architecture(建筑).pptVIP

Passage 3 I. 1. The defence works is 5 kilometers long. 2. The walls are 5--7 meters high and 1.2 meters wide. 3. Its appearance is similar to the Great Wall. 4. The stronghold was discovered along the peaks of Jincheng Mountain in Licao Village, in Yunyang County, Chongqing City. 5. The military structure was built in Ming Dynasty. II. 1.T 2.T 3.T 4.F 5.F III. 1.D 2.D 3.D 4.D 5. B The bricks of outside wall are called “Line Brick” by local people. It is only 2 centimeters thick, made by the yellow mud on the beach and burnt by firewood, whose color is light gray. When building walls, people often put some bricks together to form empty boxes, then fill them with some small stones and mud. The house made of the Line Bricks is solid and not easy to absorb heat, so it is very cool in summer. The tiles on the old house are called “Cun Tile”( 1 cun means 3.3centimeters in China) by local people. The tiles covering each other are placed one cun (3.3centimeters) away from other ones’ edges like stairs, and they look like standing on the roof. The “Cun Tile” is so strong that the roof never leak rain even throughout decades and hundreds years. It is such over 1000 houses row upon row that form an ancient town, one of the several traditional residence crowds. Xintan Ancient Residence Complexes in Zigui County are regarded as works of stones, bricks, woods and tiles art. The ancient people adapted the working method to local conditions, took flexible measures, and obtained raw materials locally, which fully shows the harmonious relation between human beings and architecture, and the pleasing connection between buildings and nature. Notes: 1. 秭归县新滩古民居极富工艺色彩。在墙基、台阶、天井、门框、门楣、柱石等石头上，在门扇、窗棂、栏杆等木头上，大都有雕刻文饰。图中人物走兽、花草虫鱼，几乎无所不有，多取材于神话传说或生活故事。门楼也造型精巧, 彩饰纷呈。屋面为朝天龙屋脊，翘檐，马头墙，小青瓦，瓦头和山花上堆塑有花草和游龙。屋顶大都有堆塑，用瓦和砖做成变形而抽象的理纹，层层叠叠，古意盎然。从远处看，仿佛这里是一大片佛家庙宇。 2. 1985年6月，新滩北岸发生巨大滑坡，近千间老屋被推到江中，现仅存南岸几十间老屋。虽说只是残留，但风韵尤存，它们常常成为电影、电视的外景摄制地，以其独特魅力吸引着游客。 3. 兴建三峡工程，新滩将是第一个被淹没的古镇，文物保护工作者正对一些具有代表性的古