中西傳統建築差異的簡要對比
文化論壇
作者：皋蘇文
Brief Comparison of the Differences between Chinese and Western Traditional Ar-chitecture
摘 要：建築是人類物質和精神文明的產物，建築是構成文化的一個重要部分，建築與文化緊密相連，是一種文化類型的體現。對建築文化的了解能很好地促進中西方文化的交流，更好的幫助人們了解中西文明的發展。
關鍵詞：中國傳統建築；西方傳統建築；建築差異；文化差異
[中圖分類號]：G04 [文獻標識碼]：A
[文章編號]：1002-2139（2012）-21--01
Architecture is influenced by natural objects， materials， social conditions， technology， ideology， religion， culture， and aesthetics and so on. For example， Eskimo use ice and snow to build house thoroughly， while people in southwest China often use bamboo to build houses on stilts， which is affected by natural and geographical conditions. During a long period of time， Chinese and Western architecture was in a relatively closed system， developed independently， with little opportunity to communicate. So a variety of differences in architecture are formed.
Among all the differences in architecture building， materials will be the basic one. Chinese like to use wood while the Westerners like to use stone.
Chinese traditional architecture had used wooden structure since long ago， and most of the traditional buildings which now are preserved are wooden structures. Even if a number of brick pagodas and underground tombs use a masonry structure， they still mimic the appearance of wood structure. It shows the importance of woods in traditional buildings in China. Wooden structure with wooden pillars and beams forms the skeleton of the house， and the weight of the roof beams passed through the column， and then through the column to the ground. In a word， the wooden structure is widespread in a large number of Chinese traditional buildings.
The color is a part of a building， and people’s preference to colors is a culture. Some bright colors， such as red， green and yellow are popular in house decoration in China， and some plain colors such as white， black and grey are also popular. The Westerners also prefer to use bright colors to decorate their buildings.