Research On Settlement And Architecture Of Qianlian Village In Xianyou County

This paper focuses on the settlement of Qianlian Village, in Xianyou District, and researches on the formation, development and transition of the rural settlement. Qianlian Village has a long history, its traditional architecture, religion and social custom are all well reserved, thus it has rich historical and cultural heritage. The formation of every settlement has its own particular geographical condition and humanism background. By digging its history, cultural tradition and architectural structure, it helps analyzing the formation and development of settlement, it also riches the fundamental database of the domestic traditional settlement.This study starts with field investigation to learn the natural environment, it also analyzes the essential relationship with the layout of the settlement by probing the related historical documentation and the formation and transition of the Qianlian Village’s settlement environment. Human being’s activities have great impacts on the development and changes of the settlement, therefore, the factors behind the development and changes of Qianlian Village are analyzed through the researches of the development courses of Lian Clan in Qianlian Village. The researches on the social life, economic status and customs make the offspring have the chances to learn the development of Qian Lian settlement and its disappearing culture. The record of scientific architecture mapping also helps interpreting the architecture’s layout, structure and decoration and Qianlian Village’s own architecture.This paper researches on several aspects to make people have deeper understanding on settlement and restore the settlement itself. Thus, the traditional culture and cultural value can be kept and maintained well by having deeper understanding towards the traditional settlement.