural Society and won the academic essence of Mr. Liang. Later, he studied and taught the history of ancient architecture in China in the School of Architecture of Tsinghua University.

Author's self-report

1September, 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 Buildings in China, as one of the "Twenty Lectures" series. In recent years, although I have written some books about palace architecture and culture for non-architectural readers, I have never written a monograph that comprehensively introduces and discusses China's ancient architecture, which prompted me to think about the writing of this book.

Architecture has a close relationship with the public. People's work, study, rest and entertainment are inseparable from architecture. People always live in the space where architecture is formed, and naturally they have their own likes and dislikes and views on architecture. The same is true of ancient buildings. People have learned more and more about ancient buildings through field trips, or reading books, watching TV and surfing the Internet at home. In this sense, people should know and understand architecture more easily than painting, sculpture and other art forms. However, architecture has its own characteristics. It is a structure with both artistic image and different material functions. The image of a building can't be created by architects at will, but must be restricted by material functional requirements and technical conditions such as structure, materials and construction. As far as ancient architecture in China is concerned, whether it is a palace, a temple, a mausoleum, a garden or a residential building, their individual and group images are the comprehensive products of politics, economy, culture and technology (including building materials, structural methods and construction methods). ) in a period of time. The reason why people see palaces and temples with such large roofs and special beams decorated with colorful paintings is inseparable from the long-term wooden structure system used in ancient Chinese architecture. So, are we talking about ancient times?

When building, we should not only explain their historical and cultural background, but also introduce their structure, structure and other forms.

There are two ways for me to teach the history of ancient architecture in China at school. One is to teach in the historical order of dynasties. The advantage of this statement is that we can understand the development of ancient architecture in China. However, because China has been in a feudal society for a long time, the political, economic and even cultural development is slow, which makes the basic system and form of architecture lack of qualitative changes. In addition, the buildings occupied by China adopt the wooden structure system, which is far less than the long-term preservation of masonry buildings, so there are few physical objects left by early buildings, so there is a teaching method that does not emphasize the historical process but according to different building types, that is, according to the types of cities, palaces, temples, tombs, religious buildings, gardens and houses. This book adopts the latter style, first talking about the characteristics of China's ancient buildings, and then from city towels and palaces to architectural sketches and architectural decorations, and at the same time adding the content of cultural relics protection related to ancient buildings, such as Liang Sicheng, the founder of China's architectural history. , divided into twenty lectures, one on a topic, scattered narrative. They are both related and independent, which is convenient for readers to choose any one of them.

Architectural science is both professional and popular, and all kinds of buildings have comments from content to form since ancient times. I wrote these twenty lectures only to provide some information and my own understanding for readers to comment on.

Louqingxi

On the Tsinghua campus in September 2000?