Not up north down south left west right east? Can you understand the earliest floor plan in China?
You are renovating or have renovated your house
Do you remember that sheet?
Accurate and complex floor plans?
Don't rush your headache
Let's take a look at this architectural design more than 2,000 years ago
It is the "grandfather" of the architectural world
The earliest floor plan in China
Warring States period
A king ordered the construction of a royal tomb
Plotted according to standards
Arrange the construction according to the regulations
Since then, an accurate design drawing
It was drawn and has survived to this day
It is the wrong gold, silver and bronze mega map
△ Mega domain, that is, the boundary around the cemetery, also known as the cemetery. The Wrong Gold, Silver and Bronze Mega Chart is 96 cm long and 48 cm wide, and its ratio of length to width is exactly 2:1.
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Gold and silver inlay, highlighting nobility
The very center of the plate
Gold sheets are used to set out the contours of the five hall buildings
(Xiangdo refers to the sacrificial building built on top of the mausoleum)
The periphery of the hall
The bottom edge of the sealed soil of the tomb is marked with silver wires
Further outward
Use wide silver sheets to insert the contours of the palace walls
Use of gold and silver
The distinction emphasizes different regional plans
It also reflects the magnificence of the entire design drawing
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The design is accurate, and the measurement is not left behind
The figure is engraved with several signs with rulers and steps as the unit of measurement
Label the length and spacing of each building
It was calculated by experts
The length of the callout in rulers
Draw at a standard scale
The scale is precise, about 1:500
(Scale bar = ratio of the distance shown in the figure to the actual distance)
This is the earliest known in the world
There are scale copperplate architectural drawings
It is also the earliest that has been found in China
Building floor plans
Up South Down North? Left East Right West?
Is this still the same mantra in the direction I rejoiced?
(Landscape view of Mega Photo)
As an accurate design drawing from more than 2,000 years ago
Graphics, text descriptions, and other design steps are not many steps
You can take a closer look at the map to find out
There is nothing in the picture like a modern map
Clearly mark the north-east, south-west, north-east
At this point, be able to memorize it skillfully
Up north down south Left west right east of you
Pick up this blueprint
Confidently point out that the top of the map is north and the bottom is south
So "congratulations",
Exactly pointed in the wrong direction!
Correct answer: This picture shows up south, down north, left east right west
In the mega map, there are two annotations with the character "Min"
Min refers to the gate, gate
As you can see from the picture, the gate is located at the top of the figure
Since from the Neolithic period
The openings of the gates of the houses of the ancients were almost always south-facing
So it can be inferred from the direction of the "door" in the figure
The top of the map is south and the bottom is north
And archaeological discoveries in the field
The gate of this mausoleum is located on the south side of the overall layout
It follows that the mega map is the opposite of modern maps
The upper part points south and the lower one points north
Such a meticulous architectural plan
Why is it a "bad project"?
Warring States period
Between Yannan and Zhaobei (present-day south-central Hebei Province)
There is a small country founded by northern nomads
- Zhongshan Guo
The owner of the wrong gold, silver, and bronze mega domain map
He is the most accomplished monarch of Zhongshan State
——Zhongshan Wang Cuo (cuò)
Cuo ordered the people to engrave this text on the Mega Domain Map:
To the effect of
The standard of length, width and size of the mausoleum for construction
It is necessary to carry out construction in strict accordance with the specifications shown in the drawing
This drawing will be made after construction is completed
One is buried and one is hidden in the warehouse
It can be seen that Cuo cherishes the trillion domain map
and the vision of building an ideal mausoleum
(The wrong gold, silver and bronze version of the mega domain map was found in the tomb of Wang Cuo,
Another piece hidden in the warehouse is temporarily unknown. ）
△ Ruins of the tomb of the king and the tomb of the mourning
However, with the Warring States period, the situation changed drastically
More than ten years after Cuo's death
The kingdom of Zhongshan collapsed
This detailed and scientifically planned architectural design drawing
Not all of them can be achieved
It creates an ideal cemetery
After the completion of the construction of only two burial areas
Together with Zhongshan Guo
Lost in history
△ One of the overall architectural imaginary drawings of the wrong gold, silver and bronze mega maps
For more than 2,000 years
This superb architectural plan
Settle quietly
Speaking to us today
The savoir-faire of that era
and rise and fall
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