Studying On The Influence Of Confucianism On The Ancient Architecture Of China

Architecture is the carrier of culture, culture is the soul of architecture. Architecture and Culture penetrate mutually and inseparably. Ancient Chinese society was dominated by Confucianism as the orthodox philosophy and ethics, which penetrated into every field of the society. It should also have a profound influence on the physical and spiritual aspects of Ancient Chinese Architecture. Therefore, it is necessary to research Ancient Chinese Architecture not only from the history and the development of technology, but also from the combination of culture and the development of architecture.The paper firstly introduces and analyzes the main spirit of Confucian culture. Then, it analyzes the development and characters of Ancient Chinese Architecture. It raises the point that the spiritual core of Confucianism is jen, a ceremony moderation, the harmony between human and the nature. Influenced by these aspects, Ancient Chinese Architecture is quite differing from the West Architecture, which has become one of the four major ancient architecture system (China, India, Islam and Europe). As a typical example, it is different from the other ancient architecture such as the materials, designs and layout. The paper summarizes the influence of Confucian philosophy of Ancient Chinese Architecture. Confucian ethics was embodied by the Ancient Chinese Architecture including the concept of hierarchy and rational nature and moderation.The paper analyzes how the Confucianism influenced on the technology (shape) and construction system (system) of Ancient Chinese Architecture. It discusses the influence of Confucianism on the types, planning, layout, decorative techniques of Ancient Chinese Architecture, which also analyzes how the core of confucianism-the ceremony system influenced on the architecture grades of Ancient Chinese Architecture.On the other hand ,the paper discusses how the Confucianism hindered the development of the ancient architecture techniques, which points out that these opinions were popular in ancient china such as "the world would be prosperous naturally when the country was managed orderly", "Not take in act, just thought a lot", those were advocated in ancient china to highlight the role of social management, and spontaneously to neglect the role of labor and technology, there was less focus on scientific invention and more attempts to find the way from ancient theory and practice. New idea and changes were apposed in ancient china when there was less attention to social progress and change. In addition, more emphasis on self-Confucianism, race, law, world peace. advocating "It was a better choice to be a government staff if he was excellent in study, study was a better choice if he was a government staff. Production and technology were regarded as "the end of sticks", which caused the separation of the Production and the people who acquired technology and culture. The spread and development of technology was limited in the craftsman, by trapped in the master-bereft, instead of systematically summing up, and improve promotion, restricted the development of architecture technology.Finally, the paper discusses the road of modern Chinese architecture, which points out that the modern architecture must inherit and extend the traditional architectural culture, out of the Mistakes of "inheriting tradition", must strengthen the theory of architecture scientific, the paper also take the Xiangshan Hotel in Beijing and other classical modern architectures for example, points out that the combination of traditional Architectural elements and modern design concept is the perfect road of modern Chinese architecture.