申请信Cultural Symbols in Chine Architecture
Donia Zhang
南宫温泉City Institute, York University, Canada
Abstract: Culture has been recognized as the fourth pillar of sustainable development, and culture is often viewed as a system of symbols that aris from human interpretations of the world. The cultural codes of symbols and symbolism are imperative to be reexamined for any reinterpretation of a traditional culture. This article explores the origin and meaning of the Yin Yang symbol in Chine culture, and its subquent numerological and color applications in classi-cal Chine architecture, such as Sanqing (Three Pure Ones), Wuxing (Five Natural Elements), Bagua (Eight Trigrams) in courtyard hou design, and Jiugongtu (Nine Constellations Magic Square Matrix) and Jingtianzhi (Nine Squares land ownership system) in imperial Chine city planning. The examples cited are Beijing siheyuan (courtyard hous), the Forbidden City, the Temple of Heaven, and Ningbo’s Tianyi Ge library. The paper aims to inspire younger genera-tions to continue Chine architectural heritage,
and respect traditional principles when planning and designing archi-tectural projects. It finally propos the Yin Yang Yuan symbol to expand traditional Yin Yang symbol, to solve the di-lemma of binary thinking and to avoid extremities.
明月什么风Keywords: Chine architecture, Chine philosophy, Chine cosmology, Chine culture, Chine numerology, Chi-ne colors
1.Introduction
This article examines the symbols, numbers, and colors in traditional Chine culture, and their applica-tions in classical Chine architecture. The notions asso-ciated with the symbols, numbers, and colors largely originated in Chine cosmology, which gradually evolved into a trunk of worldviews – Chine philosophy. By tracing broad history and fundamental theory of the ideas, one may gain a better understanding of the com-plexity of traditional Chine culture.
Yin Yang Symbol in Chine Culture
While there are many culturally important symbols in China, none is more significant than the Yin Yang sym-bol. In Chine philosophy, Yin Yang balance and har-mony is a fundamental concept app
lied to both nature and human affairs. Yin Yang literarily means “shade and light” with the word Yin derived from the word for “moon” and Yang for “sun.” The Book of Changes (Yi Jing or Zhou Yi), originated in the Western Zhou period (1000-750 BCE), suggests that complementary opposites created Heaven and Earth, Yin and Yang. When Heaven and Earth interct, and Yin and Yang unite, it gives life to all things. When Yin and Yang p-arate, all things perish. When Yin and Yang are in disor-der, all things change. When Yin and Yang are in balance, all things are constant. The mutual interdependence of Yin and Yang is called “和合” (hehe). The first character signifies “harmony” or “peace,” and the cond character denotes “union” or “enclosure” . The
Copyright © 2019 Donia Zhang孕期吃什么补血
doi: 10.18282/adr.v1i1.556
招标条件>理解的名言名句This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Unported Licen
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