A Journey Through the Culture of Ancient Chinese Architecture -- Tibet

Author: Yang Gusheng, Zhen Hua
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Publish Date: 2003-10-01
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 comprises 18 volumes, with each volume authored by experts, scholars, and professors in the field of ancient Chinese architecture research and education. With vivid and concise writing, they present profound and extensive knowledge of ancient architecture and its 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 when visiting famous ancient architectural sites. Exploring ancient architectural culture gives almost everyone a sense of traveling back in time, as if they have passed through a time tunnel to a world from a hundred or even several hundred years ago. For some places, buildings, and people, time seems to have forever frozen at a particular moment in history. This book uses over 100 vivid images and a few classical and elegant texts to tell you the architectural stories that occurred in Tibet in distant times.