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ID: 300451360
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Record Type: concept
diàntáng (halls (single built works), <single built works by design>, ... Built Environment (hierarchy name))

 

Note: Diantang, a building type sometimes referred to as dian 殿 or even diange 殿閣, is arguably the highest ranking structure in the traditional Chinese building hierarchy. Meaning, literally, "palatial-type" or "rear" (dian 殿 Kroll 2015, 86) "hall" (tang 堂 Kroll 2015, 444), in historical sources diantang is likely a compound word inclusive of dian and tang-type structures, and can be used generally to refer to all main buildings in an architectural complex. When describing a single building it denotes a higher rank structure than ting 廳, 堂 tang, or tingtang 廳堂. Diantang is usually used to describe imperial buildings and the main buildings in religious complexes. The earliest use we have found for diantang is in the "Rhapsody of the Goddess" (Shennüfu 神女賦) traditionally attributed to Song Yu 宋玉 (298-263 BCE), but the compound became more common after the Northern and Southern Dynasties. Diantang is a major term used throughout the Song Dynasty Yingzao fashi building manual. Diantang, a building type sometimes referred to as dian 殿 or even diange 殿閣, is arguably the highest ranking structure in the traditional Chinese building hierarchy. Meaning, literally, “palatial-type” or "rear" (dian 殿 Kroll 2015, 86) "hall" (tang 堂 Kroll 2015, 444), in historical sources diantang is likely a compound word inclusive of dian and tang-type structures, and can be used generally to refer to all main buildings in an architectural complex. When describing a single building it denotes a higher rank structure than ting 廳, 堂 tang, or tingtang 廳堂. Diantang is usually used to describe imperial buildings and the main buildings in religious complexes. The earliest use we have found for diantang is in the "Rhapsody of the Goddess" (Shennüfu 神女賦) traditionally attributed to Song Yu 宋玉 (298-263 BCE), but the compound became more common after the Northern and Southern Dynasties. Diantang is a major term used throughout the Song Dynasty Yingzao fashi building manual.
 
Terms:
diàntáng (preferred,C,U,English-P,D,L,B)
diàntáng (Chinese (transliterated Hanyu Pinyin)-P,D,U,B)
diantang (C,U,English,UF,L,U)
diantang (Chinese (transliterated Pinyin without tones),UF,U,U)
diantang structural frame (B,V,English,UF,U)
palatial hall (C,V,English,UF,U)
殿堂 (C,U,Chinese (traditional),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 halls (single built works)
........................ halls (single built works) (G)
Hierarchy of diàntáng
............................ diàntáng (G,U)

Additional Notes:
Chinese (traditional) ..... 殿堂是等級高於廳、堂或廳堂的高等級建築物,通常用於皇家建築,也可作為寺觀祠廟的主要建築。 “殿堂”連用最早見於战国文獻 (宋玉 (298-263 BCE)《神女賦》), 南北朝(420-589)後使用漸頻繁。在宋《營造法式》中殿堂是核心術語之一。歷史文獻中的“殿堂”可能是殿、堂兩類建築的合稱;也可能延伸為對一組建築群中主要房屋的泛稱,有時也用作對多類建築的統稱。與殿、堂相關的廳或廳事則出現于漢代文獻,為用於衙署、宅第的建築物。基於春秋戰國時期的各類文獻可知,堂本意为為坐於台基上的房屋 。(參見 "堂")。 由此可以推測,殿與廳(廳事)可能是堂在建築羣中使用方式分化的產物,新的名詞及其出現的時間反映出春秋至漢社會結構的變化及其在建築組羣中的表現 (诸葛 2016a)。《洛陽伽藍記》記普泰元年(531)樂平王尓朱世隆將原劉騰宅改爲建中寺,有“以前廳爲佛殿,後堂爲講室”之句(周和杨 2010, 32–35),也可見宅第與寺院建築組羣中核心部分廳-堂和殿-堂的同構關係。學者一般都同意《營造法式》(1103)中的殿堂是幾類建築物的統稱,並在對《營造法式》的研究中提出,殿堂也是一種構架類型,即殿堂式構架(另一些學者使用“殿閣式構架”),與廳堂式構架一起構成《營造法式》中的主要構架類型(陈 1981, 57,65-67;潘 1980, 1981)。 但《營造法式》的本意就是要定義不同的構架類型,還是說不同的構架只是《營造法式》用於建立建築等級體系的技術手段之一,這似乎仍有商榷的餘地(諸葛,2021) 

Related concepts:
meaning/usage overlaps with ....  halls (single built works)
..................................................  (<single built works by design>, <single built works by specific type>, ... Built Environment (hierarchy name)) [300444146]

Sources and Contributors:
殿堂............  [ATTCAT]
...........  YZFS (2009)
diàntáng............  [ATTCAT Preferred, VP Preferred]
.................  ATTCAT database (2018-)
.................  陈明达. 《营造法式》辞解. Edited by 丁垚. 天津: 天津大学出版社, 2010. 383
diantang............  [ATTCAT, VP]
.................  ATTCAT database (2018-)
.................  Guo, The Structure of Chinese Timber Architecture (1999)
.................  Miller, The Divine Nature of Power (2020)
diantang structural frame............  [ATTCAT]
............................................  ATTCAT database (2018-)
............................................  Fu, Traditional Chinese Architecture (2017) 211
palatial hall............  [ATTCAT]
..........................  Miller, The Divine Nature of Power (2007) 107
 
Subject: .....  [ATTCAT, VP]
............  ATTCAT database (2018-) https://architecturasinica.org/keyword/k000130
............  Kroll, Paul W. A Student’s Dictionary of Classical and Medieval Chinese. Paper. Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 4 China ; 30. Leiden: Brill, 2015. http:www.worldcat.orgoclc898043208. 86; 444
............  版畫技法1.2.3 444
 
Note:
English .......... [ATTCAT, VP]
.......... ATTCAT database (2018-)
Chinese (traditional) .......... [ATTCAT, VP]
.......... ATTCAT database (2018-)

 

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