A Journey Through the Culture of Ancient Chinese Architecture - Shandong

Author: Zhang Runwu, Zhang Wei
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Publish Date: 2002-05-01
Features: Throughout its long history, ancient Chinese architecture has consistently been a continuation of tradition, maintaining a unified architectural system with unique styles and distinctive characteristics. It stands out in the global architectural system, directly rooted in traditional Chinese culture, its value orientation, and aesthetic tastes. The "Journey Through Chinese Architectural Culture" series consists of 18 volumes, with each volume written by experts, scholars, and professors in the field of ancient Chinese architecture research and education. With vivid and concise language, they present profound and extensive knowledge of ancient architecture and culture, enabling readers to gain a comprehensive understanding of the geographical locations, natural environments, construction dates, building materials, structural methods, architectural styles, artistic features, and related historical stories of ancient architectural landmarks when visiting them.
Ancient Chinese architecture is the most enchanting part of the splendid ancient Chinese cultural arts, serving as a symbol and emblem of China's ancient culture and civilization. It embodies the wisdom and talent of the renowned scholars and people of ancient China. Whether individual buildings or architectural complexes, they are comprehensive products of political, economic, cultural, and technological conditions of different historical periods in a nation. They represent a perfect integration of natural and humanities sciences. Therefore, the existence of ancient architecture far exceeds its intrinsic value as a building itself. It embodies the values of various disciplines such as history, cultural studies, theology, philosophy, aesthetics, archaeology, ethnology, and even tourism, making it a comprehensive representation of national culture.
This book introduces 43 ancient architectural sites in Shandong (such as pagodas, city walls, towers, palaces, and temples), covering their construction dates, structures, artistic features, and related historical stories. It helps visitors appreciate ancient architecture and understand its art and culture.