As previously introduced, 53-year-old Wang Zhenhua designed an 81-fold miniature version of the Temple of Heaven’s Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests without using a single nail. He used the traditional Chinese handmade mortise and tenon craftsmanship. Can not remember? It doesn’t matter. 4 animated pictures will simply help you recall.
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The mention of mortise and tenon technology can be traced back to ancient China. It was the main structural method of ancient Chinese buildings, furniture and other machinery. It is a connection method that combines concave and convex parts on two components. The protruding parts are The part is called a tenon and the recessed part is called a mortise. This connection method does not require any nails.
In fact, in Japan in the 7th century AD, there was also a craft that was similar to our countrys mortise and tenon craftsmanship. It was called Japanese fine workWoodworkingcraft. Japanese joinery involves complex, interlocking wooden joints, a process that also joins two components without the use of any nails, screws, or other adhesives.
A young Japanese working in automobile marketing accidentally discovered a book introducing Japanese joinery techniques. He was deeply attracted by the traditional and exquisite woodworking techniques introduced in the book, but because he was not a professional, he There was no physical and intuitive demonstration, and it was difficult for him to fully understand the text explanations in the book. He wanted to study these crafts in detail, but there were few relevant books and materials. He thought over and over again and decided to use modern technology to conduct in-depth research on such crafts.
So what modern technology is he using? In order to display Japanese joinery craftsmanship more intuitively and clearly, he used 3D software technology to simulate and reproduce the components combined through joinery craftsmanship. After self-taught carpentry skills and software, he began his journey of creating animations of joinery craftsmanship structures. .
Are you a little anxious to see these structural animations after seeing this? Don’t worry, that’s what’s next!
Three cuboids with different concavities and convexities can form a fixed polyhedron through combination and locking.
It is similar to a reduced version of a house tripod. If you look carefully, you can see that after combining cuboids with different concavities and convexities, they are locked with a small log body.
This group is like a wall with a total of two component pieces. One side is protruding, while the other is mainly recessed. The two pieces can be locked together to complete a component. .
The next components are also very interesting. They are cuboids of different sizes with different concave and convex formations. After being put together, some can be fixed directly, and some can be completed with only a few small logs. Locked.
This one can be considered relatively complicated. It is a complete body composed of five small components, which can be assembled by locking each other separately.
It turns out that it is so wonderful to combine traditional craftsmanship with modern technology! After reading these structural animations of Japanese joinery craftsmanship, compared with the miniature version of the Temple of Heaven’s Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests built by Wang Zhenhua using mortise and tenon craftsmanship in the opening chapter, which one do you think is more magical?
