The Research On Spatial Morphology And Protection Strategy Of Taigu Ancient City

The traditional Shanxi merchants dwellings is on of the typical representatives of Chinese traditional houses.Its special value is embodied in many aspects including its building form,space shape,decorative art as well as its folk culture.It is the material carrier and precious heritage of Shanxi merchants' culture.Taigu County is located in the central part of Shanxi Province.It has a long history and is the hometown of the well-known Shanxi merchants in the past.Its unique natural and humanity environment makes those traditional dwellings have a unique spatial form.However,with the development of the times,many valuable material and intangible cultural heritages are constantly being destroyed.Most of the traditional dwellings of Shanxi merchants in the old town have experienced different degrees of aging and damage.Many of them have been renovated and altered,and some of them have been abandoned and lack of maintenance,and gradually become dangerous houses.Under this situation,it is necessary to make quick steps to protect the traditional dwellings and carry out appropriate protection and development,so that they can be better inherited and developed.In this study,the traditional Shanxi merchants' dwellings in Taigu ancient town are taken as research object.This paper is tries to study the spatial morphological characteristics of this type of dwellings and understand its traditional style and features,by a large number of site investigations and comprehensively analysis of the influencing factors of Shanxi merchants culture on its traditional houses.In addition,based on the analysis of the current condition of the architectural spatial form,this study is to explore the existing problems and propose the protection strategies of the traditional houses.Based on detailed analysis and studies,this paper tries to demonstrate all aspects and perspectives of the unique Shanxi merchants' traditional dwellings in Taigu ancient town and the culture contained in the architecture.And it is hoped that by proposing appropriate protection strategies,Taigu ancient town will return to the prosperity of the past.