徽派建筑英文介绍.docx

Ladies and gentlemen : It is an honor to be here to introduce our traditional residence of South China. We come from China Jingdezhen, where is famous for its porcelain, well ,it is also a place be typical its ancient Huizhou architecture. As well, our company ,Boyuan ancient architecture company is engaged in spreading the ancient Chinese culture of architecture to the world.As you look, what In front of us is part of our Chinese Huizhou traditional house—— antechamber(前厅前厅).This antechamber included courtyard（天井）（天井）, wing-rooms (厢房厢房)and so on.Let’s take care of its construction, as we know, Chinese people all cares about FengShuey(风水风水)，， so we always pay much attention to the arrangement of a house. Therefore, the courtyard not only play an important role in daily lighting ,and also collecting water for fire protection ,as well collecting water also means collecting wealth in Fengshuey. There is one thing that can not be ignored, the amazing latticework on the windows. In some window latticework you may still find thin layers of gold foil, which indicates the houses' past eminence, while some carved boards feature geometric variations of Buddhist symbols. Others are carved with poems and lyrics, or even calligraphy and paintings, which implies that literary families once lived in the houses.Latticework motifs on doors, partitions, and windows are mostly derived from traditional designs with auspicious meanings, such as storks, deer, kylins (Chinese mythical beasts), pied magpies, bats, peonies, and fu (the Chinese character for happiness), all symbolizing longevity, good health, and wealth. Latticework is often enhanced by various motifs such as intricate floral figures, and episodes from local operas and folk stories. Geometric and cross patterns are also favored because they are simple yet graceful. There are also motifs based on the symbols of the five elements (air, earth, fire, water, and wood) and the eight trigrams (sky, earth, thunder, wind, water or moon, fire or sun, mountain, and water). The carved boards are mainly those from doors, windows, tables, beds, chairs, and screens. Corbie gable, also called fire-sealing gable, is a major molding characteristic of south Chinese architecture. Huizhou Carving Art。