Characteristics of local architectural styles in Jiaozuo, Henan.

Characteristics and styles of the buildings in the Central Plains urban agglomeration

Henan is an important birthplace of Chinese civilization, and the nine cities in the Central Plains urban agglomeration are important in terms of economy, culture, and various categories. Henan is also a leader in art. Here, Buddhism, Taoism, and Confucianism are the three religions. Heaven, earth, and people compete for glory. Mountains, temples, and temples complement each other. Different architectures and cultures have been left to us in each era. Like the Song Dynasty that everyone is familiar with. Kaifeng, the capital of the Han and Wei Dynasties, Luoyang City of the Han and Wei Dynasties, Xuchang, the capital of the Wei Dynasty of the Three Kingdoms, Dengfeng Songshan Building Complex, Gong Yikang Million Manor, Luoyang Baiyuan, Henan Museum, Qingming Shanghe Garden, Henan University modern building complex, etc. These architectural communities are the most precious architectural features and culture left to us by our ancestors, and they are worth studying and studying!

Among the urban agglomerations of the Central Plains, Kaifeng best embodies the ancient capital architecture. Its current location of the city wall and the central axis of the Kaifeng city site have not changed for 1,200 years. Kaifeng city is still basically the same as that of the Northern Song Dynasty. The layout of Tokyo and the main roads leading to each city gate play the same role as the "Royal Road" in the past. This is rare in the history of Chinese urban construction! If you climb the city wall in Kaifeng to reminisce about the past, you can vaguely see today that Kaifeng was the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty for 168 years. It was the scale and prosperity of China's political, economic and cultural center. It is now located in Longting Park on the site of the imperial palace. It is bordered by Hanyuan Forest of Steles, Tianbo Yangfu, Qingming Shanghe Garden to the west, Wanshou Mountain to the north, and facing the Iron Tower in the northeast. It is dominated by the magnificent Longting Hall and consists of the Meridian Gate, Yudai Bridge, Chaomen and Zhaobi. It is composed of Qing Dynasty Wanshou Palace buildings such as , Chaofang and so on. It fully demonstrates the splendor of the northern royal gardens. The park is surrounded by water on three sides and has beautiful scenery. It has the grandeur of the northern palaces and the beauty of the southern gardens. From the main entrance, it extends from the Imperial Street to the south, and connects the East-West Madao Street and the North-South Bookstore Street to the Drum Tower Square, Xiangguo Temple, Kaifeng Mansion, Bao Gongci, and Baiyun Temple, which outlines the entire city layout, reflecting the grand atmosphere of the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty. and the functional characteristics of a well-known economic city. The modern buildings of Henan University are adjacent to the Kaifeng Iron Tower in the north and the Kaifeng City Wall in the east. Since 1915, Building 6, Building 7, the East and West Zhaifang, the North and South Gates and the Auditorium have been built successively, forming distinctive Chinese traditional architectural features. The outstanding modern architectural complex that combines Chinese and Western techniques, absorbing some Western architectural techniques, has become one of the outstanding representative works of large-scale national architectural design and construction projects in my country in the early 20th century.

In Songshan, southwest of Zhengzhou, the Dengfeng Songshan architectural complex is formed with Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism as its cultural background in an area of ??less than 10 square kilometers. The ancestral Shaolin Temple, the Zhongyue Temple, the sixth smallest cave in Taoism, Songyue Academy, one of the four major academies in the Song Dynasty, the earliest astronomical observatory in China, the oldest existing Buddhist pagoda, and the Songyue Temple Pagoda, among which the Shaolin Temple is often The hospital is a typical northern jungle temple building. It has seven courtyards, which are composed of the mountain gate, forest of steles, Tianwang Hall, Mahavira Hall, Sutra Pavilion, abbot's room, Bodhidharma Pavilion, Thousand Buddha Hall and other buildings. These buildings are Together they created the magic and splendor of Songshan culture.

There is also the Kangwanwan Manor in Gongyi, which is known as the representative of the feudal fortress-style architecture of the North China Loess Plateau in the 17th and 18th centuries. Its buildings are backed by Mang Mountain and face Luoshui River. Cave dwellings are built on the mountain and buildings are built on the street. A dock is set up near the river and a wall is built against the danger. It is a large-scale feudal landowner's manor that integrates farmers, officials and merchants. In particular, its exquisite brick, wood and stone carvings, philosophical plaques and couplets are mysterious. The treasure cave, etc., all demonstrate the profound cultural heritage of the manor.

In addition, in the southwest of Luoyang, there is the Guanlin classic building complex that combines the three sacrifices of "tomb, temple and forest" and is known as an ancient private villa. Luoyang Baiyuan, as well as the Han and Wei Luoyang City under development, etc., all tell the story of the achievements and glory here with their unique architectural forms.

What I just mentioned are all ancient building complexes in the past. Today, based on the culture and natural environment of the Central Plains, building complexes with modern characteristics are being constructed to integrate multiple functions such as office, scientific research, education, culture, commerce, and residence. The integrated construction of Zhengdong New District, Luolong New District, and Jiaozuo New District have begun to take off. Zhengzhou’s CBD-centered central business district includes the International Convention and Exhibition Center, Henan Art Center, Zhengzhou Hotel Financial Building, Yuhong Many modern buildings, including the Shenma Building, China Great Wall Aluminum Group Headquarters, Labor Building, Zhengzhou Radio and Television Building, etc., are rising in the central part of the country. Under the background of the overall planning of the Central Plains urban agglomeration and the integration of Zhengzhou and Xinjiang, the Central Plains land has It will surely present more new architectural communities with Central Plains culture as its foundation and modern building materials as its foundation, and create more new building communities with Central Plains modern characteristics, which will also add luster to the construction of Central Plains cities!