What is the cultural background of Huizhou architecture in history? How did Huizhou architecture come into being?

What is the cultural background of Huizhou architecture in history?

Huizhou architecture is a material entity created under the cultural and artistic conditions of a specific time. It mainly exhibits three secondary characteristics: practicality, representativeness, and natural environment, thus forming a unique Huizhou architectural philosophy: the harmonious unity of people and architecture, architecture and nature; the most substantial and intuitive connection between people and nature, indoor space. It integrates the beauty of nature, society and form, and fully embodies the harmony and unity between people, between people and the environment, and between people and nature. Huizhou architecture mainly has the following practical manifestations:

1. Rhetoric. Urban settlements, residential buildings and natural landscapes are integrated into each other and live in harmony with each other.

2. Elegance and simplicity. Architectural colors - black, white, gray, architectural elements - points, lines and surfaces. Architectural space - solid on the outside and void on the inside.

3. Be close and pleasant. The architectural space is people-oriented, appropriately sized, considerate of human nature, rich in expressions, and integrated with culture and art.

4. Stretch freely. Using the indoor space of the terrace as a spreading connection point, the building shape and structure are tangibly and intangibly changing, integrating into and rationally utilizing the landform.

5. Organic whole. Closely connected with the natural ground environment, it is filled with a sense of order, layering and unity. It shows the spirit of the place that is purposeful.

6. Opening up to the outside world and achieving both. It is reflected in its openness to the outside world to be culturally inclusive and inclusive, including the openness of outdoor areas and the extroversion of indoor spaces.

This core concept is reflected in the cow-shaped architectural space in Hongcun, Anhui, the ship-shaped system in Xidi, and the integration of mountains and water in Pingshan Village; it is reflected in the garden landscape and street space of Dooshan Street and Tangmou Waterfront in Shexian County in; reflected in the living environment and demeanor of Xiuning, Wan'an, and Wucheng Ancient City... to name a few. This kind of cultural charm is exactly the cultural charm of our Huizhou architecture and is the characteristic of Huizhou architecture. How did Huizhou architecture come into being?

Huizhou architecture is one of the most important styles of ancient Chinese architecture, mainly popular in the ancient Huizhou area. There are still many Hui-style classical architectural ruins in Huizhou, scattered in large and small villages in Huizhou. The construction process of Huizhou architecture was influenced by Huizhou's unique historical topography and humanistic ideas. This is actually a gathering place for the ancient Yue people, whose settlement style is to adapt to the "ganlan style" architecture of mountain life. Later, the large-scale migration of Central Plains clans added the most advanced Central Plains culture and art. The communication and combination of the civilizational behavior of the Central Plains and the ancient Vietnamese culture and art are immediately reflected in the architectural content.

The most typical "roof hall" form in early Huizhou architecture, the roof living room is particularly spacious and is a place where many people rest for daily activities. Mainly because the mountainous area is damp and cold, and in order to avoid miasma, the Yue people's "ganlan style" architectural pattern has been preserved. At the same time, due to the influx of many immigrants, the population is densely populated and the land is narrow, so building a house has become the best choice, but Duoyi is compact due to its mountainous situation. In order to solve the problem of ventilation and sunlight, the "siheyuan" style in the Central Plains has been developed into the Huizhou "terrace" that blends in with the dangerous mountainous environment and is both airtight and smooth.

Houses with wooden structures in mountainous areas are prone to fire accidents. In order to prevent the rapid spread of fire, horse head walls were formed. The early Huizhou architectural style happened to be the product of the era of integration of outside immigrant investment and the culture of the indigenous residents. After the mid-Ming Dynasty, Huizhou merchants emerged. After becoming rich, Huizhou businessmen rushed to build houses, gardens, ancestral halls, archways, and Taoist temples and temples in their hometowns. Because of the characteristics of Huizhou merchants as "Jia but Confucianism", Huizhou merchants gave their own views on architectural feng shui, structure, internal structure decoration design, and living room layout in the architecture, promoting Huizhou architecture to gradually form a unique architectural management The system makes Huizhou architecture not only practical, but also contains rich cultural heritage.