Study On The Architecture Of Lou-guan Tai

The occurrence of Chinese Taoist temple is the result of religion of Taoism's formation, and improved step by step with the systemizing and normalization of religious ceremony, gradually complete. After several thousand years of development, The Chinese Taoist temple adoption folk buildings' form, while, it support for the latter fresh method of design, site planning, technique, and so on.Lou-guan Taoist Temple is the Ancestor courtyard and the Holy land of Taoism. Its site choosing, total layout, space and its composing, construction's form, decorate characteristics etc, have importance connection with Taoist thought.Lou-guan Taoist Temple locates at southeast of Zhouzhi County, Shannxi Province, built in Chou dynasty. From then on, and each Dynasty all have to set up or repair the buildings of Lou-guan Taoist Temple, now, there are about twenty buildings with brick and wood. They are all conservation well, and have higher technique and artistic value.While, The ages changes, the past function of Lou-guan Taoist Temple has disappeared gradually, but act as the carrier of ancient codes, it have higher history value, social culture value, artistic value and science value. So, that the conservation and usage for Lou-guan Taoist Temple is another essential aspect.As a part of Chinese traditional culture, the performance of historic, esthetic particularly Philosophic among Lou-guan Taoist Temple still have certainly meaning to modem building.