Study on the Gate Hardware of the Front Door of Shanxi Yanbei Region Dwelling Houses Based on the Interpretation Logic of "Sky and Earth-Root and Leaf"
The decorative culture of local-style dwelling houses in Yanbei Region,Shanxi Province,was formed under the demographic and geographical changes of the military garrisons and Hongdong migrants in the Ming Dynasty. The common people prayed for "rich and many children,long life and happiness" through the gate hardware,and its moral was an artistic interpretation of the Jin merchant culture.According to the field survey,the shape and layout of the hardware of the gate of Yanbei local-style house are sorted out. According to the position of the hardware on the gate,it can be divided into three parts:the side hardware,the lock bottom lining hardware and the bottom hardware.According to the shape of the head of the hardware,we sort out the meaning of patterns on the hardware,and summarize that the order and meaning of the hardware patterns include the longitude and latitude interpretation logic of "sky and earth-root and leaf".Gate hardware are the "old object" of local-style dwelling houses. It records the early local culture,and is the expression of local hardware arts and crafts,just like the aesthetic presentation of metal reliefs. It can show the cultural differences of regional vernacular architecture,and is the invariable decoration inheritance of new and old villages.
CultureYanbei RegionLocal-style Dwelling HousesGate HardwareDecorative ModelingAuspicious Meaning
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