Antique architectural style

Author: Wang Qijun / Xie Yan
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Publish Date: 2005-09-01
Features: This is a series of architectural knowledge books that are both scholarly and accessible, serving as a reference tool. The authors analyze the history, development, structure, details, customs, feng shui, and decoration of traditional Chinese architecture from a comprehensive and innovative perspective. The book vividly introduces Chinese ancient architectural details through colorful illustrations and photographs. It is particularly suitable for architectural researchers and professionals... This series of books is a collection of architectural knowledge that is both scholarly and accessible, serving as a reference tool. The authors analyze the history, development, structure, details, customs, feng shui, and decoration of traditional Chinese architecture from a comprehensive and innovative perspective. The entire book vividly introduces Chinese ancient architectural details through illustrations and photographs. Target Audience: Architectural researchers, architectural professionals.
China's traditional architecture is predominantly Han-style architecture, which includes categories such as cities, palaces, temples, mausoleums, monasteries and pagodas, grottoes, Buddha towers, government offices, scenic pavilions and towers, princely residences, public buildings, residential houses, defensive structures, and bridges. Emphasis on the aesthetic of group composition is a distinctive feature of Chinese architecture. The composition is often rigorous, frequently adopting a central axis symmetry model. However, in gardens, certain mountain monasteries and pagodas, or residential houses, there are also often free-form compositional styles. From an intrinsic pattern analysis, Chinese architecture adheres to aesthetic principles of simplicity, balance, depth, and subtlety, reflecting the aesthetic pursuits of the Chinese national character.