Features of the plot series of the architectural decor of the Dinh pavilions of North Vietnam of the XVI-XVIII centuries. Classification of plots and styles of the wooden sculpture of the Dinh pavilion
This article examines the historical prerequisites for adding together the features of the plot series of folk architecture of the Dinh pavilions of North Vietnam, which have been clearly formed since about the 16th century. The article gives a summary of the problem of the features of the plot series of the «dinh» pavilions and presents both scientific and informational materials on individual objects and the art of designing pavilions. The authors gave a classification of wood carving, which includes the most developed iconographic list of subjects: domestic (labor, festive, edifying), religious, symbolic, cultural, corresponding exclusively to Vietnamese rural mentality.