Study On Construction Technology’s Protection An Inheritance Of Traditional Salar Wattled-wall House In Qinghai

The Salar vernacular dwelling is one unique branch of the Chinese minority cultures and the traditional architecture system,which fully presents vernacular architecture’s diversity under various regional cultures.In Qinghai Xunhua Salar Autonomous County,one of Salar’ main habitations,there exists two main kinds of vernacular dwellings —— one is the universal form “Zhuang profile”,and the other is the endangered wattled-wall houses.The Salar ethnic has been the target research object since August,2015.Through the numerous surveys and interviews during the year of 2015 to 2017,the form of wattled-wall house has been focused as the selected research subject.It is constructed with wattle fence walls and inclined ladder,combing the environment with comfort.It is the symbol of vernacular architecture’s diversity,presenting strong ecological concept and exquisite construction wisdom.However,under the economy’s fast-growing,the traditional construction technology’s inheritance and development have been seriously hit,which has heavily influenced the development of Salar wattled-wall houses.Vernacular dwelling’s construction technology is a combination of social activities with multi factors,and vernacular architecture is the product of it.Construction technology reflects the relationship of people to objects,objects to objects,and people to people,which producing diverse outlooks of vernacular dwellings.Thus,the wattled-wall house’s generating factors and the factors influencing its development could be learnt comprehensively through the study on the wattled-wall house’s construction technology.Considering the author’s cognitive and academic level,the constructiontechnology has been marked as the research’s entry point.This paper is composed of three parts.In the first part,the Salar’s general profile is parsed from the architecture perspective with the methods of literature data,analytical induction,and some related theories of habitat and environmental science.The internal and external factors are teased out on the traditional Salar vernacular dwellings’ generating,as well as that of the recession of the wattled-wall houses’ construction technology.The second part takes the construction technology of the presented wattled-wall houses as the research entry point.Investigations are conducted in the one and only remaining wattled-wall houses’ settlement —— Qinghai Xunhua Mengdaa Dazhuang Village.Meanwhile,methods like literature data,field research and analytical induction are used to take research on the static decomposition of wattled-wall houses’ construction technology and its carrier material-cultural characteristics from the architecture perspective.On the other side,dynamic analyses are made on the construction technology from the perspective of anthropology and sociology,studying its intangible cultural properties.The third part takes study on the inheritance of Salar wattled-wall houses’ construction technology,making it effect on the architecture and the new vernacular architecture outlook.The diversity of new vernacular architecture is also the carrier and characterization of the construction technology’s optimization and improvement.Records and descriptions are made to present the wattled-wall houses’ integrity and diversity,reflecting the particular vernacular architecture’s evolution and development under a continuous historical perspective,looking forward to providing theory research foundation for the rescue protection of Salar wattled-wall houses.