Chapter 41 Find ancient buildings from ancient poems

It was midsummer, and the weather was extremely hot.In the courtyard of the Liang family in Beizongbu Hutong, there was no wind at all.Huiyin and her mother were packing up their things, preparing to go to Xiangshan with the whole family the next day to escape the heat.Since we have to leave early in the morning, we are preparing early. Sicheng was sorting out the drawings at the desk.He was a little cold and spoke in a low voice. The family was busy when Zhimo came.He said it was too hot to do much at night, so he wandered here to see Sicheng and Huiyin. Huiyin and Sicheng put down what they were doing and chatted happily with Zhimo.Zhimo looked at the drawings and materials spread out on the table, and picked up a densely written card with the words "The Book of Songs·Xiaoya·Sgan" written on it.He read in a tone: "'Such wings, such as arrows, such as thorns, such as birds, such as leather, such as flying, gentlemen...' Interesting, why are you studying again?"

Huiyin said: "This may be the earliest poem chanting architecture. It describes the scene of the Zhou royal palace just completed. How ingenious is that series of metaphors! He said that some of the palaces are like people lifting their heels to look from afar. Some are as straight and angular as arrowheads; some are as spectacular as a bird spreading its wings; some are as colorful as a pheasant in the grass. Finally, it is enough to praise this building with the joy of a gentleman landing! " Sicheng went on to say: "Since ancient times, Chinese scholars have valued articles and poems, and loved inscriptions and paintings. The spirit of history and culture has been publicized in poems, songs, inscriptions and paintings. Only architecture is regarded as a craft. Over the years, it has only been taught by masters and apprentices, and has never been published in articles. Nowadays, if you want to study and appreciate architecture as an art, you can only find records and evidence from these historical codes. Didn’t you see that there are already piles of papers for Huiyin and Drilling Addicted."

Zhimo asked with great interest: "When is the earliest recorded palace building?" "The 12th century BC." Huiyin said, "Mr. Sima Qian recorded in the "Historical Records: Yin Benji" that the palaces of King Zhou of Yin were called Chaoge in the south and Handan in the north, both of which were separate palaces." Liang Sicheng found a rubbing of a mural and showed it to Zhimo: "This is the 'picture of picking mulberries and hunting francium' collected by the Palace Museum, a work of the Warring States Period. You can see how many rooms the palace building is divided into, and there are columns between each room. Each room has a door with double leaves. There is a bucket arch at the top, and there are bucket arches on the top. If you look at this place again, there seems to be railings around, and the vertical lines at both ends represent the eaves. From this rare example, Imagine how advanced the architectural technology was at that time. It can be said that the basic structure of future generations of buildings has already taken shape."

Huiyin told Zhimo that Sicheng planned to do a systematic record and study of typical ancient buildings in various places by means of mapping, surveying and photography.At that time, she will go to investigate with Sicheng. Zhimo said: "I envy you all! Not only are you doing what you like to do, but also traveling in youth, visiting ancient times, and traveling together as a virtuous couple. I don't know how many generations of blessings have been cultivated!" Sicheng said with a smile: "Poets are always good at imagining, but actually doing these things may not be so fun."

Huiyin asked Zhimo if he was going back to Shanghai and how Xiaoman was doing.Zhimo told Huiyin that through his friends, he can take the postal flight from Nanjing to Beijing for free, which can save money, and can get on a lot faster.It's just that you can't arrange your own time, you have to follow the airline. Huiyin asked with some concern: "Is the plane delivering the mail safe?" Zhimo said nonchalantly; "It's okay, I've sat there twice, and it's pretty good." Everyone talked about the hot weather for several days in a row, and said that there might be a heavy rain soon.

Just talking like this, it's too late.Zhimo drank all the tea in his cup, got up and said goodbye.He said: "It's been a long time since I had such a happy chat." Huiyin and Sicheng sent him out and watched him get into the rickshaw.