Ancient Architecture Genre And Classification Of China

One distinct characteristic of ancient architecture of China is that it has multitudinous denominations and genres , different genres indicate different meanings of architecture and space. Every architecture genre compose together in systematic configuration, this is a particular conduct of ancient people understanding and describing architecture. Recognizing and analyzing this mode of description is the basal work of cognizing ancient architectural history of China thoroughly. Analyzing the architecture genres from the point of view of classification and cognizing ancient architectural history of China more is a new method which is inspired in this article.The purpose of this disquisition is that classifying architecture according as its configuration, neatening the genres of ancient architecture of China, establishing logical structure and system, cognizing characteristic and configuration of ancient architecture of China.The first portion of the article base on the meanings of architectural genres what are explained in the historical literatures. After classifying twice, the system of classifying the genres of ancient architecture of China has been constituted. This system is composed of five levels what include two ministries, four categories, seven species, eighteen types. And involve ninety five detailed architectural genuses.The second portion of the article base on the configuration of classification established in first portion, expatiate the genres of ancient architecture of China particularly.We can have a conclusion after classifying, the appearance and development of each architectural genre have profound historical backdrops, they can be one category, one species, one type. This illuminates that architecture or room has a extraordinary status in the human society. The mostly contents are: architectural interior space, architectural exterior space, architectural configuration, the liver, grade of habitation, conformation of habitation, concourse of living, concourse of amusing, object of sacrificing, concourse of sacrificing, time of sacrificing, ceremony of architecture, school, and so on. It can be said that cognizing and distinguishing these contents are the basal reasons for that the genres of ancient architecture of China are classified.Simultaneously, three points of view of ancients' cognizing architecture are listed in this classifying system, they are function, conformation, situation.