The Research On Chongqing Celebrities' Former Dwellings During War Of Resistance Against Japan

Chongqing, as the wartime capital of China where many historical celebrities gathered in the process of transferring political, economic and cultural center during War of Resistance Against Japan, is abundant in celebrities'former dwellings at that time.As a result of special time during war, celebrities'former dwellings in Chongqing are influenced both by the collision and blend of Chinese and western architecture culture and by the influx of new architectural trends. They have distinctive characteristics of that time. They are representatives of the highest standard in residential architectures in Chongqing during war and in general they embody the characteristics of the Chongqing architecture in the special situation of War of Resistance. They witnessed the glorious and mournful history and have important position in the modern history of Chongqing architecture.Based on on-spot investigation and classification of historical materials, in the beginning this dissertation analyzes and summarizes the history background, overview and distribution patterns of celebrities'former dwellings in Chongqing during War of Resistance. In view of the background of modern urban and architectural development in Chongqing, it tries to interpret those dwellings from the whole scene. Next by selecting representative cases, the dissertation summarizes comprehensively the characteristics of celebrities'former dwellings in Chongqing during war from multiple angles, such as site selection that makes full use of available conditions and focuses on covert places, featured organization of functions that aims at wartime requirements, diverse modeling styles, structures and decorations that reflect the shift from old to new architecture system, and the using of local building materials. In the end it sums up the significance of this research and puts forward the prospects.This research is not only a deeper digging and perfection of the study on architecture in Chongqing at wartime, but also repletion to the study on modern residential architecture in Chongqing. Meanwhile, it provides historical evidence to the development of celebrities'former dwellings and their distribution. What is more important is that it unveils the features of Chongqing architecture at wartime and confirms the evolution process of Chongqing architecture.It is worth noting that by saying celebrities'former dwellings in Chongqing in Anti-Japan war, it refers to the dwelling places in which public figures from all sectors of society that have made great contribution or influence in War of Resistance lived and worked. It mainly includes the mansions or villas of high-level military and administrative personnel and dwellings of other social celebrities. It focuses on architecture itself and underlines that the research target includes celebrities'former dwellings that were built before or built and repaired during War of Resistance Against Japan. So in view of its concept and scope, it has distinct difference from the former residences of celebrities in cultural heritage protection.