A Study On The Traditional Architectural Culture Of The Ancient City Of Yongtai In The Castle Settlements Of Ming Dynasty

Castle settlements is an important part of the traditional Chinese residential building family,and it is a cultural resource that bears witness to people's life history.Yongtai City is located in Jingtai County,Gansu province,as the frontier of Ming Dynasty,build a castle built in state-owned military defense evolved into villages and towns after their folk house,is this class is made up of military defense system development as the typical representative of their settlements.Yongtai ancient city has the connotation of precious culture,In the military defense system in the past dynasties,the military defense system in the Ming dynasty was of great significance and the institution setting was more historical.The castle,which is cultivated by the army around the Great Wall,enriches the cultural connotation of the building.Late Ming building Wuwei Sisui to Jingyuan Suoqiao of the Great Wall,history says "gansu new Great Wall",More than 120 beacon towers were built along the route,and many castles,including yongtai city,were built to form a new Great Wall defense system with rigorous layout and complete facilities.The evolution and historical development of the castle settlement in yongtai ancient city,It records the development course of China's traditional fortification settlement,and reveals the social and historical changes in the specific period.To excavate the excellent cultural heritage of ancient towns and enrich the cultural connotation of ancient cities,only the heavy and value of culture can make the protection of ancient cities feasible and necessary.The architectural culture value of yongtai ancient city is very heavy,the choice of yongtai city site and its topography,fully embody the planning idea,theory,method and practice of the western frontier fortress construction in China.The castle is shaped like a turtle,the direction of the city gate,the city's orientation,and the four corners of the city,the building of the attic,the planning of the water system,the roadway and the building,In accordance with the idea of ancient spirit,but not in the form of formality,but on the basis of the actual topography,the construction is carried out according to the actual topography,which is built according to the landscape relationship of macroscopical landscape,the architectural form of the ancient city is rich in architectural implication and geomancy pattern,which embodies the unique traditional cultural characteristics of the "turtle city".The key to the protection and construction of yongtai ancient city lies in the concept and measures.We must stick to the original repair and protection walls,drainage,roads,repairing monomer heritage building,reasonable solution to the old city protection and city residents enjoy the modern life,the relationship between city residents participate in ancient city protection,keep the ancient city of historical and cultural landscape.Cultural heritage protection to provide academic reference and theory support,explore the cultural studies of northwest rural their settlements,providing precious cultural connotation.which has special value on thorough understanding of the ancient Chinese architectural culture,for the traditional architectural culture and heritage of inheritance,update,and use,for the protection and the development of the ancient city,obtain more enrich more reliable basis,and even open a new train of thought,combined with their own characteristics,to study the feasibility of reasonable cultural protection measures.