Film 2 - Building Versus Architecture in China

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The first part of this lecture mainly talks about the book Yingzao Fashi.

Beyond the introduction, this part of the lecture briefly outlines the main contents of the Chinese “Building Standard” Yingzao Fashi, how and why it was created.

1. Composed by Li Jie, the book Yingzao Fashi serves as a standardized manual of traditional Chinese Architecture with 34 chapters.
2. The book was produced mainly to standardize the finance of architectural construction and solve some social problems.

The second part of the lecture fixes its concentration on Craft vs. Architecture.

In this part of the lecture, the question of how architecture relates to craftsmanship and art in China has been demonstrated, along with the limitation and opportunity of its future development.

1. Architecture in Ancient China, except for garden design, had never been recognized as a noble art, but more of the craftsmanship under the supervision of state officials.
2. The design of gardens, due to its relationship with the noble scholars and literati, had been treated as a form of the noble art.
3. The system which Chinese Architecture had been maintaining for thousands of years was broken apart by the Mongol Conquest.
4. The nature of Chinese Architecture consistently referring to the written-down principles has posed several problems yet also some opportunities in its future development.

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