1. Freehand brushwork and imitation
Chinese people attach great importance to people's inner world's understanding, feeling and grasp of external things, and how to artistically reflect this kind of mental understanding and inner feelings, with a strong freehand brushwork. In foreign buildings, attention should be paid to imitation. Different pillar buildings in ancient Greek buildings imitate the human beauty of different genders. Symmetry and simulation of geometric pattern beauty are emphasized in the artistic conception and overall layout of buildings.
2. Rites, music and logic
The style of ancient Chinese architecture originates from the "rites and music" in the Records of Music in the Spring and Autumn Period. It can be said that the artistic appeal of Chinese architecture is the romantic sentiment (music) that emanates on the basis of rationality (etiquette). It reflects and contains a certain "poetic" beauty of Chinese architecture. Western architectural culture pays more attention to logic and argumentation, and its characteristics can be summed up as rationality and resistance spirit, heaven and religious concept, rationality and logic of architectural art treatment.
3. Closure and development
China's quadrangles, walls, screen walls, etc., show a certain tendency of introverted, closed and even "once and for all". The West emphasizes that external space should be the main focus, and calls the central square "the living room of the city", "the living room of the city", etc., with the intention of transforming the interior into the exterior.
4. Conservative and enterprising
Gardens or favorite natural scenic spots built by Chinese people are generally secluded or secluded, which reflects the Chinese people who have lived in agricultural society for a long time, their long friendship for the natural environment and their pastoral awareness of preserving land and valuing agriculture. In terms of the overall layout, space setting and function division of the building, more attention is paid to the psychological needs of conservatism, prevention, harmony and peace. In terms of layout, composition, artistic conception and other aspects, the regular gardens in the European continent give people a sense of open vision, grand conception, complex techniques, and romantic mood, reflecting the outward looking, enterprising, and outward seeking behavior patterns and value orientations of westerners in conquering nature.
5. Groups and individuals
Chinese architecture, especially courtyard architecture, focuses on group composition. The "courtyard" is generally the basic unit of the combination, which is a reflection of the Chinese cultural tradition's emphasis on groups and inhibition or even suppression of personality development. In the West, the single building shows the publicity of personality and the independence of "personality", and believes that individual prominence is the immortal and handed down work. Such as the Pantheon in Paris, France, and the Eiffel Tower, which is 320 meters high, are typical expressions of this philosophy or cultural concept.
6. Implicit and exposed
In China, curves and implicit beauty are emphasized. The layout, conception and landscape selection of gardens all emphasize the combination of reality and fiction, and the combination of culture and quality. Or pursue the natural sentiment, or love the pastoral landscape, or express their feelings and aspirations. Seemingly careless and flowing, in fact, it is meticulous, harmonious and profound. In the West, the beauty is straightness, exposure, grand scale and majesty, such as the open and flat lawn, the huge open-air stadium, the magnificent high-rise buildings, etc. All emphasize the analysis of axis and geometric figure. Straightness, openness, exposure, etc. are important features embedded in them, and are symbolic and suggestive of Chinese architecture Implicitness has different aesthetic concepts.
