The Architecture in "A Dream of Red Mansion" and the Classical Aesthetics of China

The architecture in Romance of the Red Mansion consists two aspects: the mansion and the garden.There is a palpable distinction between the main building and the surrounding ones,displaying beauty of order.The demarcations between the the ruler and the subjects,presenting the permeation of the regulations of the Confucianism and the system of rituals.As far as the space layout concerned,the buildings in DaGuan Park in particular,exhibits beauty of symmetry and bends.We can have flights of fancies and form unique aesthetic tastes——namely to evoke one's psychology of aesthetic imagination.The relationship between the architecture and natural surroundings is harmonious.Not only does the architecture contain profound cultural and,but also it is an integral component of the whole artistic image ofA dream of red mansion,which symbolizes the personality and fate of the characters in the novel and integrates the architecture and characters into a unity.It's Chao Xueqin's original creation.