Traditional Forms Of Building Eaves Member In Xiangxi Area

Xiangxi area located in western Hunan, humid climate, abundant rainfall. It is a cultural hybridity coexistence of various regions. Mass migration movement appears several times in history, prompting the local Xiangxi area’s culture and foreign culture of mutual integration, as well as the emergence of many different local cultural hybridity coexist.It begins with the importance of traditional architecture eaves member study analyzed. Speculation of Xiangxi area traditional architecture eaves member to the Chinese traditional architectural significance is studied. The summary of existing research is traced, the research of the traditional architecture, regional culture, folk customs and other aspects in Xiangxi area has been a long time. But the shortcomings of the existing research portion still exists, especially in the study of traditional architectural aspects of the eaves member is still relatively rare for Xiangxi area.Traditional building eaves member of Xiangxi area closely integrated with Chinese traditional wood carving, making it not just as a simple structural elements of traditional architecture, traditional architecture often become an important decorative objects. Some people to express their aspirations and yearning for a better life through those carved ornamentation on the image member having a symbolic meaning and full of meaning, but also reflects the local geographical and cultural characteristics. This paper research the different decorative performance of the arch support and support beam, explore the deep connotations of its appearance under.Eaves member is in the form of territorial and different natural and geographical environment in different areas and different history and culture have affected the type and form of the eaves member, Xiangxi area complex social and cultural bred a variety of traditional building eaves next member.Finally, based on the previous text of this article. Further explore the cultural connotation of the traditional architecture eaves member in Xiangxi area, and presents the historical and cultural value it has.