KOSMOLOGI MEDIA INTERPRETASI MAKNA PADA ARSITEKTUR TIONGHOA TRADISIONAL
Abstract
Uraian untuk memaknai unsur-unsur arsitektur bangunan tradisional Tionghoa, seringkali dilakukan secara sebagian-sebagian saja dari seluruh komponen bangunan. Penelitian ini memaparkan pendekatan lain, bahwa konsep arsitektur bangunan vernacular Tionghoa secara integral dapat dimaknai dengan cepat dan tepat, baik global maupun detail komponennya dengan menggunakan medium analisis pemahaman kosmologi tradisional Tionghoa. Dipaparkan uraian singkat dari pokok utama falsafah dasar tradisional Tionghoa hasil pemikiran para cendekiawan kuno dalam jangkauan pengetahuan pada masanya. Menarik untuk diperhatikan bahwa hasil perenungan yang bila dibandingkan dalam konteks ilmu pengetahuan sekarang, pemikiran yang merupakan tahap konsep proto-science dapat persistent bertahan sampai kini dalam ilmu terapan seperti terlihat pada contoh yang diberikan. Penelitian ini dilakukan secara eksplorasi, eksplikasi, dan penafsiran hermeunatik. Kata kunci : kosmologi, vernacular, falsafah terapan, correlative thinking. The effort to understand the meaning of traditional Chinese vernacular architecture, most of the time was done by exploring partial components of the building. This paper shows a different approach that the whole integral Chinese vernacular building can be interpreted conveniently through understanding traditional Chinese cosmology. Short descriptions are given for each major traditional phylosophycal subjecs. It is very interesting to note that those proto-science ideas are persistently being applied to present situation as shown by some of the samples. This research is done through exploration, explanation, and interpretative hermeunatics. Keywords : cosmology, vernacular, applied philosophy, correlative thinking.References
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