by What is a railing? “Railing”, the original work “langgan”, originally refers to the shelter woven with wood, and later developed railings made of stone, brick, glass and other different materials.
The earliest railings found now should be wooden mullion railings, which are located in the Neolithic settlement site of Hemudu, Yuyao, Zhejiang Province, more than 7000 years ago.
The railing is mainly composed of observation posts, search sticks and breast boards.
Tang style railing structure, song style heavy platform hook structure, Qing style xumizuo railing ｜ observation column observation column is the column between the railing plate and the railing plate in the railing, commonly known as column.
The hope column is mainly composed of two parts: the column head and the column body.
The column body is very simple.
In most cases, it is only made into square stone columns without carving.
The change of the pillar is mainly reflected in the head of the pillar.
Dragon and Phoenix decorated column capitals can only be used in important palace buildings Breast boards are decorated with carved patterns, which are very beautiful and gorgeous, so they also become Chinese boards.
The breast board is placed between the observation column and the observation column.
If viewed from its section, it is in the form of narrow at the top and wide at the bottom.
Among the styles of breast boards, Zen stick breast board is a more common one.
According to the carving style, it can be divided into bottle breast board and lotus breast board.
Railings were originally used as shelters, and then gradually developed and changed, with rich styles and exquisite carvings, which became an important decorative setting.
In the garden, the railing can also play the role of separating and connecting the scenery.
Its function is like window leakage, while the image is like a flower wall.
The railing was set up as early as the Zhou Dynasty, which can be seen in the Ming ware decoration left in the Zhou Dynasty.
By the Han Dynasty, the use of railings had been more common.
At the same time, railings also appeared components such as staff search, Chinese board, watch column, ground rail and so on.
During the northern and Southern Dynasties, railings basically had the shape of railings seen in later generations.
Later, after continuous development and enrichment, the railings became more and more complicated and diverse in decoration in the Ming and Qing Dynasties There are two types of railings: empty and solid.
The empty ones are composed of vertical poles and handrails, and some are equipped with rungs or decorative parts.
The solid is composed of breast boards and handrails, and there is also local leakage.
The railing can also be made into a stool or backrest type.
The design of railings shall consider safety, applicability, beauty, space saving and convenient construction.
｜ types of railings railings can be divided into different types from different materials, and can be subdivided into stick seeking railings, flower railings and other forms according to their different structures.
Railings are an important category of eaves decoration of ancient Chinese buildings.
Railings can often be seen at the foundation, corridor and pool water edge of buildings.
Railings can also be set in halls, living rooms, pavilions, buildings, waterside pavilions and other buildings.
Railings are particularly indispensable for gardens that pay attention to setting and landscaping.
Railings were originally used as a shelter, and then gradually developed and changed.
They have rich styles and exquisite carvings, which have become an important decorative setting.
In the garden, railings play the role of separating and connecting scenery.
Their function is like window leakage, while the image is like a flower wall.
Rod searching railing rod searching railing: “rod searching railing” is also known as “rod patrolling railing”, which is a common railing style.
It is mainly composed of rod searching, looking column, huaban, floor and other components.
Because its top layer is rod searching, it is called “rod searching railing”.
The shape and system of staff searching railing were basically available in the northern and Southern Dynasties.
The staff searching railings were originally made of wood, but later stone railings appeared.
However, except for the change of materials, their style was basically modeled on the staff searching railings.
Vertical balustrade vertical balustrade: “vertical balustrade”, as the name suggests, is the balustrade set on the vertical strips on both sides of the steps.
Its components also change with the continuous development of the balustrade.
The existing common vertical balustrade is mainly composed of components such as search stick, huaban, Watchboard and so on.
The difference between the vertical band railing and the general railing is that its overall image is inclined with the vertical band, that is, its components are parallel to the vertical band in the transverse direction.
A drum stone is often placed at the front end of the lowest hope column.
Mullion balustrade mullion balustrade.
The shape of “mullion balustrade” is relatively simple.
There are no Chinese boards and other components between its staff and the ground, but a number of vertical wooden strips.
If the height of the mullion railing is very high, its search rod will lose the handrail function of the general railing search rod, and its shielding function is stronger.
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Actually, a kind of mullion railing, it was called “cabinet horse fork” in Song Dynasty.
The top of the mullions of the “Yuzi railing” is often cut into a sharp shape, which can play a better protective role for the building.
The main functions of the handrail are shelter, partition and decoration, but some handrails can produce new functions after slight changes.
The handrail is one of such handrails.
Stool railings are generally low railings.
Flat wooden boards are placed on this kind of ordinary low railings to make the low railings look like a bench.
People can sit and rest on it, so it is called “stool railings”.
In view of the function that the stool railing can seat people, it is mostly placed in the garden for sightseeing.
The garden can sit down and rest at any time, which has the function of railing and stool.
It is very convenient and practical.
At present, it can be seen that the earliest stool railing appeared in the bronze decoration of the Zhou Dynasty, which shows that the history of the stool railing is still relatively long.
Back railing back railing, also known as “beauty leaning” and “King Wu leaning”, is an extended form of stool railing.
It is more prominent in its sitting function than stool railing and more comfortable to use, because people can not only sit on it, but also rely on the back.
Simply put, the back railing is to install a short railing on the outside of the flat plate of the stool railing, which tilts slightly outward.
This short railing is called “back”.
In addition to slightly tilting outwards, the backrest itself is mostly bent to be more suitable for people’s back..
