If you want to see the architecture of the Tang Dynasty, which parts of China can meet the requireme

With the development of the times, a retro trend has risen for some reason, and many people like to come to the prosperous areas and scenic spots of the past dynasties to feel the charm of ancient times. And before that, there was a sentence on the Internet: "If you want to see the Tang Dynasty, you have to go to Japan".

Indeed, during the Tang Dynasty in China, the relationship between China and Japan was still very good, and the exchanges between the two were quite frequent, and there were many ancient buildings in Japan, and the customs, objects, etc. could more or less reflect a bit of the flavor of the Tang Dynasty in China. But does this mean that if we want to experience the culture of the Tang Dynasty, we can only go to Japan? In fact, we don't need to do this, there are two places in our country where you can see the architecture and scenery of the Tang Dynasty.

Although <> city was not an economic center in ancient times, it was also a very important city, and the mere fact that it was a stopover on the Silk Road was already very remarkable.

In Dunhuang City, you can still see many traces of the Tang Dynasty, among which the Mogao Grottoes are one of the representatives. Among the murals in the Mogao Grottoes, many of them were built and painted during the Tang Dynasty.

After reading Dunhuang City, let's take a look at Shanxi Province! If the city of Dunhuang embodies the Buddhist culture, economy and art of the Tang Dynasty, then this place in Shanxi shows the ancient architecture of the Tang Dynasty.

According to the statistics of experts, there are only four buildings built during the Tang Dynasty in China, and all four buildings are in Shanxi Province. The four buildings are Gwanginwang Temple, Tiantai Temple, Nanchanji Temple, and Fokoji Temple.

These four ancient buildings from the Tang Dynasty are all located in different parts of Shanxi Province, with the Guangrenwang Temple located in Ruicheng County, Shanxi, the Tiantai Nunnery in Pingshun County, and the Nanchan Temple and Foguang Temple both located in Wutai Mountain in Shaanxi. Although the current status of these four buildings cannot be compared with some ancient buildings in China (such as the Forbidden City, etc.), and the area where they are located, except for Wutai Mountain, which is more famous, other places are not very well-known, but these four buildings can best reflect the style of Tang Dynasty architecture, and they are also the ancient buildings closest to Tang Dynasty architecture.

The buildings of the Tang Dynasty must be the ancient capitals of the Tang Dynasty such as Xi'an and Luoyang, such as the Big Wild Goose Pagoda in Xi'an, the Tang Paradise and so on.

Personally, I recommend going directly to Xi'an**. As the capital of the Tang Dynasty, Xi'an has many Tang Dynasty buildings there, and the historical features left behind are also very complete.

In Dunhuang City, you can see a lot of traces of the Tang Dynasty, among which the Mogao Grottoes is one of the representatives, many of which were built and painted in the Tang Dynasty.

Spectacular, grandiose, multi-layered cornices.

There are only four recognized Tang Dynasty buildings that remain on the ground, while the Tang Dynasty buildings under the water are so complete.

The architecture of the Tang Dynasty is stretched and simple, solemn and generous, and the color is simple and bright. The building is magnificent, tall but quaint. The Tang Dynasty buildings were large-scale and well-planned, and the overall planning of Chinese architectural complexes matured during this period.

The Tang capital of Chang'an (now Xi'an) and the eastern capital of Luoyang both built huge palaces, gardens, and government offices, and the architectural layout was more standardized and reasonable. Chang'an was the largest city in the world at that time, and its planning was also the most rigorous in the ancient Chinese capital, the imperial palace Daming Palace in Chang'an City was extremely majestic, and its site range was equivalent to more than three times the total area of the Forbidden City of the Qingming Imperial Palace.

Some of the gates of the noble mansions are in the form of bird's head gates. There are courtyards connected by a cloister with mullioned windows between the two main houses, but there are also houses that are not completely symmetrical, but the courtyard with cloisters is still the same. As for the rural dwellings, they can be seen in the picture of Zhanzi's pious journey to the spring, which is surrounded by houses instead of corridors, forming a long and narrow courtyard with a plan; In addition, there are simple courtyard houses with wooden hedges and thatched huts, which have a relatively compact layout, which is in stark contrast to the aforementioned corridor-style houses.

It is worth noting that most of the dwellings depicted in these garden paintings have obvious central axis and symmetrical floor plans, which is undoubtedly a common layout method in residential architecture at that time. During this period, the aristocracy not only inherited the tradition of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, dug ponds at the back of the house or next to the house, built mountain ponds or larger gardens, but also built villas in the beautiful suburbs. Although the layout of these private gardens is dominated by mountain ponds, the literati and painters in the Tang Dynasty scholars and scholars often pinned their ideological mood on it"Poetic"At the same time, it also affects the gardening technique.

In the twilight years of the poet Bai Juyi, the old house of Luoyang Yang was built in the twilight years, the house is 17 acres wide, the house accounts for about one-third of the area, the water accounts for one-fifth of the area, and the bamboo accounts for one-ninth of the area, and the garden is interspersed with islands, trees, bridges and roads; There are three islands in the pond, and the middle island is a pavilion. Connected by bridges; open circuit around the pool; Xixi, Xiaotan, Shiquan and East Building, Chixi Building, Study Building, Taiwan, Qin Pavilion, Jian Pavilion, etc.; and lead the water to the bottom of the bedroom steps in the small courtyard; A small building is built on the west wall, and the stone and lotus are stacked in the street canal outside the wall, and the layout of the whole garden is dominated by water bamboo, and the method of dividing the scenic spot and borrowing the scenery is used.

There are now only 4 Tang Dynasty buildings left in China:

1. Nanchan Temple.

There is the oldest existing wooden structure building in our country - the Great Buddha Hall. Shanxi is known as the above-ground cultural relics museum, and the number and value of the existing ancient buildings rank first in the country. The main hall of Nanchan Temple is the earliest existing wooden structure building in China, which is located next to Lijiazhuang, Dongye Town, Wutai County.

The temple was founded in the Tang Dynasty in the third year (AD 782), the main hall is wide and deep, the plane is nearly square, the single eaves rest on the top of the mountain, the roof is delicate, the folding is gentle, the eaves are far-reaching, the bright room is equipped with the board door, the second room is equipped with mullioned windows, the forehead at the corner does not come out, the forehead is not Shi Pu patting, the bucket is made for the five shops to make a double copy of the single arch to steal the heart, the material is quite large, the style of the Tang Dynasty is obvious. Although the volume of this hall is small, it makes people feel that the internal force is profound.

2. Foguang Temple.

It is located in Foguang New Village, Wutai County, Shanxi Province, 30 kilometers away from the county seat. The main hall in the temple is the east hall, which was built in the eleventh year of Tang Dazhong, that is, in 857 AD. The Tang Dynasty architecture, Tang Dynasty sculptures, Tang Dynasty murals, and Tang Dynasty inscriptions of Foguang Temple have high historical and artistic value, and are known as the "Four Uniques".

3. Tiantai Nunnery.

Tiantai Nunnery is located in the altar-shaped lonely mountain at the entrance of Wangqu Village, 25 kilometers northeast of Pingshun County, Shanxi Province, and was built in the fourth year of Tianhu at the end of the Tang Dynasty (907 AD). The main hall of Tiantai Nunnery is not large in scale, but the structure is concise, the intersection is tight, and there is no sense of complicated decoration, which reflects the characteristics of Tang Dynasty architecture. Although there are many traces of later repairs, it is still a precious example of the existing ancient wooden structure of the Tang Dynasty in China, and has important academic value.

Fourth, Guangrenwang Temple.

In the ruins of the ancient Wei city wall 4 kilometers north of Ruicheng County, Shanxi, on the Gaofu in the north of Zhonglongquan Village, there is a courtyard shaped temple building, which forms a natural cultural relics group with Yongle Palace, Ancient Wei City, Wulong Spring and Wanxian Spring. The main hall seat north to south, built for Tang Dahe five years (831), five bays four rafters into the depth of three, the plane is rectangular, the single eaves rest on the top of the mountain, the column head bucket arch is five shops and double copy stealing the heart to make, the seclusion of the various bucket parts is extremely deep, the edges and corners of the arch lobe are obvious, the internal shelves are paved with the bucket arch is huge, the fork hand is long and strong, the dwarf pillar is slender and short, constitutes a very gentle slope, only the south Chan Temple of Wutai Mountain can be compared. There are no pillars in the hall, and the beams are all exposed.

The whole building structure is concise, simple and majestic.

Tang Dynasty architecture.

Characteristics: large and concise structure, stable shape, solemn and generous. The wooden buildings of the Tang Dynasty, including the dougongs, pillars, beams, etc., all reflect the perfect combination of strength and beauty. Typical Tang Dynasty buildings such as:

The main hall of Foguang Temple on Wutai Mountain, Shanxi Province.

The brick and stone buildings of the Tang Dynasty, the pagodas were mostly built of brick and stone. The existing Tang pagodas in China are all brick and stone pagodas, such as the Big Wild Goose Pagoda in Xi'an, the Small Wild Goose Pagoda and the Qianxun Pagoda in Dali.

After the Sui and Tang dynasties, "Que" as a ceremonial building, and restored its authority as a symbol of imperial power in the world, "Que" exclusive to the imperial family, and in addition to individual imperial tombs have tombs, Que are built at the palace gate, forming a unique situation of the palace. For example, the picture of "Gongque" in the murals of the Tang Dynasty in Dunhuang.