Cosmological concepts Chinese architecture

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model of chinese siheyuan in beijing, shows off symmetry, enclosed heavy platform , large roof floats on base, vertical walls not emphasized.


chinese architecture times used concepts chinese cosmology such feng shui (geomancy) , taoism organize construction , layout common residences imperial , religious structures. includes use of:



screen walls face main entrance of house, stems belief evil things travel in straight lines.
talismans , imagery of fortune:

door gods displayed on doorways ward off evil , encourage flow of fortune
three anthropomorphic figures representing fu lu shou (福祿壽 fú-lù-shòu) stars prominently displayed, proclamation 3 stars present (三星在 sān-xīng-zài)
animals , fruits symbolize fortune , prosperity, such bats , pomegranates, respectively. association done through rebuses.


orienting structure elevated landscape , ensuring there water in front. considerations made such windowless of structure faces north, wind coldest in winter.
ponds, pools, wells, , other water sources built structure.

the use of colors, numbers , cardinal directions in traditional chinese architecture reflected belief in type of immanence, nature of thing wholly contained in own form. although western tradition gradually developed body of architectural literature, little written on subject in china, , earliest text, kaogongji, never disputed. however, ideas cosmic harmony , order of city interpreted @ basic level, reproduction of ideal city never existed. beijing reconstructed throughout 15th , 16th century remains 1 of best examples of traditional chinese town planning.








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