The Architecture of Joinery: The Form and Construction of Rotating Sutra-Case Cabinets

Abstract

‘Joinery’ in Chinese architecture is defined as non-structural carpentry (xiao muzuo, literally ‘minor carpentry’), as distinguished from ‘carpentry’ (da muzuo, or ‘major carpentry’). It is one of thirteen building operations specified in the Yingzao Fashi, the official standard for building construction, published and enforced by the Song sovereign in 1103. According to the Yingzao Fashi, joinery includes the delicate woodwork of interior structures, such as fixed, movable or removable partitions, screens, doors and windows, decorative or ornamental ceilings, floors and staircases. It also covers buildings or structures on a small scale, including well pavilions or huts, entrance gates, fences and balustrades, and gigantic furniture, such as shrines and sutra-case cabinets.

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