DING Junqing, born in Longyou County of ZhejiangProvince in 1943, studied in the Department of Architectureof Tongji University, China and graduated in 1968. He hasbeen engaged in planning and design management for morethan 40 years. He served as an assistant chief engineerin Wenzhou Planning Bureau, President of Wenzhou CityPlanning and Design Institute and Senior City Planner. Hehas published many books including Study on ResidenceCulture in China, Village Buildings in Wenzhou, GushuiLongyou as well as a poetry anthology-Flint.
目录
Preface Chapter I: The Country Grows from under the Roof of the House Chapter II: The Walls South of the Yangtze--Beauty Lies in AppropriateMake-ups Chapter III: The Entrance--the Gate of Folk Houses South of the Yangtze Chapter IV: Courtyard and Patio forSacrifice to Heaven and Ancestors Chapter V: The Moral and Majestic Institution of Folk Houses Chapter VI : The Space Frame and Pattern of Folk Houses--theLand-attached Character and Agriculture-centered Feature Chapter VII: Instructive Functions of Folk Homes Chapter VIII : Environmental Awareness and Universality of Folk Homes Chapter IX : Stonework and Carpen- try of Folk Houses Chapter X : Stucco-covered Walls and Dark Blue. Tiles--The Natural Beauty of Folk Houses Index Postscript
摘要
Upon inheriting the traditional style of ancient buildings, the curvedroof south of the Yangtze has been simplified according to the practicalcondition and needs. The prominent feature of the roof is its function be-sides the universal spirit inherited from the ancients. Among the folk houses, the roofings of the ordinary people are builtin straight slopes, but those of the nobles are built in inverted-universeroofs which are formed by adopting the raising-of-truss method. The alti-tude difference of the adjacent ridge-poles is calculated by the length ofthe supporting rack times numbers of the supporting poles. This makes theroof form an "A-shaped' slope for the good drainage and for the immobil-ity of the roof which is securely clasped by the pressure of the roof tiles.Just like the curved palm, the inverted-universe roofs can make the roofobtain the tensile force which equals the inherent stress in reinforced con-crete to strengthen the rigidity of the whole roof truss. This kind of roof isalso good for wind resistance because the wind will glide away along thecurved surface to reduce the pressure. When the famous Chinese esthetician Professor ZONG Baihua de-scribed the beauty of the colourful collocations and the golden decorationsin his "Aesthetics Causerie", he took the poems written by the two fa-mous literati XIE Lingyun and YAN Yanzhi of the Southern Song Dy-nasty as examples. He said that XIE' S poems were natural and lovely justlike the budding lotus, and YAN' s poems were noble and elegant just likethe unfolded colourful samite. XIE's poems were like the bathing beau-ties and YAN' s poems were like the elegant colourful samite. They typifythe two esthetic sentiments in the history of aesthetics of China. TheChu-verses of the Warring States Period, the poetic essays of the Hart Dy-nasty, the porcelain wares of the Ming and Qing ……
