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China architectural culture has a long history, whose constructive and aesthetic forms still affects us deeply. As a part of traditional architectural culture, wood carving art has affected us as ever, especially, Wuyuan wood carving, which has a greater effect on us and deserves its own research value. Wuyuan wood carving has a long history, whose prosper complys with the tide of history. With the development of economy, people demand a higher degree from residential settings. The public, especially, some officials and rich businessmen, are pursuing the residential settings with spirit connotation. As a result, arts, which designed and carved by skilled craftsmen from all over the country, not only enrich Architecture form and decoration style of Wuyuan, but improves art of Architecture decoration as well. Moreover, colorful wood sculptures of high artistic quality are created.Basing on the on-the-spot investigation and the study of materials of Wuyuan and its architecture, the author analyzes the background, architecture function and decoration Wuyuan Wood Carving in Ming& Qing Dynasty. Originally, Wuyuan was one of Huizhou’s one prefecture and six counties in the ancient time. Culturally, it belongs to Hui style which it differs from. Wuyuan is famous as a place rich in officials and businessmen, many of whom broaden their visions and form an open mind through their own experiences. It is taking an inherited and confusional attitude towards traditional architecture cultures and architecture cultures in other regions that helps to change Wuyuan style in function and decoration. It is of traditional characteristics of Huizhou architecture. Moreover, it combines with the styles of Shanghai, Zhejiang, and jiangxi, etc. All of them contribute the three features of Wuyuan architecture and decoratin:reasonability and pragmaticality; cultural connotation, flexibility between component functions and decoration methods. In this way, there comes a new age when elegance and vulgarity coexist in architecture cultures, which can satisfy different needs of different people from all walks of life.
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