| Title |
A Study on Main-Hall Models in Ritual Buildings of Northern Vietnamese Villages since 17th Century |
| Authors |
Lee Kang-Min ; Jeon Bong-Hee |
| Abstract |
The purpose of this paper is considering how the main-halls of the ritual buildings could have been fixed as a model in Vietnamese architecture since 17th century. A main-hall was composed of two parts: the worship hall and the sanctuary. These two were individually constructed at first, then connected to form a model; H-shape model and T-shape model which were generated from different origins had formed the same spatial composition. As these models were recognized as the universal symbols of monumentality, the ritual architecture with these models gained the firm authority. The vogue of masonry wall was of help to modelization process of main-halls. The masonry wall which had been used to cover up the weakness of the traditional wood structure strengthened the symbolic power of main-hall with firm appearance and leaved scope for new experiments on internal space at the same time. |