| Since the 1930 s,the architectural research of traditional Chinese dwellings has gradually improved and entered the world.Its academic research value and humanistic and social value have gradually emerged in the successive scholars’ research.As an important space in traditional dwellings,the main room carries many traditional Chinese ceremonies,folk activities,and belief activities,and is a typical cultural space of intangible cultural heritage.Although the research on residential houses is abundant,the research on the main house as a cultural space of intangible cultural heritage is relatively scarce.This paper takes the main house in the traditional village of Huatian Township,Youyang County,Chongqing as the research object,and examines the main house as a cultural space.This paper mainly adopts the methods of field investigation,combing of historical documents,comparison and other methods to comprehensively investigate the traditional village halls in Huatian Township,Youyang County,Chongqing City.Hope to fill some of the vacancies on the main room research.As the core space of traditional village dwellings,the main house is not only a sacred space for sacrificial activities,but also a secular space for all kinds of life.In the long history of China,the main house has become one of the fixed places for family sacrifice after the Kaiyuan ceremony in the Tang Dynasty,and it is the main religious space within the family.The shape and structure of the main room space,decorative images,sacrificial activities and folk activities are all elements that make up this cultural space.This paper starts from four aspects: The first part mainly traces the historical context of the main hall as a family belief space.Sort out the process from the altar sacrifice to the folk dormitory allowing sacrifice after the Kaiyuan ceremony in the Tang Dynasty,and then to the prosperity of the folk ancestral hall after the great ceremony in the Ming Dynasty.The second aspect mainly discusses the internal shape structure and image symbols of the main room.As the main carriers of culture,shapes and symbols play an important role in the formation of family belief space.Cultural atmosphere.The third aspect mainly discusses the personnel activities in the main room.People and activities,as the "living" elements of cultural space,are most easily affected by the constant changes in the social environment.As a fixed place for ancestor sacrifice activities and folk belief sacrifice activities,the main room is the material space that carries this kind of regular and periodic cultural activities.As an intangible cultural heritage cultural space,the main room has a supporting role for various activities in it.In the fourth part,this paper mainly discusses how to protect the existing traditional village halls as a whole from the perspective of cultural space.First,look at the national protection policies for folk beliefs and religions from the perspective of history and economic system;second,the protection work needs to clarify that the composition of cultural space is mainly composed of people,time,events,and space.Our protection is holistic,ensuring the integrity of the above four elements.While guarding against over-commercialization,it is also necessary to focus on issues such as time-space situational and cultural innovation drive. |
