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ID: 300443526
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300443526

 

Record Type: concept
píngzhù (pillars (structural elements), <supporting and resisting elements>, ... Components (hierarchy name))

 

Note: In traditional Chinese timber-frame architecture, leveling pillars are the two eaves pillars framing the central bay on the sides of the building parallel to the roof ridge. Leveling pillars are used as a standard height for calculating the height of other pillars across the façade, as they increase in height from the center towards the corners of the building, allowing for an upward curvature of the eaves (生起 shengqi). The term appears in the Yingzao fashi (1103) and in other official documents written by officials during the Song Dynasty (960-1279) to describe the architecture of mausolea. Modern architectural historians use this term to describe central-bay pillars on all sides of a building dating from the Tang (618-907) to early Ming (1368-1644) dynasties. In traditional Chinese timber-frame architecture, refers to two eaves pillars framing the central bay on the sides of the building parallel to the roof ridge (typically the front side). Leveling pillars are used as a standard height for calculating the height of other pillars across the façade, as they increase in height from the center towards the corners of the building, allowing for an upward curvature of the eaves (shengqi). The term appears in the Yingzao Fashi (1103, Siku quanshu edition., 5.4b) and also in documents written by officials during the Song Dynasty (960-1279) to describe the architecture of mausolea. Modern architectural historians use this term to describe central-bay pillars on all sides of a building dating from the Tang (618-907) to early Ming (1368-1644) dynasties.
 
Terms:
píngzhù (preferred,C,U,English-P,D,L,N)  ............ levelling pillars
píngzhù (Chinese (transliterated Pinyin)-P,D,U,N)
pingzhu (C,U,English,AD,U,B)
pingzhu (Chinese (transliterated Pinyin without tones)-P,D,U,U)
leveling pillars (C,U,English,UF,T,U)
central-bay columns (pingzhu) (C,U,English,UF,U,U)
平柱 (C,U,Chinese (traditional)-P,D,U,U)
平柱 (Chinese (simplified),UF,U,U)
p'ing-chu (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Wade-Giles),UF,U,U)

Facet/Hierarchy Code:  V.PJ

Hierarchical Position:

Hierarchy of Objects Facet
Objects Facet
Hierarchy of Components (hierarchy name)
.... Components (hierarchy name) (G)
Hierarchy of components (objects parts)
........ components (objects parts) (G)
Hierarchy of <components by specific context>
............ <components by specific context> (G)
Hierarchy of architectural elements
................ architectural elements (G)
Hierarchy of <structural elements and components for structural elements>
.................... <structural elements and components for structural elements> (G)
Hierarchy of structural elements
........................ structural elements (G)
Hierarchy of <supporting and resisting elements>
............................ <supporting and resisting elements> (G)
Hierarchy of pillars (structural elements)
................................ pillars (structural elements) (G)
Hierarchy of píngzhù
.................................... píngzhù (G)

Additional Notes:
Chinese (traditional) ..... 平柱見於《營造法式》(1103),指建築正面當中一間兩側的兩棵柱,也屬於檐柱,是用於計算生起,以確定角柱,及角柱與平柱間其它各柱高度的基準柱。平柱也見於《思陵錄》、《宋會要輯稿》等宋代官員對於宋代皇陵建築的記錄。當代建築史學者用此術語描述唐(618-907)至明(1368-1644)初的建築物,並泛指建築外檐四面或殿堂内部中心開間兩側的柱。 平柱見於宋《營造法式》,指建築下檐正面當中一間兩側的兩棵柱,也屬於檐柱,是用於計算生起,以確定角柱,及角柱與平柱間其它各柱高度的基準柱。平柱也見於《思陵錄》、《宋會要輯稿》等宋代官員對於宋代皇陵建築的記錄。當代建築史學者用此術語描述唐至明初的建築物,並泛指建築外檐四面或殿堂式构架内部中心開間兩側的柱。 

Related concepts:
meaning/usage overlaps with ....  yánzhù
..................................................  (pillars (structural elements), <supporting and resisting elements>, ... Components (hierarchy name)) [300448904]
related to ....  jiǎozhù
..................  (<posts by location or context>, posts (structural elements), ... Components (hierarchy name)) [300443523]

Sources and Contributors:
平柱............  [ATTCAT, VP]
...........  Architectura Sinica [online] (2014-)
...........  Traditional Chinese Architecture Translation Project (2018-) Tracy G. Miller, correspondence
central-bay columns (pingzhu)............  [VP]
..................................................  Guo, Visual Dictionary of Chinese Architecture (2002) 63
leveling pillars............  [VP]
.............................  Traditional Chinese Architecture Translation Project (2018-) Tracy G. Miller, correspondence
p'ing-chu............  [ATTCAT, VP]
....................  Architectura Sinica [online] (2014-)
pingzhu............  [ATTCAT, VP]
.................  Architectura Sinica [online] (2014-)
.................  Traditional Chinese Architecture Translation Project (2018-) Tracy G. Miller, correspondence
píngzhù............  [ATTCAT Preferred, VP Preferred]
.................  Architectura Sinica [online] (2014-)
.................  ATTCAT (2018)
.................  ZDIC [online] (2020-)
 
Subject: .....  [ATTCAT, VP]
............  Architectura Sinica [online] (2014-) https://www.architecturasinica.org/keyword/k000064
............  ATTCAT database (2018-)
 
Note:
English .......... [ATTCAT, VP]
.......... Architectura Sinica [online] (2014-)
.......... Traditional Chinese Architecture Translation Project (2018-) Tracy G. Miller, correspondence
Chinese (traditional) .......... [ATTCAT, VP]
.......... Architectura Sinica [online] (2014-)
.......... Traditional Chinese Architecture Translation Project (2018-) Tracy G. Miller, correspondence

 

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