Chapter 64: Jinwen Wei Jin

"Tan Yi? Is it the monk who was turned into a rose girl by the Bodhisattva and tested with beauty? "I don't know which one is in the bus, there is this question.

"That's right, this is indeed a legend about the Winged Mage."

He Ying replied in the affirmative:

"But what I'm going to say is the architectural deeds of Master Epiphyll. Tan Yi, commonly known as Yao, was born in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, became a monk at the age of 16, and was a teacher. He practiced with Master Dao'an in Tanxi Temple, and at that time, Changsha Taishou Teng Hanzhi 'gave up his house as a temple', and asked Dao'an to send a monk as the chief leader, that is, the chief engineer. Tan Yi was known for his good conduct when he was young, although he was not good at building, but he was able to respect the tradition of his ancestors and complete his education, so he was entrusted with the important task of building Changsha Temple by Master Dao'an. ”

"Changsha Temple in the Eastern Jin Dynasty? It's long gone, right? So how do we know what it's like? Tang Guoguo felt that the name of this building sounded very unfamiliar.

"It is true that such a long time ago has long since disappeared into history." He Ying nodded, "But it is recorded in the book that the Changsha Temple built by Tan Yi has about 10,000 corridors at the camp gate, and 13 rooms in the main hall, and the beam between the two rows of pillars alone is 55 feet long, and the temple has three doors, two heavy seven rooms and two buildings. In addition, the architectural concept of "taking its long" is also the most praised! Because this Changsha Temple has not been damaged for 300 years since it was built, it can be said to be an example worthy of special mention in the history of Chinese architecture! ”

Everyone in the car has never dabbled in this knowledge, and they are all fascinated.

Someone else began to whisper:

"It can exist for 300 years! The current Western-style architecture can't be compared! ”

"Yes, this Tan Yi is really not an ordinary person!"

Jiang Cheng on the other side was not convinced: "Then what does the Changsha Temple you said have to do with ancient Western architecture?" ”

"That's what I'm going to say next." He Ying smiled and continued, "Although the Changsha Temple has not been handed down to this day, we can still find some murals of the Northern Wei Dynasty with Buddhist buildings from the Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang, Gansu. According to the murals, it can be roughly inferred that there were almost always some tower-like buildings with several floors in the Buddhist temples at that time. ”

"Tower building?" Jiang Cheng couldn't help but be curious.

"In Chinese Buddhist architecture, there is a very prominent creation, which is this kind of stupa." He Ying said as he quickly sketched the outline of the stupa in his sketchbook with a pen and passed it on to Wang Jinze and Jiang Cheng, "And many documents have given us a positive answer, this kind of stupa was introduced to China from India, and its predecessor was the Indian tomb known as 'Gougpo Slope'." ”

"Huh? Tomb ~~"

Suddenly hearing this word, the students couldn't help but feel a chill down their spines.

Even Tang Guoguo couldn't help but let out an exclamation.

"Why are you so surprised?"

He Ying looked at Tang Guoguo a little helplessly:

"Isn't the Chinese word 'tower', transliterated in Sanskrit, '窣blockslope'? In India, it was originally a Buddhist building used to bury the relics left behind by the cremation of the Buddha Shakyamuni. After its introduction to China, its primary function was to store Buddha bone relics or worship Buddha statues. Later, in the long years of evolution, it was integrated with the buildings of Que, Lou and Tai by countless Chinese architects, and finally became a Chinese-style tower. ”

Before He Ying's words fell, the other four team members began to applaud enthusiastically.

Chu Mingchen was the most excited: "Concise and to the point, covering a wide range of topics, Senior Sister He Ying!" You're awesome! ”

But Jiang Cheng was still not convinced: "What you said is just the evolution of the tower, we all know this." But you still haven't said, what is the connection between these and ancient Western architecture? Senior Sister He Ying won't be bragging, right? ”

When she finished speaking, she pursed her lips again.

Chu Mingchen wanted to open his mouth to reply, but He Ying raised his hand, indicating that he hadn't finished speaking:

"As we all know, from 220 A.D. to 581 A.D., it was a dark period in Chinese history, and it was this war-torn period of the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties that gave birth to a unique religious architectural culture, especially Buddhist temples and pagodas, which are also people's urgent spiritual needs. However, during the same period, there was also a famous Western religious building that began to be built, and this building is the outstanding representative of Byzantine civilization, the Hadja Sophia Cathedral. ”

The name of this building will be heard even if you are not a student of architecture.

But what exactly are the structural features that are known for it? If you don't pay special attention, you can't really say why.

Lin Ru looked at He Ying's direction quietly, wanting to hear her explanation.

At this time, Chen Jingyi, although her eyes were still looking out the window, she didn't know when she had taken off the headphones on her ears.

He Ying's clear voice instantly poured into her cochlea:

The church was built by the architect Antimius and the engineer and mathematician Isidoreus, who used a large brick dome with a diameter of 32.6 meters and a height of 54.8 meters with a diameter of 32.6 meters and a height of 54.8 meters to transmit the power to the pillars below through the sail arches unique to Byzantine architecture, and then used a semi-dome as a horizontal support around it. This bold structure has collapsed several times, but each time it has been repaired and reinforced, allowing it to survive to this day. ”

He Ying's explanation of the data and structure was enough to make everyone, including Lin Ru, nod and praise.

But in the end, she made a comparison between two representative religious buildings in China and the West:

"Technically, the Yongning Temple Pagoda is developing to a high altitude, while the Hajiya Sophia Church is developing to a large span, so it can be said that creatively speaking, each has its own merits. And such a physical building also proves to us that the praise and disapproval of a historical period still need to be viewed objectively. ”

More than 1,000 words, with the comparison of Chinese and Western technologies as the conclusion, are reasonable and well-founded, so that the students who love Chinese and Western ancient architecture can listen to it heartily, and the applause in the bus is thunderous.

Of course, among the people who applauded, Wang Jinze and Lin Ru's team were not included.

And among those who were impressed by Ho Ying's erudition, some even began to pray for themselves:

"Our group must not face He Ying in the play-in round, otherwise, we don't know how to die!"

"I just don't know who is so unlucky?"

"I don't know who is unlucky in the play-in round, but I know who is embarrassed today!"

Wang Jinze naturally heard the discussion of the people behind him, but he still didn't miss the slightest timidity.

He Ying reminded in a timely manner: "Why don't you also talk about the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, so that it seems to be fairer!" ”

Jiang Cheng was instantly unhappy: "You have said everything that should be said and what should not be said, what else do others say?" ”

Seeing Wang Jinze waving his hand, Jiang Cheng shut up angrily.

"Yes."

Wang Jinze looked at He Ying, his words were relaxed, and he almost didn't need to think about it, so he chose another way:

"Since you said that there was a monk who was engaged in architecture part-time during the Wei and Jin dynasties, then I will talk about the two literati who had an influence on the architecture of the Wei and Jin dynasties."

"Oh?? ~~”

I thought that Wang Jinze would fall into the disadvantage, but I didn't expect him to be so calm and respond immediately. It seems that this competition has just begun.

But the point he put forward really made everyone scratch their heads:

"Literati influence architecture? How come I can't understand what he's saying? Did we go to the same university? ”

"The literati of the Wei and Jin dynasties, could they be the seven sages of the bamboo forest? Who will influence the building? ”

In the face of everyone's questions, Wang Jinze did not sell Guanzi, and said the answer in the next second: "These two people are Liu Ling and Tao Yuanming, the pastoral poet in the 'Seven Sages of the Bamboo Forest'. ”