A Study On The Imagery Features Of Traditional Chinese Architecture Decoration In Northeast China

Architectural decorative imagery,as one of the key characteristics of architecture cultural diversity research,is an important content throughout architectural form expressions,synesthesia experience of the audience,and consciousness cognition,and very distinctively influences and affects the overall buildings.So far,research about architectural decoration in China is concentrated on the decoration entities,but ignores the social function and cultural significance of decoration.Especially in Northeast China,the regional characteristics lead to the lack of relevant research on architecture decoration,and the physical building remains should be urgently protected given the changes of natural conditions.Under such background,this study was targeted at "architecture decoration images" and probed into the rich forms of architecture decoration,the proportions of buildings influenced by the architecture cultures and skills in Middle China,and the influence and penetration into the architecture in Middle China,during the long-term historical development in Northeast China.In this dynamic process,how the aesthetic feelings,which were formed from the interdependence between the social/material properties of aesthetics and the subjective perception&objective utility,would be manifested and would influence the expressions,objectives and significance of architecture decoration at different social stages?Sections 1 and 2 are the theoretical and logical foundations of the whole study,and the contents include introduction into the basic concepts,construction of theoretical framework,and determination of research extents and technical routes.Sections 3 to 6 are the main parts of this study.The architecture decorations in Northeast China at the Jimifu period of Sui and Tang Dynasties,the North China period of Liao and Jin Dynasties,and the Central period of Yuan,Ming and Qing Dynasties were analyzed by using art rule analysis,microscopic architectural form elaboration in architecture,the image analysis method,historical evolution analysis,other multidisciplinary comprehensive methods,sociological field investigation,graph parsing,and text elaboration.At the Jimifu Period of Sui and Tang Dynasties,a flourishing state Balhae existed in Northeast China.Its decoration design themes basically originated from Tang Dynasty and Koguryo,and due to the influence of regional economy,its building forms were not unified between the center and remote areas of Balhae.As a result,Balhae did not develop native architectural forms,but can only assimilate and learn from other excellent cultures,which was called the received decorative imagery.The northern nations and cultures were formed and became the discourse power in the North China Period of Liao and Jin Dynasties,which was the heyday of multiethnic fusion and exchange.The architecture decoration forms at Liao and Jin Dynasties were rich in themes and fully reflected the living characteristics of nomads.Liao and Jin Dynasties had special geographical locations,nationality and political characteristics,and were finally integrated and acculturated,which implied the dependence of architecture decorative imagery.At Yuan,Ming and Qing Dynasties,an "international order" centered at the Central Dynasty was established,and the center of imperial power strongly controlled and restrained local governments.At this period,the culture communication in Northeast China was migrating horizontally and the architecture decorations there were basically collaborative with those in Middle China,as the fundamental and directional architecture construction became mature,leading to the received decorative imagery.The reception and assimilation of external cultures by people in Northeast China was not a passive process,but was a sudden,imitable,initiative and reconstructive process featured by the transition from an indirect and extensive decorative imagery to a direct and intensive one.