Lingnuma Xuan in the Forbidden City
In the eighteenth year of Yongle (1420), the Forbidden City was completed, and when Ming Chengzu Zhu Di sat on the dragon chair of the Taihe Hall to accept the worship of hundreds of officials and look at his imperial city from afar, he was afraid that he would not expect that six hundred years later, the Forbidden City was still there, but the capital outside it was far beyond his entire imagination.
It is a historical city, more than 3,000 years of city history, more than 800 years of capital history, forbidden city, temples, imperial tombs, the Great Wall... Still standing here;
He is also a modern metropolis, a well-deserved political center, a variety of glass buildings that break through the skyline, a neon sleepless night, a non-stop sky and underground transportation network;
He is the home of 21.7 million people, the old cannons of Beijing, the north drifters who seek dreams, and the foreigners who chase the "Chinese Dream", gathered in the seven rings and mingled together.
In the temperament of Beijing City, the word "tolerance" is used, which is true for people, and even more so for culture and art.
Ancient, contemporary, local, foreign, and cultures of all origins coexist here. They were independent, but they inadvertently influenced each other, leaving an imprint on the city and becoming a part of him.
Beijing Red Brick Art Museum
Architecture is solidified music.
Stairs, corners, window bars, beams and columns... Like the smallest unit in the musical composition - up, bearing, turning, closing, silently connecting the main body of the building, setting off the theme to the climax.
The light and shadow that change with nature, the layout of the moving scenery, the deliberately repetitive and symmetrical system, and the technique of "variation, unfolding, repetition, and derivation" in music, sometimes emphasize change, sometimes pay attention to unity. But the viewer can always find the melody that runs through the beginning and the end, which belongs to the building itself.
The red wall of the Forbidden City in the sun
If the "Forbidden City" and "Summer Palace" symbolize a Qing Dynasty ritual music played with chimes, the solemnity is full of oriental charm;
Then the German Bauhaus style 798 is more like an industrial age of electronic music, simple and bright, revealing a trace of modernist rationality;
The red brick art museum, which integrates Chinese and Western styles, is more like a piece of jasmine played quickly with a cello, and the lyricism of the East is told in the thick and plump Western music strings.
Walk behind these pieces of music, perceive the self-replacement of the social background, the choice of the era of artistic trends.
Forbidden City: A fine example of oriental architecture
The three halls of the Forbidden City
When it comes to ancient architecture in Beijing, and even ancient Chinese architecture, most people will think of the Forbidden City for the first time. This royal palace spanning the history of the Ming and Qing dynasties, as the largest and most complete ancient building complex in China, has experienced hundreds of large and small earthquakes and torrential rains for more than 600 years, but it still stands, which can still let us and even future generations look at the royal style of that year.
Floor plan of the Forbidden City
Of course, the Forbidden City is undoubtedly also the best bearing place for oriental culture in architecture:
The axisymmetric layout running through the north and south all reflects the neutralization idea of "balancing left and right, and mutual control of all things";
The Qianqing Palace and kunning Palace, which symbolize heaven and earth, and the Six Palaces of the East and West of the Twelve Stars embody the lofty ideal of "heaven grants divine power and the king is sacred";
Three halls and fifteen palaces, more than ninety courtyards, 8,707 rooms, each with its own clear architectural form, roof style, and wide surface... Even the orientation, materials and decorative colors have strict etiquette hierarchy constraints, and the patriarchal concept of "respect and inferiority and orderliness, and clear hierarchy" can be seen here...
In the Forbidden City, feel the "scientific view" of the predecessor hidden under the blue sky and white clouds in the red bricks and gold tiles.
Forbidden City, Beijing
Summer Palace: Representative of Chinese garden philosophy
It is well known that the British and French allies burned the Yuanmingyuan, but the real one that was burned was the "Three Mountains and Five Gardens in Western Beijing", which was much larger than the Yuanmingyuan.
The predecessor of the Summer Palace, which is famous for the largest surviving imperial garden in China, is the Qingyi Garden in the "Five Gardens". With its excellent planning and exquisite architecture, it presents a landscape of "opening from heaven".
This kind of landscape is a big mountain and water that cannot be possessed by private gardens, and in addition to taking the exquisite gardens of Jiangnan, it also has the spirit of "the whole world can not be the royal land".
At the same time, the Summer Palace perfectly interprets the oriental philosophy of harmonious harmony and unity between man and nature.
Every rockery in the park, every fountain, every pavilion... All of them reflect the material and spiritual needs of the royal court of the Qing Dynasty for living environments such as living, teaching, negotiating the country, and cultivating the mind.
798: Contemporary art collides in the Bauhaus style
A map of the city based on the prototype of the actual building within 798
About ten kilometers northeast of the Forbidden City, opposite this oriental culture, is a landmark center of "contemporary art" in the 21st century.
It's full of "colorful" graffiti; playful smiles, sharp words, collisions and even crazy patches of color...
There are exaggerated sculptures, roaring people, roaring beasts, lonely girls looking up at the sky...
There are crowds of people of all colors, internet celebrities who take photos and punch cards, foreign buyers who explore art business opportunities, young "artists" who hurry with their own works and dreams...
Here, contemporary art trends collide, well-known galleries from all over the world, art galleries showcasing avant-garde art, art spaces that carry disappointment and hope...
"View" within 798
More than two decades ago, however, there was only a dilapidated state-run electronics factory waiting to be demolished.
Fortunately, a teacher from the Central Academy of Fine Arts discovered this East German industrial complex hidden in the wild grass and created sculptures here, thus opening the door of 798 art...
Gear-shaped plant, pouring cylinder shell structure, beam and column for the arc Y-shaped structure; the north side of the roof using a horizontal skylight, the window plane tilts outward at a certain angle, which is conducive to eliminating the side shear force, the structure is more stable and reasonable. Everywhere is the Bauhaus "the perfect combination of practicality and simplicity"
Then, 798 ushered in a batch of "residents" with huge brain holes.
Some people say that 798 is full of art, but some people laugh and can't understand it.
In recent years, there has been no shortage of sighs about here, feeling that "the prosperity is still there, and the art is not there.".
But 798 doesn't seem to care, and he still uses his own way to promote the development of contemporary art in China in a high profile. Walk into 798, walk through the gallery and the crowds, and you will feel it.
Red Brick Art Museum: East-West Dialogue Platform
Also in the northeast corner of Beijing, in the radiation area of 798, the "Red Brick Art Museum" transformed in the Laodizi Great White House shows more contemporary artists' thinking on the aesthetics of the East and the West.
At first glance, the towering walls of red bricks are made of bare stacks, the sunken circular press hall like the Colosseum, the geometric triangle interspersed with the outer wall, the three-dimensional and simple nature of Western architecture is about to come out here, and the avant-garde nature of contemporary art is also quite one or two.
The exterior wall of the red brick art museum, the circular release hall inside
However, walking in it, the game of light and shadow transformation in the building, the symmetry and forcedness in the structure, and the frame scene inadvertently revealed from a square hole are all common techniques in Chinese gardens.
Interior of the Red Brick Art Museum
The courtyard made of green bricks on the outside of the art museum is authentically presented with an ancient style. The garden is not large, but the elements such as green plants, flowing water, strange stones, cave doors, etc., will use the scenery to the end, just like shuttling through the Jiangnan garden, step by step, staggered and free.
The courtyard of the Red Brick Museum
As Mr. Yan Shijie, the founder of the art museum, said, the Red Brick Art Museum positions itself as a communication platform for contemporary avant-garde art, no longer using those high-cold whites, choosing to use warm brick red to let the public take the initiative to approach.
As a bridge between China and the West on an equal footing, a new Chinese-style building was created with "garden art" that represents the essence of Eastern culture. Western artists are also places of reading and learning.
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Edited by 丨i Tourism Culture ZOE
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