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 a unique style 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 authored by experts, scholars, and professors in the field of ancient Chinese architecture research and teaching. With vivid and concise writing, they present the 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 architecture almost gives everyone a sense of traveling back in time, as if they have passed through a time tunnel to a world from a century or even several centuries ago. For some places, buildings, and people, time seems to have forever frozen at a specific moment in history. This book uses over 100 vivid images and a small amount of classical and elegant text to tell you the architectural stories of Tibet that occurred in ancient times.