Chinese stone architecture in classical style
May 17, 2021
In ancient architecture, the application of stone occupies an important position.
Historically, the application of stone is closely linked with the natural conditions and environment of human existence.In the paleolithic age of 500, 000 years ago, primitive people used natural cliff cave as a living place.In the course of history, there appeared small stone ornaments, cliff stone carvings and percussion instruments, such as stone qing.The man-made stone grid in Liaoning is one of the best examples of megalithic architecture in China.From the slave society to the feudal society, the rising landlord economy gradually replaced the Lord economy, and the new mode of production promoted the development of the society at that time.The expansion of city scale and the use of iron have promoted the application of stone in various aspects.From the Warring States Period to the Western Han Dynasty, there were stone foundations and steps. The ancient Great Wall built in the Qin and Han Dynasties used a large amount of stone. The stone carvings, stone beasts in Huo Qubing's Tomb in the Western Han Dynasty, the stone shrines and stone palaces in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and stone tombs with full stone structure and the picture stones in the tombs, etc., were mostly carved with stories of characters and various patterns and patterns.
The architecture of the Tang Dynasty reached the peak of the early feudal society. From the ruins of the tombs, halls and urban palaces left over from that time, we can see that the layout and shape of these tombs are of high artistic and technical level.The six canons of the Tang Dynasty, the construction rules of the Song Dynasty and the engineering rules of the Qing Dynasty all promoted the development of architectural technology and art.
From the S ong, Yuan and Ming Dynasties to the embryonic period of capitalism in the Qing Dynasty, the architecture of various ethnic groups also developed, especially the construction of royal and private gardens, which left us a lot of excellent architectural heritages.
In terms of religious architecture and sculpture, Buddhism flourished in the Wei, Jin and Southern and Northern Dynasties, and temples were built and statues carved in caves were built all over the country.According to Wang Ziyun's History of Chinese Sculpture Art, "China's grotto statues were probably created during the Sixteen States of the Eastern Jin Dynasty."Since wei jin southern and northern dynasties to the Ming and qing, Chinese society in different classes, strata, political, ideological consciousness, realistic need to wait for a reason, religion gets to be popularized in China, as a religion of all kinds of specific image such as temples, statues, pagodas, grottoes, etc., also have emerged in the country, which the Chinese ancient stone carving artisans provides a wide space,To create many world-famous art treasures.
To sum up, the application of stone and its products in various aspects fully reflects the development of politics, economy, philosophy, culture and art of the Chinese nation in different historical periods.
