Chinese Architecture Design

Hakka people have tried to maintain their own culture and customs. They built theearthen complexes to guard against invasion from local bandits. The Earthen Buildingsare also small conlmunities which allow them to keep their own way of life...

The Earthern Buildings are dotted around the mountain triangle where Fujian, Jiangxi and Guangdong provinces meet. About g0, 000 of these earthen buildings are in South China. The huge buildings resembling fortresses are called earthen buil...

in this luxurious residence, there are halls in the front and the rooms at the back with 3entrances and 40 closed sides. The front is lower and the back is higher, and the courtyardcomplied with the various requirement. The design of the bu...

China is rich in traditional residential inheritance. The residences in Shanx[ Province represent the residential inheritance in north China. A number of residences lying scattered throughout Shanxi have been renovated and opened in recent...

Pingyao lies in the middle drainage area of the Yellow River and on the western bank of Fen River in Shanxi province, the birthplace of Chinese civilization, It is a city with a unique style of a nlost perfectly preserved county in China as...

Local people have set up an Ancient Music Association in 1988 to play Naxi ancient music (Dongjing Music). Some pieces of the Dongjing Music are from the Tang Dynasty (618--907) and the Song Dynasty (960--1879). Dongjing Music was used in a...

The Location of Lijiang Beneath snow-capped peaks, ancient Lijiang City covering an area of 1. 5 squarekilometers is located on lhe embankment of Lijiang (Hu Li River) in Yunnan Province.More than 4, 000 families live in the city, which inc...

Siheyuans, cool in summer and warn/ in winter, are ideal for outdoor activities. Aresident of Siheyuan can tell the time of day by looking at which side of his courtyard iscasting shadows on the cobblestone under his feet. He can wake in th...

Basically, Siheyuan consists of four houses facing four directions, enclosed by walls, forming the shape of a square. Generally speaking, quadrangles are roofed with grey tiles and built with grey bricks. The pillars are painted vermilion a...

Siheyuan (Quadrangles), in Chinese, literally means four-side enclosed courtyardswith houses. Throughout Chinese history, Siheyuan composition was the basic patternused for residences, temples, palaces, monasteries and families. Records sho...

Hutongs, having a history of more than 800 years, are alleys forined by rows ofneighbouring Siheyan ( traditional-style, single-story houses with rows of rooms aroundthe four sides of a courtyard). The history of Hutung can be traced back t...

earth". Marco Polo praised Hangzhou as "the finest and most splendid city in tileworld. " Classical gardens of Suzhou have been listed in the World Cultural Heritages byUNESCO in 1997. Suzhou is particularly well known for its Four Renowned...

Private gardens were owned only by bureaucrats, landlords, wealthy merchants, andthe scholars in Chinese history. Private gardens were found all over China during theMing and Qing dynasties with the development of economy and the culture ex...

The Summer Palace lies in the northwest suburb of Beijing. Covering a total area of two hundred and ninety hectares, it consists of Longevity Hill (59 meters high) and Kunming Lake (290 hectares). Being a famous classical imperial garden of...

The Summer Palace is divided into an administrative area (The Hall of Benevolenceand Longevity) , a scenic area and an imperial residential area (The Hall of Happinessand Longevity). Emperors and empresses of the Qing Dynasty were entertain...

Located 250 kilometers to the northeast of Beijing, the Imperial Mountabl SummerResort (the Mountain Hamlet to Flee the Heat, Chengde) lies in a hill-encircled basinand looks out over placid lakes. The resort encompasses more than 560 hecta...

Apart from the general features of classical Chinese gardens; most imperial gardens are marked in salient features in particular. Imperial gardens were built on a grand scale, to generate an image of the imposing magnificence of the absolut...

Chinese gardens built with natural scenes have developed under the influence ofupholding its culture after nature. The gardening art which stresses an artistic and poeticeffect has made brilliant achievements. China is traditional architect...

A Chinese garden usually mixes construction with man-made landscapes and naturalgarden designs, which exert much more dominance over nature. Horticulture is alsoincluded to reflect the talents and achievements of Chinese architecture. Take...

Most of the private gardens were concentrated in Chang'an (the capital city) andLuoyang during the Tang Dynasty (618407). The tendency was to build small gardenssuitable for the functions of daily life. Private gardens usually included hous...