The Decorative Art Of Wood Carving Doors And Windows In Wang Courtyard

Wang Courtyard is one of the architecture groups with local characteristics in Shanxi, its woodcarving doors and windows as a representative of the architectural decoration of the ancient houses in Shanxi, have heavy cultural charm and the specific art style produced in ancient social context. Researching and analysising the decorative art of woodcarving doors and windows has the important significance, because the ornamentation and style of woodcarving doors and windows of the ancient houses can give us new inspiration for interior design, and can further explore meaningful design elements of decorative arts, thus it calls designers for the inheritance and innovation to traditional Chinese national culture.Wang Courtyard in Shanxi is simple and generous house, there are the stacked homes, kinds of patterns of doors and windows, enclosed space surrounded by high walls, the vertical and horizontal lanes, the soothing color and strong folk culture. Wang Courtyard is an outstanding architectural legacy among the ancient houses of northern China, is a valuable cultural heritage and artistic treasures, and has a local character and heritage significance.In traditional Chinese architecture, windows and doors is called an "elaborate Wood products". Door is useds for coming in and going out, window is used for ventilation and lighting, in addition, they also assume the function of building envelope and separated. " All the buildings had a residential function have windows and doors" read in "Tao Te Ching" by Lao zi. The ancient Chinese windows and doors seems the eyes. Various forms of ancient doors and windows make the ancient houses vigorous. They are unique in the ancient dwellings, composed a beautiful landscape with quaint decoration,after years, ancient Chinese windows and doors have another aesthetic taste, this pair of eyes is more elegant and charming.