CHINESE ARCHITECTURE

1. Ancient Chinese Architecture Enjoys A Long History And Great
Achievements , And Created Many Architectural Miracles Such
As The Great Wall. In The Process Of Its Development ,
Superior Architectural Techniques And Artistic Design Were
Combine To Make Unique Chinese Architecture Be One Of The
Three Greatest Architectural System.

2.  Ancient Chinese Architecture Creates Many Architectural
Miracles Such As The Great Wall.
 Ancient Chinese Architecture Features Unique Timber
Framework That Clearly Identifies Supporting And Bonding
Structure.
 Timber Framework Decides That Colour Is The Main
Ornament Used On Ancient Chinese Architecture.
 Yellow Colour Was Deemed As The Noble Colour And Green
The Second , These Colour Were Often Applied On Palace
Painting , Which Was Called Hexicaihua [A Kind Of Chinese
Colour Painting]in China.
 Usually Dragon And Phoenix Was Painted On Green
Background With Mass Gold Powder Or Gold Foil.

3. IMPERIAL ARCHITECTURE
BUDDHIST ARCHITECTURE
TAOIST ARCHITECTURE
GARDEN ARCHITECTURE

4.  These tombs were always magnificently deluxe and consisted of finest
structures of the period.
 In vicissitude of the history ,imperial mausoleums scattered around
places , which used to be capital of different dynasties.
 Most imperial mausoleums have broad ways called shendao [the sacred
way]at the entrance.
 Number nine[9] carry a special meaning in ancient china when it was
deemed that odd numbers represent yang while even number yin.
 Dragon and phoenix in chinese respectively are totems of chinese
people. They were used to represent emperors and their consorts.

5.  Palaces are the place where emperors live and practice their
reign.
 The forbidden city , also called the imperial place , set up
under the reign of Ming dynasty , covers an area of 7,20,000
square metres, consists more than 9,900 palaces and other
structures.

6.  Chinese buddhist architecture consists of temple , pagoda and
grotto.
 Buddhist architecture was introduced into china with buddhism
during the Han dynasty.
 This architecture follows symmetric style stricly.
 Pagoda is also the main integrating part of the buddhist
architecture. The highest pagoda existing stands 40 metres
high And enjoys of 400 ears lifespan after survival of several
earthquakes. among the 3000 existing pagodas they are all
Timber Pagoda, Brick Pagoda, stone Pagoda, bronze Pagoda and
iron Pagoda.
 Another Buddhist architecture is proto Complex which is caves
hewn and clif walls, The famous Magao Caves yungang grottoes
and longmen grottoes were all carved them.