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ID: 300448902
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300448902

 

Record Type: concept
tíng (pavilions (light buildings), light construction (building ), ... Built Environment (hierarchy name))

 

Note: From the pre-Qin to the Ming and Qing dynasties, the form, structure, and function of ting have undergone significant changes. During the Eastern Zhou, ting referred to a three-zhang (roughly 30 ft) high military fort. In the Eastern Han, it functioned as a station house (yizhan 驛站). It could also be a government compound serving both military and registration purposes. In literature relating to the southern part of China in the Six Dynasties period, ting were built in high places and were often recognized as landmarks or gathering spots for literati and aristocrats. During the Tang dynasty, ting were built in fortified palaces (gongcheng 宮城 or "palace-cities"), were used as residences, and were enclosed by walls. They did not have to be high buildings or placed in elevated areas. After the Song dynasty, ting were often found in gardens and used for leisurely activities. In the Yingzao fashi, the ting is considered a non-essential structural form and tingxie, referring to this structural form in conjunction with its platform beneath, is an architectural type coined in the Yingzao fashi. Its form and location became even more flexible in Ming private gardens, though it was mainly a simple and open freestanding structure. Regardless of its transformation through time, the ting’s close connection to the appreciation of natural beauty persisted from the Wei, Jin, Northern and Southern Dynasties period through the Qing dynasty. The modern definition that ting is "a building with a roof but without enclosing walls" (He, et al. 2015, 210) is closest to the use of ting in Ming private gardens.
 
Terms:
tíng (preferred,C,U,English-P,D,U,U)
tíng (Chinese (transliterated Pinyin)-P,D,U,B)
t`ing (C,V,Chinese (transliterated Wade-Giles),UF,U)
(C,V,Chinese (traditional),UF,U,B)
ting (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Pinyin without tones),UF,U,B)

Facet/Hierarchy Code:  V.RK

Hierarchical Position:

Hierarchy of Objects Facet
Objects Facet
Hierarchy of Built Environment (hierarchy name)
.... Built Environment (hierarchy name) (G)
Hierarchy of Single Built Works (hierarchy name)
........ Single Built Works (hierarchy name) (G)
Hierarchy of single built works (built environment)
............ single built works (built environment) (G)
Hierarchy of <single built works by specific type>
................ <single built works by specific type> (G)
Hierarchy of <single built works by design>
.................... <single built works by design> (G)
Hierarchy of light construction (building )
........................ light construction (building ) (G)
Hierarchy of pavilions (light buildings)
............................ pavilions (light buildings) (G)
Hierarchy of tíng
................................ tíng (G,U)

Additional Notes:
Chinese (traditional) ..... 從先秦到明清,伴隨功能的變化,亭的結構形式經歷了漫長的演變。東周時期,亭作爲一種軍事防禦設施,其結構是一種高三丈的樓塔,而到了東漢因其驛站的功能,則可能演變成了複雜的院落。至六朝時期,亭成爲了一種地理標誌,亦是文人聚會的場所。而其位置則往往居於高処并成爲覽景佳處。到了唐代,亭開始進入宮苑,結構上演變成四面有牆的獨立居室,并且高不再作爲其必有的形式特點。到了宋代以後,亭則固定為休憩和賞景的園林建築。宋人簡亭為建築結構而合稱亭榭。在明清园林中,亭是因地制宜的獨體開放型建築。 

Sources and Contributors:
亭............  [ATTCAT]
........  ATTCAT database (2018-)
tíng............  [ATTCAT Preferred, VP Preferred]
...........  ATTCAT database (2018-)
...........  Guo, Visual Dictionary of Chinese Architecture (2002) 79
...........  陈明达. 《营造法式》辞解. Edited by 丁垚. 天津: 天津大学出版社, 2010.
ting............  [ATTCAT]
...........  ATTCAT database (2018-)
t`ing............  [ATTCAT]
..............  ATTCAT database (2018-)
 
Subject: .....  [ATTCAT, VP]
............  Architectura Sinica [online] (2014-) https://www.architecturasinica.org/keyword/k000063
 
Note:
English .......... [ATTCAT]
.......... ATTCAT database (2018-)
Chinese (traditional) .......... [ATTCAT]
.......... ATTCAT database (2018-)

 

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