What is the big difference between the ancient architecture of Lingnan and the Hui school?

There are some obvious differences between Lingnan ancient architecture and Hui architecture in terms of architectural style, materials and construction technology. Here are some of the differences between the two:

1.Architectural style: Lingnan ancient buildings pay attention to practicality and defense, mostly using open or closed cement and steel structures, and the appearance is mostly square, round or irregular, and most of them use wide windows and balconies.

The Hui style architecture pays attention to the expression of traditional culture, mostly adopts the ancient wooden architectural style, the appearance is mostly rectangular or square, the roof is covered with green tiles, and the walls are mainly bricks and stones.

2.Materials: Ancient buildings in Lingnan mostly use modern building materials such as cement, steel bar, and glass, emphasizing practicality and durability. On the other hand, Hui architecture mostly uses traditional building materials such as brick, wood, and stone, and pays attention to details and decoration.

3.Architectural technology: Lingnan ancient architecture focuses on innovation in architectural technology, and adopts many modern architectural techniques and design concepts. The Hui style of architecture, on the other hand, focuses on inheriting ancient architectural techniques and techniques, and retains many of the characteristics and elements of traditional architecture.

In general, there are great differences between Lingnan ancient architecture and Hui architecture in terms of architectural style, materials and construction technology. These differences reflect the influence of different regional cultures and historical backgrounds on architecture.

First of all, I want to say that Jiangnan architecture is very widely classified, it includes Jiangnan residential buildings and Jiangnan garden buildings, the former is very similar to Hui architecture, and they are all traditional houses with blue tiles and white walls surrounded by mountains and riversThe garden style of the latter is better distinguished from the Hui style architecture.

1. The Hui style architecture has many dwellings, ancestral halls and archways, which are solemn and solemn ink style; Jiangnan architecture is full of dwellings and gardens, and it is an elegant and leisurely watercolor style. Hui architecture relies on the development of Hui merchantsThe original intention of the construction is mostly used to show the financial power of the merchants, and the building materials are more brick, wood, and stone elements, white walls and black tiles, ancestral halls and deep houses, and the street and alley forms are laid out with the water system, which is permeated with the elegance of the atmosphere; Jiangnan gardens are mostly associated with literati YaxingIt often adopts the courtyard garden-style structure, uses mountains and rivers to create landscaping, pavilions, pavilions, flowers and grass corridors, etc., to highlight the spirit of the building, giving people the feeling of changing the scenery step by step.

2. Due to the topography and climate, from the perspective of architectural form, the Hui style buildings have a multi-strip layout, and the Jiangnan buildings have a multi-courtyard layout. The Hui style architecture is mostly distributed in Anhui and western Zhejiang, and the Jiangnan architecture is distributed in the Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Huxiang and Hunan basins, with the Jiangsu and Zhejiang garden styles being the most significant. Due to the humid and hot climate in the south, the Hui school and other Jiangnan dwellings mostly built high walls, sat in the north and faced the south through the front and back doors, and mostly adopted a two-story structure of wood and bricks, convenient for moisture-proof, ventilation and even fireproof; On this basis, the Jiangnan garden has carried out aesthetic sublimation, paying attention to both architectural practicality and sentiment cultivation, and the red willow green is refreshing and pleasant.

Of course, there is no obvious boundary between the Hui school and the Jiangnan folk houses in terms of the wooden frame structure and lattice window design of the hall through the hall, and the eaves design and carved lattice windows in the Jiangnan garden, and there may be occasional differences between the bold and graceful aesthetic style.

Finally,If you are interested, you can visit Xidi Ancient Town and Suzhou Humble Administrator's Garden to feel the difference between the Hui school and the Jiangnan style.

Characteristics of traditional Hui architecture.

It is located in the mountains, the concept is exquisite, the natural and decent, and the shape is rich.

1. The plane layout unit of the Huizhou style building is a courtyard enclosed by a patio, a high house, a deep well and a hall, which is flexibly arranged according to the function, scale and topography, with a sense of rhythm, the house is deep, and the Huizhou dwellings are integrated with the dwellings, with a unique horse-head wall, which is closed by a high wall, the horse's head is tilted, the wall is staggered with the horse's head, the green mountains and green waters, and the white wall tiles.

2. The building pays special attention to the beauty of the group combination, or adopts the courtyard layout of the central axis symmetry, or is freestyle, focusing on the former, focusing on the high degree of coordination with nature, respecting nature, architecture is a structure built by people with all available materials such as earth, stone, wood, steel, glass, reeds, plastic, ice, etc., the building itself is not the purpose, the purpose of the building is to obtain the space formed by the building.

3. Symmetry refers to the north as the top, the south as the bottom, the center as the center, the top as the top, the side rooms on both sides, the urban layout is all facing south, drawing a central axis from south to north, and arranging important buildings on the central axis, all the main buildings are strictly symmetrically arranged on the central axis, tall and gorgeous, majestic, the buildings on the central axis and on both sides of the central axis are facing south, mainly to set off the main buildings on the central axis.

The difference between the old and new Hui architecture, the characteristics of the Hui architecture, after reading it, should have been understood, in fact, the difference between the two auspicious mountains is still obvious, but the characteristics of the Hui architecture are also very much, because of this, this is in the country and even in the world has a certain reputation.

Among the six traditional architectural schools that we are familiar with, the fame of Hui architecture is very great. The Hui architecture is also called Huizhou architecture, but the "Hui" in this does not specifically refer to the architecture of Anhui, more often we say that the Hui architecture refers to the architecture of Zhejiang, the reason why we often think of the Hui school when we mention the architecture of the Jiangnan region, is because the proportion of the Hui school in the Jiangnan region is very large, especially in Zhejiang, and in Jiangsu, Jiangxi and other places we can also see similar Hui architecture.

In modern times, when we mention the Hui School, we will naturally think of Anhui Province, but the traditional Hui School architecture is often concentrated in Zhejiang, and there are historical reasons for this. Judging from the changes in the administrative divisions in ancient times, Huizhou in ancient times actually referred more to the western generation of Zhejiang, which once belonged to Zhejiang in history. Therefore, the culture of the Hui school at that time and the architecture of the Hui school profoundly influenced the architectural style of Zhejiang now.

As a result, most of the Hui architecture we are talking about is concentrated in Zhejiang.

From the perspective of the main structure, the architecture of the Hui school is made of bricks and wood, of which the wooden structure is used as the main structure. In terms of decoration, wood carving and stone carving are often used, and some realistic figures and portraits are carved on the walls, so that the building looks very magnificent. Moreover, the Hui style buildings often use the multi-entry courtyard type, because it sits in the south to the north, so the lighting conditions are relatively good, and it can be warm in winter and cool in summer, which is very in line with the climate characteristics of the southern region, which is also a reason for the popularity of Hui style architecture.

As a representative of Jiangnan architecture, Hui architecture has a very high artistic value after a long period of development, and can represent the local characteristics and cultural atmosphere of the Jiangnan region, so when we mention Jiangnan architecture, the first thing that often comes to mind is the architecture of the Hui school, and because the influence of this area is very high at that time, the fame is relatively large.

The architecture of the Hui school originally referred to the buildings of Anhui and Anhui, and with the modern development, the Jiangnan generation that radiated to the surrounding areas with this as the birthplace had this kind of architecture, so they were collectively referred to as the Hui school.

Because Jiangsu and Anhui were called Jiangnan Province together, the houses in Huizhou District are more distinctive, and they can best represent Huizhou architecture, so they are called Huizhou architecture.

Because Huizhou in ancient times actually referred to the area of western Zhejiang, which once belonged to Zhejiang in history.

Historically, Huizhou was part of Zhejiang West Province or Jiangnan Province, and now belongs to what is now Zhejiang. Therefore, the architectural style influenced by the Hui school architecture is retained.