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-- Ancient Architecture Intangible Heritage --
The intangible cultural heritage techniques related to ancient Chinese architecture are rich and diverse, covering many fields such as architectural construction, decorative carving, and painting techniques. They are not only construction technologies but also carriers of cultural memories. From the ritual norms of official architecture to the construction wisdom of local dwellings, from the aesthetic pursuit of wood carvings and colorful paintings to the ecological philosophy of feng shui, every skill is engraved with the Chinese people's understanding of "dwelling".
What are the intangible heritages in ancient architecture?
【Jianci Diao (Cut Porcelain Carving)】
Jianci Diao is a unique architectural decoration craft popular in southern Fujian, Chaoshan and other regions. In southern Fujian, it is also called "duihua" or "duijian"; in Chaoshan folk, it is commonly known as "qianci" or "kourao". Decorated on the ridges and overhanging eaves of ancient buildings, it is colorful and does not fade for a long time, becoming a feature of local traditional architecture. It was widely used on the roofs of ancestral halls and folk houses during the Ming and Qing dynasties.
【Dongyang Wood Carving】
Dongyang Wood Carving gets its name because it is produced in Dongyang City, Zhejiang Province. Dongyang Wood Carving has a light color, retaining the natural texture and color of the log, presenting the original color of the wood without painting, with a light color. Only through tung oil or natural wax to brighten and protect, it highlights the delicate texture and warm texture of the wood itself, forming an elegant artistic conception of "natural without carving".
【liuli】
Glaze is a unique element in the decoration of ancient Chinese architecture. Glaze is not only highly decorative but also practical. It is still widely used in antique buildings today. Ancient craftsmen passed it down by word of mouth and hand. They shaped the clay by hand kneading or physical mold turning, then fired and glazed to produce colorful glazed components.
【Zhujin Qi Mudiao (Red and Gold Lacquer Wood Carving)】
Zhujin Qi Mudiao is most characteristic in Ningbo and surrounding areas. Zhujin Qi Mudiao is carefully carved with wood with delicate textures such as camphor wood, basswood, and ginkgo, then painted, gold-plated, and colored, and uses techniques such as sand gold, silver grinding, and gold opening to make the utensils have a simple and vivid shape, with alternating gold and color. "Three parts carving, seven parts lacquer craftsman" makes Zhujin Qi Mudiao produce a magnificent and brilliant effect.
【Shanxi Folk Residence Brick Carving】
Shanxi Folk Residence Brick Carving is a traditional brick carving technique popular in Shanxi. It has a long history and rich cultural connotations. Brick carvings are widely used in residential buildings. During the Ming and Qing dynasties, especially in the more than 200 years of Shanxi merchants' prosperity, Shanxi folk residence brick carvings reached their peak and became an important decorative element of local residential buildings.
【Lingnan 灰塑 (Lingnan Grey Sculpture)】
Lingnan Grey Sculpture, commonly known as huipi, is a symbolic traditional architectural decoration art in the Lingnan region. Lingnan Grey Sculpture has a complete set of unique techniques. It uses lime as the main material and has the advantages of acid resistance, alkali resistance, and temperature resistance, which is very suitable for the humid and hot climate conditions in Lingnan. In addition, Lingnan Grey Sculpture does not need to be fired and can be constructed on-site, with the flexibility and convenience of adapting to local conditions and using materials according to art.
【Architectural Color Painting】
Architectural color painting is a rather broad term, usually referring to the use of colors, coatings, paints and other raw materials to depict images on building walls. Due to geographical and folk reasons, the architectural color paintings of various regions and ethnic groups in China have obvious differences in overall style and detail processing, and reflect strong local characteristics from materials, techniques, colors to contents.
【Jiaxiang Stone Carving】
Stone carving, also known as "stone inscription", is a traditional hand-carving technique using stone as raw material. China's stone carving art has a long history, which has been passed down for thousands of years and continues to this day, showing the exquisite skills of traditional folk crafts.
【Huizhou - style Residence Construction】
Huizhou traditional residences are known for their compact and delicate architectural layout, rich and diverse architectural decorations, and exquisite construction techniques, which can be called a typical representative of traditional Chinese residential architecture. With wood as the main building material, mortise and tenon as the main combination method of wood components, passed down by masters and apprentices through words and deeds for thousands of years, it is a representative of ancient Oriental architectural technology.
What other ancient architectural intangible heritages do you know?
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