山西省南部地區是夏文明發源地，亦是之後北方文明進入中原文明的門戶，既隸屬於中原文化圈，又有其鮮明的地方文化傳統。山西省現存全國70%以上的早期建築（唐、五代、宋金），被譽為中國古建築的博物館，而東南地區（即長治、晉城二市）又佔據其中的60%以上。該地區俗稱“晉東南”，地理環境自成一區，太行山脈和太嶽山脈東西環繞，包括古稱“上黨”的長治盆地和晉城盆地，唐代建置分稱潞州、澤州。在此次活動中我們將考察該地區的潞安府城隍廟、上黨門、青蓮寺、大雲院、西溪二仙廟等早期古建築，在體認五代以降綿延千載的的中國北方文化遺產同時，亦得以領略該地區山水雄奇的自然景觀與古樸淳善的人文風光。

Summer 2014
Tianjin University – University of Hong Kong Architectural Field Study
2014年 天津大學 – 香港大學 暑期中國建築研習營

Date: 27 June - 3 July, 2014 5:00 pm

Participants
28 students of the Department of Architecture, HKU led by Prof. Weijen Wang
10 students/teachers of the School of Architecture, Tianjin University

The Southeast Shanxi (晉東南), centered with the two cities, Changzhi (長治) and Jincheng (晉城) that were historically called Shangdang (上黨), is a geographically rather autonomous region surrounded by Taihang (太行山脈) and Taiyu Montains (太嶽山脈). In ancient time, it served as both the cradle of Xia Civilization (夏文明，21 BC) and the gateway for the northern civilizations to periodically enter China’s Central Plain (中原). Culturally, the area belongs to the Central Plain Cultural Sphere, while it also retains its own unique local traditions. Shanxi Province is well known as “the Museum of Chinese Ancient Buildings,” as it possesses more than 70% of China’s early constructions built before the 13th century, out of which 60% are located in its southeast region.

This field Study will organize students to visit an extraordinary set of classical structures in the Southeast Shanxi, including the City God Shrine of Lu’an Prefecture (潞安府城隍廟), the City Gate of Shangdang (上黨門), the Qinglian Temple (青蓮寺), the Dayun Monastery (大雲院), and the Two Immortals Shrine in Xixi (西溪二仙廟). This program will be an invaluable lesson for students to gain firsthand knowledge and insight about the Chinese architecture with its thousands of years of history, as well as the splendid natural landscape and human culture in the region.

Program

1. Visit and study a group of Chinese classical structures in the Southeast Shanxi (山西).
2. Visit the School of Architecture, Tianjin University and Tianjin City.
   (All tours guided by the teachers of Tianjin University will be conducted in Putonghua.)
3. All Students are required to make study reports, to join the exhibition and review at Tianjin University at the end of program. HKU students are also required to hold an exhibition to share their learning experience with other students in the coming fall semester at the Department of Architecture, HKU. 

Fees

Each HKU student will be responsible for his/her own round-trip flight tickets between Hong Kong- Tianjin. Tianjin University will cover all participants’ lodging, food, transportation, site-seeing entry fees during the field trip in Shanxi and Tianjin.

Registration

The program is open to all fulltime students registered in BAAS, MArch, MLA, MSc in Conservation, MPhil and PhD programs in the Department of Architecture, as well as students interested in history of Chinese architecture from HKU. Interested applicants please send a one-page CV to BAAS secretary, Ms. Angela Ting (aklting@hku.hk) at the Department of Architecture by May 30th. 

http://fac.arch.hku.hk/event/visiting-the-ancient-relics-in-the-southeast-shanxi/