The Research on Architecture Types in Southwest Grottos and its Conservation Strategy
Feng Di
Zhang Xingguo
Abstract： Grotto temple is a special kind of religious buildings, which exhibits a variety of geometric patterns with connotations in the form of carved stones, such as ancient architecture images, decorative ornamentation, musical instruments, national costumes, etc. The information of ancient architecture images is particularly rich, including halls, pagodas, Jing Chuang, residential houses, pavilions and other architectural forms, and it has detailed representations from the building group layout to the architecture detail as well as characteristics of component types. These stone carved architectures exhibit the technical and artistic features of Tang and Song architectures, and provide valuable research materials in the condition of a few architectural examples of Tang Dynasty preserved. Other geometric patterns also provide important basic information for research of related fields. At present, although the historical and artistic value of grotto temples gains attention, there are stil many problems in the process of protection. Against the key problems, we propose countermeasures and suggestions in four areas: 1). Emphasize absorbing traditional engineering methods to protect grottos; 2). Construct suitable Shelter buildings in front of grottos;3). Strengthen protection ideas and technologies;4). Focus on promoting the experience of conserving grottoes.
Keywords：southwest grotto templesancient architecture imagesarchitecture styleconservation strategies
Publication Date：2014-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：5( 92-96 )