lān'é 闌額

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Terms

  • lan'e (Pinyin without tones)4
  • 闌額 (Traditional Chinese)2
  • 阑额 (Simplified Chinese)3
  • lán'é (Pinyin)4
  • lan-o (Wade-Giles)
  • forehead rail (lit.) (English)
  • pillar top tie beams (ATTCAT preferred) (English)1
  • architraves (English)6
  • column-top-ties (English)9
  • connecting-beams (English)8
  • lintels (English)5
  • penetrating tie beams (English)7

Note

    In traditional Chinese timber-frame architecture, the lan’e refers to horizontal elements positioned between and on top of pillars with both ends inserted into the pillars. Its upper surface is level with the top of the pillar. In premodern sources, the term appears to only be used in the Yingzao fashi (1103), Chapters 4 and 5. Modern architectural historians use this term to describe architectural elements that accord with the Yingzao fashi description in buildings dating from the Tang (618-907) to early Ming (1368-1644) dynasties. This term is also used by some modern architectural historians to describe long horizontal elements, sometimes supported by dougong 斗拱, located above or between eaves pillars, as can be seen in representations of buildings in stone cave temples, wall paintings, and sarcophagi dating before the Tang dynasty.

    指位於相鄰兩間柱頭的水平構件,兩端插入中,上皮與柱頂平,通常位於檐部。有些學者認為位於室內,且上有補間鋪作者也叫闌額。闌額僅見於《營造法式》(1103)卷四、卷五。現代建築史學者通常將之用於描述初建築物中符合上述描述的構件。有些學者也用此術語描述出現於唐以前石窟、壁畫,或石槨等圖像中之建築物形象的,檐柱之上或之間的長構件。

Related concepts

    額 é

    檐額 yán'é

    大額 dà'é

    楣 méi

    橫楣 héngméi

Works Cited

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  • 1 2018. ATTCAT 2018Link to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 2 李. 2009. 營造法式 (1103; 故宫藏抄本), 4.9a; 5.3b-4a.Link to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 3 陳. 2010. 《營造法式》辭解, 433.Link to Zotero Bibliographic Record; 王. 2007. 中国古建筑术语辞典, 402.Link to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 4 GUO. 2002. A Visual Dictionary of Chinese Architecture, 52.Link to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 5 LIANG. 1984. A Pictorial History of Chinese Architecture: A Study of the Development of Its Structural System and the Evolution of Its Types, 9-10.Link to Zotero Bibliographic Record; STEINHARDT. 1997. Liao Architecture, 74, 184.Link to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 6 LIANG. 1984. A Pictorial History of Chinese Architecture: A Study of the Development of Its Structural System and the Evolution of Its Types, 10.Link to Zotero Bibliographic Record; FU. 2017. Traditional Chinese Architecture: Twelve Essays, 72, 360.Link to Zotero Bibliographic Record; STEINHARDT. 1997. Liao Architecture, 74.Link to Zotero Bibliographic Record; MILLER. 2007. The Divine Nature of Power: Chinese Ritual Architecture at the Sacred Site of Jinci, 201.Link to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 7 STEINHARDT. 1997. Liao Architecture, 176.Link to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 8 STEINHARDT. 1997. Liao Architecture, 74.Link to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 9 GUO. 2002. A Visual Dictionary of Chinese Architecture, 52.Link to Zotero Bibliographic Record

Broad Match: building frame

How to Cite This Entry

ZHUGE Jing 諸葛净 et al., “ 闌額 lān'é” in Architectura Sinica last modified September 5, 2020, https://architecturasinica.org/keyword/k000038.

Bibliography:

ZHUGE Jing 諸葛净 et al., “ 闌額 lān'é.” In Architectura Sinica, edited by Tracy Miller. Entry published May 22, 2019. https://architecturasinica.org/keyword/k000038.

About this Entry

Entry Title: 闌額 lān'é

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  • Tracy Miller, editor, Architectura Sinica
  • ZHUGE Jing 諸葛净, associate editor, Architectural Terminology
  • ZHUGE Jing 諸葛净 and CHEN Luxi 陳麓西, entry contributors, “ 闌額 lān'é

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