French Style (Volume 1 and 2)

Author: (Song) Li Jie (Compiler)
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Publish Date: 2006-03-20
Features: The architecture and architectural achievements of ancient China have long been regarded as an important part of traditional Chinese culture. Throughout the dynasties, whether in city walls, palaces, temples, government offices, or shrines, gardens, and ordinary residences, the ingenuity of the Chinese ancestors in architectural art is evident. At the same time, the architectural layouts and forms of different periods reflect the fundamental ideas of the feudal system and the strict hierarchical principles of the regime. Therefore, standardizing the forms of architecture, the sizes of structural components, the spans of rooms, and the color patterns of different architectural decorations has not only been a purely architectural issue in architectural design, construction, and form but also a very specific manifestation of maintaining feudal hierarchy and the feudal system in the feudal era. Additionally, with the development of social productive forces and the improvement of construction techniques, especially large-scale government construction projects, the ancients needed to meticulously manage every process of building construction, standardize procedures, and strictly evaluate labor costs, objectively requiring scientific management and procedural standardization of various construction projects. The Yingzao Fashi compiled by Li Jie during the Northern Song Dynasty is one of China's ancient most systematic and complete architectural regulation compendia, officially published as the for the first time.