From an aesthetic point of view, the similarities and differences between traditional Chinese temple

I've really seen this, it's in the "Lecture on Chinese Architectural Culture" written by a Taiwanese named Han Baode.

I try to recall:

1. Most Western churches use stone, because stone has a dignified beauty and is solid, symbolizing eternity; Traditional Chinese architecture mostly uses wood, earth, and brick, mainly wood, and the material has a sense of warmth, not as cold as stone. And the Chinese believe that architecture is alive, prosperous and declining, and wood is a symbol of life.

2. Western churches are thick and heavy, and Chinese-style temples, especially in the south of the Yangtze River, have eaves and corners, giving people a sense of lightness.

3. Western architecture pays attention to materials, and the selection of stone and brick is very strict, which requires me to have a certain hardness and luster; Chinese architecture is more pragmatic, and general buildings (except for imperial buildings, of course) do not pay much attention to the selection of materials, so they are often difficult to preserve, not very strong, and need to be repaired frequently.

4. Another point that is very interesting is that it can be said that the planes of Western churches and Chinese temples are both cuboidal, but Western churches give people the feeling that they are very deep, high, and dark, and the statues of gods are far away from the entrance, upward, with a sense of sacredness, and the distance between gods and humans is very far; But the Chinese temple is a horizontal cuboid, the entrance is the Buddha statue, the roof is not too high, the Buddha gives people a sense of intimacy, the distance between the Buddha and the Bodhisattva is not far, the intimacy is far greater than the sense of sacredness.

I can only think of so much, if the landlord can find this book to read, I think it's quite interesting. Hope it helps.

Traditional Chinese temples are mostly symmetrical tiled houses, while Western churches are mostly buildings with high spires.

China is solemn and gorgeous, generous and pure. Elegant, quaint, as for the West is not interested.

I think it should be easy to write about it myself, "from the sense of oppression in the church, which emphasizes the supremacy of God, and the pragmatism of religious belief in the life of the temple---Chinese".

Western churches pay attention to the beauty of the structure, because they never pay too much attention to the appearance, but value the inside they always use a single color, but give people a natural and natural feeling, because their spiritual literacy is high, so they will not pursue the beauty of the appearance too much, to the Barre Notre-Dame, the color is a single gray, but like a male and the earth hungry a wonderful branch. Oriental temples pay attention to symmetrical beauty, which is also related to feudalism, such as the Forbidden City (can also be used as a large classical temple) to watch the glazed tiles, brilliant, but in fact it is what it seems, in fact it is not, because feudalism is too rigid, so the construction of a career is very rigid, what is on the left and what is on the right, which also reflects the ignorance of the rulers, and the idea of sinking feudalism reflects the backwardness of the ideological and cultural field of the ancient Chinese people.

Okay, that's all there is to it, I hope you can adopt it, thank you!