Towards the Historical Site of“Village with Detached Fortress”in Hancheng: The Spatial Form of Vernacular Settlements from the Perspective of Historical Anthropology
Abstract:Based on the research method of historical anthropology, through the interpretation of historical information in existing fortress building inscriptions, this study conducts an in-depth analysis of the historical process of the construction of Miyangbu in Dangjia Village and Fengyizhai in Xiyuan Village in Hancheng area, and discusses the causes of“village with detached fortress”in Hancheng. Breaking away from the usual paradigm of architectural material spatial types, and through sorting out clan relationships and settling property rights, we find that the two forts are the product of joint ventures after class differentiation within the family. The fortress uses lanes as the main morphological control elements and“narrow courtyards”as the modular units for dividing the land. Ceremonial spaces such as ancestral halls are not very important and are isomorphic with ordinary settlements. Then, through comparison with the settlements in South China, it reveals the occurrence and expansion logic of the “weak clans”or“incomplete clans”of the local settlements in Guanzhong.
林晓丹,蔡宣皓. 走向韩城“村寨分离”的历史现场 ——历史人类学视角的风土聚落空间形态研究[J]. 新建筑, 2023, 41(5): 96-102.
LIN Xiaodan,CAI Xuanhao. Towards the Historical Site of“Village with Detached Fortress”in Hancheng: The Spatial Form of Vernacular Settlements from the Perspective of Historical Anthropology. New Architecture, 2023, 41(5): 96-102.