Research On Spatial Morphology Of Guangfu Ancestral Halls In Panyu District,Guangzhou

The object of the research is Guangfu ancestral halls,by carrying out field investigation and data collation on Panyu ancestral halls,using typology,statistics and other research methods,with the order of “village form-external environment-internal space”,analyzes the spaces’ morphological characteristics of Guangfu ancestral halls,for seeking the organization law of ancestral hall spaces.Panyu district is located in the south of Guangzhou,with dense network of rivers,hills and alluvial plains.Most of the northwest area is Min Farmland,which used to be a clan settlement area,and the villages are basically concentrated here.However,the southeast area is a large area of Sand Farmland,with few villages built,and its spatial distribution shows a pattern of "more in Min Tian than in Sand Farmland".From the perspective of village site selection,most of them are built between mountains and rivers,and the overall space forms a common pattern of "surrounded by mountains and rivers","surrounded by water system" and "crossed by water system".More than existing 300 ancestral halls are built in Panyu villages,overall,its spatial pattern can be divided into ten types.From the perspectives of external spaces,there are some fixed formats of the layout of Panyu ancestral,but it is also closely related to its location.The location of ancestral hall is determined by the village topography and construction time.The relationship between its location and the village texture,residential buildings is an important factor affecting its external space form.Four common external space structures are formed by multiple combinations of pond（river course or stream）,He Ping,street and back hill,such as "Ancestral hall + He Ping（or street）","Ancestral hall + He Ping + Pond（or river course or stream）","Back hill + Ancestral hall+ Heping（or roadway）" and "Back hil + Ancestral hall +Heping + pond".From the perspective of spaces for individual buildings,the organization of ancestral hall space is a progressive process from "defining elements" to "spatial combination".The defining elements include horizontal elements and vertical elements.According to the general combination relationship of Lingnan ancestral halls,the standard "component unit" is formed,with the ways of enclosing,covering and separating,forming various types of individual building space,including two types of the first building,three types of the second building and three types of the third buildings.From the perspective of community space,the individual buildings are connected and organized by courtyard,side corridor,Qingyun lane,forming the ancestral hall community space.By coding the types of individual buildings in ancestral hall,combined with the statistics of spatial combination,it is concluded that the ancestral hall community is mainly composed of T₂J₃Q₁,T₁Q₂ and T₂Q₂.