"Trees and Houses" uses vivid and humorous language, using trees as a metaphor to interpret the main components and decorations of traditional Chinese wooden architecture, and explains the base, column foundation, beam, column, roof, railing, bucket arch in Chinese traditional wooden architecture All kinds of architectural knowledge of windows, doors, windows, lions and dragons will take you to the ancient Chinese architecture with ingenuity, appreciate the ingenuity and charm of traditional Chinese architecture, and discover the vivid historical culture and wisdom hidden in it.
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"Trees and Houses" Introduction
"Trees and Houses" through clear explanations, vivid and witty language, using trees as a metaphor, interpret the main components and decorations of traditional Chinese wooden architecture, and explain the foundation, column foundation, beam, column, Architectural knowledge of roofs, railings, bucket arches, corbels, sparrows, doors and windows, lions and dragons. A little book will take you to the ancient Chinese architecture with unique ingenuity, appreciate the ingenuity and charm of traditional Chinese architecture, and discover the vivid historical culture and wisdom hidden in it.
"Trees and Houses"
Zhang Kequn
National First-Class Certified Architect. Graduated from the Department of Architecture of Tsinghua University, he was taught by Mr. Liang Sicheng. After graduation, he has been engaged in architectural design work. Family history is profound, and celebrities come out in large numbers. Father Zhang Wei, former vice president of Tsinghua University, academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences and Chinese Academy of Engineering. Mother Lu Shijia, fluid mechanics and educator, one of the founding professors of Beijing Institute of Aeronautics (now Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics). Uncle Gong Shijinmo, one of the four famous doctors in Beijing. Son Gao Xiaosong, music producer. Daughter Gao Xiaojiang, Doctor of Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering, Tsinghua University.
"Trees and Houses" Reading Harvest
- Interpretation of the main components and decoration of Chinese traditional wooden architecture
- Customs, stories and historical culture related to wooden architecture
- Cultivate the aesthetic taste of Chinese ancient architecture
Highlights
- As for our China, there have been many dynasties unified in the past two thousand years. Before the Qin Dynasty, there were the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and there were also five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms between the Tang Dynasty and the Song Dynasty. In short, you will sing me on the stage. Someone gains momentum and will quickly build a palace as soon as they get on stage. Therefore, the wooden structure with fast construction speed has become the best choice.
- Positive kiss has three roles: on the one hand, the roofs in several directions are concentrated on the two ends of the ridge, and something needs to be pinched together; on the other hand, for the sake of beauty; there is also one. And destroyed by fire. At that time Benjamin Franklin was not born yet, people did not understand that thunder is actually electricity, and it can be led underground with a metal wire (lightning rod). But the ancients knew that water could extinguish fires, so they put a big fish on the top of the roof to symbolize water, and people felt more at ease.
- There is also a grandfather, Lao Liuyun, who was taken away to carry the stele because of his great strength, and was also called the "Wang Batu stele" by unknown people. It is really wrong, and Lai is also the son of the dragon!