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STUDY ON THE IDENTIFICATION OF HAKKA TRADITIONAL VILLAGE' S LANDSCAPE GENES AND ANALYSIS IN THE PERSPECTIVE OF GEOGRAPHY

LI Bo-hua

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As a paragon of traditional Chinese villages, traditional Hakka village, with Peking Chinese courtyard house, Shaanxi cave dwelling, Guangxi stilted houses and Yunnan Seal houses, are called five most characteristic traditional Chinese architectures.Recently, some scholars have studied on these issues from different perspectives and have yielded substantial results.Based on these research findings, this article interprets traditional Hakka village's landscape in the perspective of landscape-gene hoping to offer a biogeography perspective in the study of traditional villages and to promote sustainable development of traditional Chinese villages.Based on the concept of landscape-genes, according to the principles in geography, such as inherent-uniqueness, external-uniqueness, local-uniqueness, the overall advantages and etc, we can identify the landscape-genetic characteristics of traditional Hakka villages from residential characteristics, layout patterns, main public building, environmental factors, Hakka decoration, building face, building colors and wall shapes.The landscape-genetic characteristics of traditional Hakka village this article abstracted conclude 8 aspects.First, the dwellings, without carved beams and painted rafters, are built based on the notions of saving and seeking truth from facts.Second, with changes from quadrate to circular, layout patterns of traditional Hakka villages now are mainly quadrate.Third, the great hall and stone flagpole are typical examples of major public buildings.Fourth, referential environmental factors find expression in water surrounding mountain.Fifth, Hakka decoration craftsmanship is highly skilled.Sixth, building colors are in harmony with the environment.Seventh, wall shapes have great Hakka characteristics.Eighth, building face is practical.This is closely related to the traditional Hakka village's natural environment, Hakka spirit, traditional concept, the history of cultures, social atmosphere and so on.

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As a paragon of traditional Chinese villages, traditional Hakka village, with Peking Chinese courtyard house, Shaanxi cave dwelling, Guangxi stilted houses and Yunnan Seal houses, are called five most characteristic traditional Chinese architectures.Recently, some scholars have studied on these issues from different perspectives and have yielded substantial results.Based on these research findings, this article interprets traditional Hakka village's landscape in the perspective of landscape-gene hoping to offer a biogeography perspective in the study of traditional villages and to promote sustainable development of traditional Chinese villages.Based on the concept of landscape-genes, according to the principles in geography, such as inherent-uniqueness, external-uniqueness, local-uniqueness, the overall advantages and etc, we can identify the landscape-genetic characteristics of traditional Hakka villages from residential characteristics, layout patterns, main public building, environmental factors, Hakka decoration, building face, building colors and wall shapes.The landscape-genetic characteristics of traditional Hakka village this article abstracted conclude 8 aspects.First, the dwellings, without carved beams and painted rafters, are built based on the notions of saving and seeking truth from facts.Second, with changes from quadrate to circular, layout patterns of traditional Hakka villages now are mainly quadrate.Third, the great hall and stone flagpole are typical examples of major public buildings.Fourth, referential environmental factors find expression in water surrounding mountain.Fifth, Hakka decoration craftsmanship is highly skilled.Sixth, building colors are in harmony with the environment.Seventh, wall shapes have great Hakka characteristics.Eighth, building face is practical.This is closely related to the traditional Hakka village's natural environment, Hakka spirit, traditional concept, the history of cultures, social atmosphere and so on.

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As a paragon of traditional Chinese villages, traditional Hakka village, with Peking Chinese courtyard house, Shaanxi cave dwelling, Guangxi stilted houses and Yunnan Seal houses, are called five most characteristic traditional Chinese architectures.Recently, some scholars have studied on these issues from different perspectives and have yielded substantial results.Based on these research findings, this article interprets traditional Hakka village's landscape in the perspective of landscape-gene hoping to offer a biogeography perspective in the study of traditional villages and to promote sustainable development of traditional Chinese villages.Based on the concept of landscape-genes, according to the principles in geography, such as inherent-uniqueness, external-uniqueness, local-uniqueness, the overall advantages and etc, we can identify the landscape-genetic characteristics of traditional Hakka villages from residential characteristics, layout patterns, main public building, environmental factors, Hakka decoration, building face, building colors and wall shapes.The landscape-genetic characteristics of traditional Hakka village this article abstracted conclude 8 aspects.First, the dwellings, without carved beams and painted rafters, are built based on the notions of saving and seeking truth from facts.Second, with changes from quadrate to circular, layout patterns of traditional Hakka villages now are mainly quadrate.Third, the great hall and stone flagpole are typical examples of major public buildings.Fourth, referential environmental factors find expression in water surrounding mountain.Fifth, Hakka decoration craftsmanship is highly skilled.Sixth, building colors are in harmony with the environment.Seventh, wall shapes have great Hakka characteristics.Eighth, building face is practical.This is closely related to the traditional Hakka village's natural environment, Hakka spirit, traditional concept, the history of cultures, social atmosphere and so on.

Key concepts: Geography, Harmony (color), Perspective (graphical), Face (sociological concept), Architectural engineering, Sociology, Engineering, Social science

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