Research on the Localization of Modern Christian Church Architecture: A Case Study of Hangzhou Sicheng Hall

Abstract

Christian churches have had great importance in Western classical architecture since the introduction of Christianity into China, which to better integrate into the local community and improve public acceptance, Christian churches were built in China with the characteristics of traditional Chinese architecture. At the same time, it retains the plane shape and spatial sequence similar to that of Western churches and has evolved into the image of "combining Chinese and Western" today. In order to study the localization characteristics of Protestant churches built in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province under the historical and humanistic background. This paper takes "Sicheng Church", the oldest existing Christian church in Hangzhou, as the research object. Through literature research and field research. Based on the analysis of the development history of the church, the location selection, plane shape, architectural style, and architectural decoration of the church building, the retention and localization characteristics of the church building and their influencing factors are discussed, and the root cause of localization in the Christian mission and church construction is obtained.