Why is the ‘counter-tradition’ room setting harmonious for an ancient village of China? An analysis based on landsenses ecology

ABSTRACT

Based on the theory of landsenses ecology, this paper makes a detailed analysis of the architecture pattern of ‘The House of Hundred Rooms’(HHR) in the East Dragon Village, a traditional ancient Chinese village, so as to provide a reference for the research on reasonable land use and sustainable development in modern times. By the principle of the vein-compliance in orientation and bearing in landsense creation, the paper analyses the causes of the north-facing feature and the ‘counter-tradition’ room setting feature lie in the architectural pattern of HHR, revealing that people’s psychological perceptions of orientation and bearing is distinct from the physical one. It points out these features of this building complex are the results of man’s active adaptation to nature on the basis of respecting nature, which together manages to form a process of constructing the harmonious relationship between man and nature during land use. By the principle of the multiscale (trans-scale or cross-scale) spatiotemporal combination in landsense creation, the paper continues to analyze on the pattern of HHR and finds that it has both the function of cultural inheritance and the innovation of adaptation to new environment, which can promote the protection of historical and cultural elements during the course of development, and bring reference for the realization of sustainable development from the perspective of contemporary historical and cultural heritage protection.

KEYWORDS:

• Landsenses ecology
• landsense creation
• traditional architechtural pattern
• the East Dragon Village
• the House of Hundred Rooms

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Funding

This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (71533003).