Abstract
China has a large number of traditional dwellings and a wide range, which truly reflects the production and living conditions, religious beliefs and aesthetic concepts of local residents at that time. It can be said that dwelling are living fossils for studying anthropology and architectural history. However, with the rapid development of the economic situation, the protection of traditional dwellings has also been strongly impacted. The protection and activation of the traditional dwellings will become the focus of attention in the future. This paper explores the methods and purposes of the protection and activation of traditional dwellings through an investigation of the ancient city of Pingyao in Jinzhong, with a dynamic and static combination, multicultural coexistence of academic vision. Through the dual exploration of the material cultural heritage and the intangible cultural heritage, we can inherit the characteristics of the traditional folk houses and use the strategy of the traditional block layout for reference, so that the historical cultural heritage which can not be copied and rebuilt can be preserved. It is also the primary goal of contemporary architectural history workers.
Highlights
China has a large number of traditional dwellings and a wide range, which truly reflects the production and living conditions, religious beliefs and aesthetic concepts of local residents at that time
The historical value of traditional dwellings in Pingyao is mainly reflected in the architectural relics of Shanxi courtyard, shared courtyard, temple hall and so on, which are represented by the culture of Shanxi merchants, Ming, Qing, and Han culture, they genuinely reflect the production and living conditions of Pingyao ancient city, the "dry dock" of economic prosperity in the Ming and Qing dynasties, and are "living fossils of our research history
The traditional houses in the ancient city of Pingyao have several types of courtyards one is a three-in courtyard or a four-in courtyard inhabited by ordinary people, one is a small shop along the street, which is used for business, and the other is to do business in a front room like Escort Agency, the houses in the back are for rest, there are kinds of houses, such as the Longitudinal multi-entry courtyard, the horizontal multi-span parallel courtyard, and the horizontal multi-entry multi-span Group courtyard
Summary
The ancient city of Pingyao, located in Pingyao County, south of Jinzhong City, was founded in the Xuanwang period of the Western Zhou Dynasty. It is an outstanding representative of the Chinese culture of the Ming and Qing dynasties. The ancient city of Pingyao is located on the eastern edge of the Loess Plateau, and it is a square-shaped city and facing the south. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Jinzhong merchants accumulated a lot of wealth. The houses were large in scale and well decorated The buildings they lived in all showed their status and wealth. Residents of Jinzhong follow Confucianism, the folk customs are simple, respect for the law, and the architecture reflects the strict code of etiquette principles. (Figure 1)
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