Author(s)

Songfeng Jing ¹, Hidekazu Nishizawa ²

Affiliation(s)

¹ Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Kansai University, Osaka 564-8680, Japan
² Department of Architecture Faculty of Environmental and Urban Eng. Kansai University, Osaka 564-8680, Japan

Corresponding Author

Songfeng Jing

ABSTRACT

China has a long five thousand years of cultural history. There is much precious architectural heritage have been preserved, and during the most prosperous period of the Tang Dynasty, there are only two wooden structures of the Tang Dynasty that have been preserved. They are the Main Hall of Nanchan Temple and the Main Hall of Foguang Temple in Wutai Mountain, Shanxi Province, China. This paper is based on the Main Hall of Nanchan Temple, which was established more than 1,200 years ago, as the research object. By referring to the restoration report in 19801, the 1/10 scale large wooden structure model of the Main Hall of Nanchan Temple was made for the first time; the Main Hall of Nanchan Temple drawings and 3D renderings was systematically drawn. Secondly, this paper analyses and interprets the three criteria for identifying the value of the heritage, combined with the status of Chinese heritage protection, and from the perspective of the authenticity and integrity of the heritage, combined with the two restoration fortifications of the Main Hall of Nanchan Temple, and systematically carried out. After sorting out, summed up constructive opinions suitable for the protection of Chinese heritage, to better highlight the universal value of heritage.

KEYWORDS

Authenticity, Integrity, Universal value, Wooden structure, Restoration model

CITE THIS PAPER

Songfeng Jing, Hidekazu Nishizawa. Research on China’s the Oldest Wooden Building Structure in the Tang Dynasty-the Restoration Model of the Main Hall of Nanchan Temple, Re-Understanding the Value of Heritage. Journal of Sociology and Ethnology (2021) 3: 24-33. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/jsoce.2021.030505

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