[Non-Han Nan Ban]

I don't know if many of you have checked out this wikipedia article I have created:

http://en.wikipedia....he_Song_Dynasty

...but there is great description of the Yingzao Fashi (營造法式) architectural building manual of the Song Dynasty written by the official and author Li Jie (1065-1110 AD). There are also great pictures from his original work published in 1103 AD. The separate article can be found here:

http://en.wikipedia....i/Yingzao_Fashi

Look at some of the diagrams from his book (I uploaded these pictures to wiki); some of them are strikingly modern looking for a building manual that was compiled 9 centuries ago.



^ A diagram of three corbel bracket assemblies in an illustration of a cross-section of a Chinese hall. This is an original picture from the Yingzao Fashi standard building manual published by the Chinese official and architect Li Jie in the year 1103, during the Song Dynasty. The curving profile of purlines and the consequent curve of the roof line is well seen. Lever arms are also present.



^ Bracket arm clusters containing cantilevers, drawings from the Chinese building manual of the Yingzao Fashi.



^ Tenon and mortice work; forms of jointing in tie beams or cross beams, from the Chinese building manual of the Yingzao Fashi.



^ Working drawings of three transverse corbel brackets, from the Chinese building manual of the Yingzao Fashi.



^ Working drawings of five different bracket arm bases and two cantilever arms, from the Chinese building manual of the Yingzao Fashi.

Pretty neat, huh?
Eric

[Liu]

Non-Han Nan Ban, on Sep 4 2007, 08:41 PM, said:

Pretty neat, huh?
Eric

Awesome and very useful !!! Great Job Eric !! Thank you !

(I got a nice pict of the Longhua Pagoda (Song) in Shanghai, if you are interested to use it, feel free to ask).

[Non-Han Nan Ban]

Sure thing. I could find a use for it on wikipedia, just send me a message and we'll work it out if you'd like to share.

Eric

[Liu]

Non-Han Nan Ban, on Sep 4 2007, 10:28 PM, said:

Sure thing. I could find a use for it on wikipedia, just send me a message and we'll work it out if you'd like to share.

Eric

Okay ! I will select some picts and will PM you by tomorrow.

[Non-Han Nan Ban]

Great! Thanks for sharing.

Eric

[General_Zhaoyun]

You might want to add that Yingzao Fashi is the world's earliest written treatise (literature) on architecture (in world history).

[kaiselin]

Fantastic pictures!!!!!

I have seen examples of Japanese joint work but never seen Chinese examples.

I believe that I read that the main stress of the structure was in the roof weighing down onto the support columns.
Looking at these diagrams you can see where much of the weight must of come from.

But besides the inverted triangle of the corbel bracket assemblies giving a larger base for the roof beams, the complicated system of interlocking joints all fitted by mortise, tenon allowed a great deal of flexibility in the event of an earthquake.
BTW
Also great work on the Wiki articles!!!!!

This post has been edited by kaiselin: 11 September 2007 - 09:46 AM

[Ianus]

General_Zhaoyun, on Sep 11 2007, 11:34 AM, said:

You might want to add that Yingzao Fashi is the world's earliest written treatise (literature) on architecture (in world history).

What about Vitruv? He wrote his treatsies on architecture between 33 and 22 BC.

[General_Zhaoyun]

Ianus, on Oct 11 2007, 06:34 PM, said:

What about Vitruv? He wrote his treatsies on architecture between 33 and 22 BC.

I think I should change my text to "Yingzhao fashi is probably the oldest surviving architecture treatise.".

Maybe you can tell me more about Vitruv..just wonder did his writing survive till today?

[Tang Scholar]

What about Vitruv? He wrote his treatsies on architecture between 33 and 22 BC.


I think I should change my text to "Yingzhao fashi is probably the oldest surviving architecture treatise.".

Maybe you can tell me more about Vitruv..just wonder did his writing survive till today?


General, please see
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitruvius

Vitruv is a short name for Vitruvius. I happen to be an architect...

Tang scholar

[Tang Scholar]

What about Vitruv? He wrote his treatsies on architecture between 33 and 22 BC.


I think I should change my text to "Yingzhao fashi is probably the oldest surviving architecture treatise.".

Maybe you can tell me more about Vitruv..just wonder did his writing survive till today?


General, please see
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitruvius

Vitruv is a short name for Vitruvius. I happen to be an architect...

Tang scholar

[sylvester]

營造法式 is too old, it written in old chinese that may be too diffcult for you,
if u can read modern chinese, just have a look to this one for entery level:
趙廣超：不只中國木建築

for Advanced/Univeristy level:
梁思成：《中國建築史》

[jullian_bei]

awesome 3D drawings ! i wish i can read mandarin to understand what written in the picture.was Yingzao Fashi also include some "civil" work like load calculation , working forces etc ?

non-han nan ban > did you have Guo, Qinghua. "Yingzao Fashi: Twelfth-Century Chinese Building Manual" article when writting the wiki article ?

This post has been edited by jullian_bei: 10 March 2008 - 03:28 AM