Why is the most mysterious family in China's architectural history called Style Ray?

Because at the end of17th century, Lei Fada, a southern craftsman, came to Beijing to take part in the construction of the palace. Because of his superb skills, he was quickly promoted to designer. From him to the end of the Qing Dynasty, Lei was in charge of major royal buildings such as the Imperial Palace, the Imperial Tomb, the Yuanmingyuan and the Summer Palace. This hereditary family of architects is called "Style Thunder".

Style Lei, from Yongxiu, Jiangxi. From the development of the first generation of style Lei in Jiangning (now Nanjing, Jiangsu Province) to Beijing during the reign of Kangxi, to the death of the seventh generation of style Lei Tingchang at the end of Guangxu, seven generations of Lei family designed and built palaces, gardens, tombs, offices and temples for the royal family.

The Lei family has been the chief architect of residential buildings in the Qing Dynasty for generations (in today's words, the chief architect), and is called "Style Lei" by the world and also called "Style Lei" in spoken language.

Expanding the information of Schleswig family is of great significance to the protection and research of the ancient buildings in the Forbidden City.

They corrected the traditional concept of "pure experience" of craftsmen of ancient buildings in the Forbidden City. In the traditional concept, the ancient buildings in China, including the Forbidden City, have beautiful shapes and exquisite structures, which are purely due to the rich experience of craftsmen, and they do not believe that craftsmen also have the ability to organize and express words and images.

A large number of thermal samples left by Style Lei Family provide rich drawings, drawings and thermal samples of ancient buildings in the Forbidden City from design to construction, which shows that ancient architects in China not only have good construction skills, but also have the ability to express drawings and three-dimensional models.

Style thunder changed the disadvantage of "seeing things but not people" in the ancient architectural tradition of China. Due to historical reasons, there was no systematic monograph on architectural theory in ancient China, and its exposition was scattered in various literary and historical classics. When introducing the great achievements of China architecture, architects are rarely mentioned.

The bronzing model preserved by Style Lei Jia gives people clear information, which is convenient for people to understand and study the design concepts of the Forbidden City, Yuanmingyuan, Summer Palace and Qingling Mausoleum. Style Seven generations of the Lei family presided over the design of various royal buildings in the Qing Dynasty, which embodied rich architectural ideas and was called the most powerful royal design family. Their story has become a legend.

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