MYTHOPOETICS AND MYTH-CREATIVITY IN THE METHODS OF RESEARCH OF ANCIENT CHINESE ARCHITECTURE

Abstract

The article examines the currently insufficient the amount of literature on architecture and art of the Celestial Empire, which determines the relevance of this study. However, despite this in Ukrainian oriental studies are presenting the work of scholars specializing in Chinese architecture. Problem statement: the analysis of architectural monuments of ancient China is using well-known theoretical methodologies of scientific research, but taking into account the specifics of the mythological heritage of individual regions of China, the impact on the construction of the architectural image changes. In this regard, it is necessary to explore some methods of mythological influence on the construction of ancient Chinese architecture. Objective of the article: identify features of the methodology of studying the architecture of ancient China. There is describing that based on the general theoretical methods of studying architecture, it was founding that in ancient Chinese architecture there is a special cosmological meaning, which was giving great importance in the Celestial Empire. In ancient buildings, we can see the Chinese idea of the Great Way. The central core of Chinese traditional thinking is the postulate of "the union of man and heaven." This is the basis of his myth making and methods of constructing architectural structures and compositions. It can be suggesting that the further development of the methodology of studying the architecture of China should be based on the postulate of the dominant importance of the natural environment. The Cosmos–Man–Tao triad is a link in the architectural compositions of Chinese buildings and temple complexes.