目前分類：中國 (4)
- Jun 13 Fri 2014 08:31
推薦-令人身歷其境的宋詞地圖 ：華人一生一定要參與一次的文學之旅
- Jun 13 Fri 2014 08:31
推薦-令人怦然心動的唐詩地圖 ：跟著偉大的詩人們走遍66個文學聖地
- Jun 13 Fri 2014 08:25
推薦-Chinese Architecture and Metaphor：Song Culture in the Yingzao Fashi Building Manual
推薦-Chinese Architecture and Metaphor：Song Culture in the Yingzao Fashi Building Manual
Investigating the historical tradition of Chinese architectural writing from antiquity to the twelfth century, Chinese Architecture and Metaphor reveals significant and fascinating social and cultural phenomena in the most important primary text for the study of the Chinese building tradition. Unlike previous scholarship, which has reviewed this imperially commissioned architectural manual largely as a technical work, this volume considers the Yingzao fashi's unique literary value and explores the rich cultural implications in and behind its technical content.
Utilizing a philological approach, the author pays particular attention to the traditional and contemporary architectural terminology presented in the Yingzao fashi. In examining the semantic meaning of the architectural terms used in the manual, he uncovers a systematic architectural metaphor wherein bracketing elements are likened to flowers, flowering branches, and foliage: Thus pillars with bracketing above are compared to blossoming trees. More important, this intriguing imagery was shared by different social groups, in particular craftsmen and literati, and craftsmen themselves employed literary knowledge in naming architectural elements. Relating these phenomena to the unprecedented flourishing of literature, the literati's greater admiration of technical knowledge, and the higher intellectual capacity of craftsmen during the Song, Chinese Architecture and Metaphor demonstrates how the learned and "unlearned" cultures entangled in the construction of architectural knowledge in premodern China. It convincingly shows that technical language served as a faithful carrier of contemporary popular culture and aesthetic concepts.
- Jun 13 Fri 2014 08:25
推薦-香港傳統節慶遊
