中国城市空间文化基因探索

AN INQUIRY INTO THE CULTURAL DNA OF SPACE IN CHINESE CITIES

城市是文明的载体,文化自信应该在空间上有所体现,城市有形的物质空间背后隐藏着影响其构成的文化法则。本文通过历史文献梳理和设计手法分析,配合考古发现和遥感解译成果,提出了中国城市空间文化基因概念。在中国传统哲学思想的挖掘和思考中提出了中国城市空间文化基因的内涵,它包括整体观下的空间构图、阴阳变化哲学和尚中求变的思想。在对中国城市空间文化基因谱系考证和国内有关城市的实证分析中,论证中国城市空间文化基因作为一种隐而不显的中介力量影响着中国古代都城营建,并且在今日的城市实践中也都或多或少有着中国城市空间文化基因的表达。

City is the carrier of civilization,and cultural self-confidence should be demonstrated in space.Hidden behind the tangible physical space,there are cultural rules that influence the constitution of space.This paper makes an inquiry into the cultural DNA of space in Chinese cities through the review on historical literature and the analysis on design techniques,in combination with the results of archaeological discoveries and remote sensing interpretation.In the exploration of traditional Chinese philosophical thoughts,the paper puts forward the connotation of cultural DNA of space in Chinese cities,which includes the spatial composition under the overall view from an eastern holistic perspective,the culture of Yin and Yang,and the axis-centered layout and diversification.Through the research on cultural DNA genealogy of space in Chinese cities and the empirical analysis on related cities,this paper argues that the cultural DNA of space in Chinese cities,as a hidden intermediary force,has influenced the city construction in ancient China,and that the expressions of such cultural DNA can also be found in the urban construction practice in China today.