A Study On The Aesthetic Atmosphere Of Tang Chang'an

With its vast territory and super power, Tang Empire embodies great cohesion and radiation, while its open political, economic and cultural policy made the capital of Chang'an the first bustling metropolis with millions of people. Its orderly layout, wide streets and magnificent architecture not only reflect the great vigor of the unified dynasty which had provided a tremendous impact to the capital planning and construction of future generations, but are also symbolized as a spatial carrier of the strenuous broad compatibility and magnificence of Tang Empire image, served as the Chinese culture symbol.Chang'an of Tang is located in the middle of the Guanzhong Plain. In the land with martial solidity and geomantic beauty, the earth, mountain and urban axis are coincided thoroughly in the city so that it transforms the Chinese consciousness from ideology to physical form, generating the ultimate unification of spatial and ideological coordinates.By using the universe model reconciled with heaven and earth, the layout idea ruled with laws and ethical codes and the spatial principle of axis symmetry and module extensions, the city is engaged in general construction from spatial layout, function arrangement to building construction. The architecture and construction category and method still clearly exhibit the culture of that time:the grand and spectacular palaces were pursuing a feeling of placidity and harmony as well as magnificence, reflecting a style not only imperial but also vigorous; temples were distributed all over the city while its clean-cut and unique appearance formed the urban landscape with dense cultural metaphor and landmark feature.The squares in the city are the living space of officials and people. They are uniform, tall and close, while certain features of residential buildings inside such as the lobby size, decoration, color, building and frame number depend on the identity of the owner, which exhibits the rich traditional living culture order. Guaranteed by the whole country, the city serves as a huge experimental site. Through vast practices in shape, structure, construction, decoration of various sorts of architecture, Chang'an accidentally opens the evolution of the modular system of Chinese architecture in great order.Other than the preciseness and business, the pleasure and beauty of quietness and artlessness is also deeply exhibited in Chang'an. In the bright and beautiful public garden, ordinary people were able to enjoy the natural view and the literati would drink and laugh, bringing about a lot of unfailing poems. In addition, the private parks, country parks and villas of the nobility were still of great number. So along with the exhibiting of the pleasure pursuing with heaven and earth by Tang people, all of these generate the spirits of literati owned by Chinese garden while Chang'an of Tang is granted as the birth land of the practice.Chang'an of Tang is a summary of past times, which is also the beginning of the future era.The great practice of Chang'an of Tang influenced a number of capital construction at that time. What is more, the city also became the spiritual coordinates of Chinese culture for its focus on culture. The integrated planning ideas specially designed to suit local conditions create a culture atmosphere with magnificence, compatibility and enterprise, bringing a meaningful inspiration to today's urban planning and construction.