Li Jieren's"River Fiction Trilogy'and the Scene,Ritual,and Spatial Concepts of Vernacular Architecture in the Ba and Shu RegionWith Thoughts on the Role of Local Fictions in the Study of Vernacular Architecture
Focusing on Li Jieren's local novels,known as the"River Fiction Trilogy"written in the 1930s that described the Hao house in Chengdu in late Qing dynasty as the spatiotemporal background,the paper first reconstructs its layout based on the novel's text and reference of vernacular architecture,and it examines the scenes of daily life,rituals,and social gatherings within different spaces of the Hao house.Further,by analyzing the relationship between the activities of various characters and the architectural layout,the paper discusses the spatial concepts of traditional vernacular houses in the Ba and Shu region.Finally,it explores the significance and limitations of using local novels to interpret traditional vernacular architecture.
vernacular architectureanthropology of architecturelocal fictionBa and ShuLI Jieren"River Fiction Trilogy"
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