Archaeological Research In China, Chinese And Western-style Catholic Church

This article through to the part of the Catholic church of field investigation and related literature reading, study of the classification, stage, and partitions of Chinese and western style of the Catholic church in China.Chinese and western style of the Catholic church is a blend of the old western style and Chinese classical architecture features and formation of the new style. However, Chinese and western style of the Catholic church is not a western-style church who has some Chinese style adornment element such as the plaque and couplets word or a Chinese church who has the shrine and the Cross. The author thinks that the Catholic church of Chinese and western style should have the following characteristics:Chinese and western styles of architecture of the building to have their respective characteristics, and plane, facade, roof, etc as the main criteria.Existing typical Chinese and western style of the Catholic church in China are Suzhou yang jiaqiao church, Anqing church, Datong county xu fort the Catholic church, Shuozhou shangpo catholic church, Guiyang north church, Moxi church, Shiqian church, Kunming catholic church on the beijing road, Cizhong church, Dali church, Bai Hanluo catholic church and Chongzhou church.I was divided into six type of dozen of Chinese and western style of the Catholic church.Aa:memorial archway of main facade, western-style plane, Chinese-style roofAb:memorial archway of main facade, western-style plane, western-style roofBa:dilute the main facade, western-style plane, Chinese-style roofBb:dilute the main facade, western-style plane, western-style roofC:gothic of main facade, western-style plane, Chinese-style roofD:the integration of Chinese and western of the main facade, western-style plane, western-style roofFrom selected twelve Chinese and western style of the Catholic church was built s, across two periods. The first period is1871-1871years, from the view of architecture style, can be referred to as fusion period. The second period is the innovation stage, from1924-1939years.The twelve Chinese and western styles of the Catholic church, based on the theory of archaeology region type will be divided into three regions:north of China, south of Yangtze River and southwest of China.