Ancient Buildings And Clansman Culture Of Liukeng Country In Ming-Qing Dynasties

Building as a carrier of culture is a reflection of the prevailing social consciousness, not only has a practical use, but also has a variety of socio-cultural concept. This article will have a full range of inspection for Liukeng Village,including village location,ecological environment, layout, and ancient architecture in Ming and Qing Dynasties. Explore the important role played by the ancient buildings on clan organization, patriarchal ethics and daily life, thus to further discourse the clan culture and its cultural significance embodied by the variety of architectural symbols.Liukeng Village is located in the Niutian County, Le'an Town of Jiangxi Province, it has a proud history and advanced civilization, also saves a lot of ancient buildings of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, which have a high research value, known as 'the first village of the ages'.The Dong family of Liukeng is a Large family of kinship for single surname of the contact inhabited, the clan system is well developed, the clan forces touch on various aspects of social life. When the power of centralization is difficult to in-depth grass-roots community, clan organization plays more important rule than feudal rulers, they manage the grass-roots social autonomy more direct and effective. Meanwhile, in the influence of 'home and country is isomorphic',which is the ancient Confucianism, the patriarchal ethics also been recognition by the feudal ruling class, then affect the way of thinking of the grass-roots social and the behavioral norms, become the spirit of the grass-roots.Now,there are a wide range of ancient buildings of Ming and Qing in Liukeng Village, these ancient architectural concept reflects the social value orientation and the common pursuit,plays an important role in promoting, strengthening and consolidating the patriarchal ethics,also,building activities are controlled by the clan forces.The building has been not only provide people a place to live, more evolved as a fusion with the patriarchal ethics, embodies the tangle with clan organizations. In order to have a detailed analysis,there are five parts in this article. The first part discourses Liukeng village's excellent geographical location and ecological environment; close relationship between village location and the feng shui of the village; village history and village distribution and the basic overview of the organizational development of Liukeng.The second part put village's practicality building for study, analysis of the ancestral hall class buildings and ancestral culture of the same strain, the defensive building reflects the patriarchal clan's self-protection nature, class ethics embodied in the construction of residential,and the burial class building make the clan organization to consolidate. The third part explore architectural concept and patriarchal ethics by examining the temples and entertainment building, analysis its function of consolidation and strengthening the clan organization. The fourth part examines Liukeng village's college, class of arch construction, explore how these buildings to promote the patriarchal ethics, enlighten the clan tribe, guide the grassroots social. The fifth part discourses architectural decoration art and everyday life, analysis subtle influence of architectural decorative arts, and the social roles of building in Liukeng's daily public life.