The Different Architecture Culture Between China And The West

Comparing China culture and the West culture is an interesting topic which can bing up many contents. Because of the different origins of culture,China and the West developed different philosophy, tradition culture,character and asthetic attitude. These invisible difference internally effects architecture ideas. The dissertation attempts to compare the Chinese and west mythology—the source of the culture, find the differences in architectural cultures between China and the west. Based on the reflection on the practices in China's architectural field, the paper comes up with new concepts which is suitable for Chinese architecture.The dissertation consists of five parts:Part one: analyzing some basic conceptions; introducing background of mythology; introducing culture origin and mythology of China and the West.Part two: the first difference between Chinese mythology and the West—"geistization and ethicization", result in geist character of west classical architecture and ethic character of Chinese ancient architecture.Part three: the second difference between Chinse mythology and the west—"democracy and grade", result in democracy character of west classical architecture and grade character of Chinese ancient architecture.Part four: the third difference between Chinse mythology and the west—"self-denial and self-approval", result in variable west architecture history and invariable architecture history.Part five: the fourth difference between Chinse mythology and the west—"religionism and realism", result in religionary character of west classical architecture and mundae character of Chinese ancient architecture.