The Complete Works of Liang Sicheng. Volume 6

Author: Liang Sicheng
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Publish Date: 2004-09-01
Features: This book is the research of Professor Liang Sicheng from the early 1930s, which was published by the Society for the Study of Chinese Architecture in 1934. At that time, Professor Liang Sicheng used the Qing Dynasty's "Work Department Engineering Methods" as a textbook, learned from craftsmen who had participated in the construction of the Qing Imperial Palace, took the Beijing Forbidden City as a sample, and collected secret books passed down through generations of craftsmen. He conducted a study on the construction methods and rules of Qing Dynasty architecture, explained them vividly in writing, and clearly expressed each part of the structure using architectural projection diagrams and actual photographs.