摘要
As a representative surviving example of residences associated with officials and merchants in the southwestern Shandong region of the lower Yellow River Basin,spanning the Ming and Qing Dynasties to the modern period,the Zhujia Courtyard in Shan County functions as a built medium through which commercial capital and clan culture were closely intertwined.Drawing on field investigation and a review of the literature,this study examines its architectural and cultural characteristics across five dimensions:an overview of the courtyard,spatial layout,structural system,decorative arts,and cultural meanings.The analysis points to four interrelated cores,including the spatial embodiment of Confucian ethics,the status aspirations of canal-based merchant groups,adaptive strategies shaped by Yellow River conditions,and the symbolic articulation of folk beliefs.
基金
Major Project of the National Social Science Foundation of China“Historical Collation and Research of Cultural Exchanges Between Chinese and Foreign Craftsmen Along the Silk Road”(Approval No.22&ZD227)
the Planning Project of Shaanxi Art Institute“Research on National Cultural Park Design”(Project No.YG2025001).
