The Research Of The Design Of Minnan Traditional Roofs

The top part of Chinese traditional architecture----roof, is an important component to a traditional Chinese architecture. The thousands years of Chinese traditional architecture history has a close relationship with Chinese culture and ideology. As a branch of Chinese traditional architectures, Minnan traditional architecture also relects the culture and ideology of Minnan area, especially its roof. The research of the roofs of Minnan traditional architectures can promote our understanding of the special culture of Minnan architectures, which can complete the research of the whole Chinese traditional architecture. On the other hand, the result of the research also could make a contribution to the formation of new—style Minnan architectures in modern time.In this thesis, we will research all aspects of the roofs of Minnan traditional architectures, including forms, constructions, structures, ideology and so on.According to the constructions of traditional Minnan roofs, we research the roofs in four parts:roof truss, roof surface, roof ridge, pediment. For each part, we will research it in the following aspects:forms, constructions, structures, ideology. At the beginning of the research, we will give a brief introduction of the geography and humanity environment in Minnan area. And draw a conclusion of the form of Minnan roofs before specific analysis. At the last, we come back to the overall perspective of a whole roof and the roofs of the settlements to research the different combinations of the roofs of traditional Minnan architectures.Through the research of the roofs of Minnan traditional architectures, we analyse the advantages, disadvantages and adaptability of Chinese traditional "beam lifted type" and ChuanDou architectures and Minan "beam inserted type" architecture besides that, we also draw a conclusion of the methods to enlarge the depth of the rooms and the cornices, and do some deep research in the differences in JueZhiBan, slope orientation, SunShui, roof decorations between Chinese traditional architectures and Minnan traditional architectures. Then we analyse the particular Minnan style ridge----wallow tail ridge, and gable wall according to live clements theory. We also analyse the decoration characteristics of Minnan roofs, pediments and gable walls, at the last, we draw a conclusion of the different combinations of the roofs of traditional Minnan architectures.Through our research, we get a deep understanding of the roofs of Minnan traditional architectures, which could help us a lot in designing new—style Minnan architectures in modern time.