Chinese Architecture

Part I of Essay
Traditional can be classified into four categories: residential houses, royal palaces, recreational structures, and temples. The basic feature of the is rectangularity- shaped units of space joined together into a whole. Their style combines rectangular shapes varying i ....

Part II of Essay
.... from us. Wood to the Chinese respectes life, and “life” is the main thing in Chinese culture. This feature has been preserved up to the present. Builders would apply a lacquer to the wood to preserve it. These lacquers were made in bold colors, and this became one of the key ways to identify Chinese architecture. The highly varied color found on a traditional Chinese building have a symbolic meaning to the Chinese culture. People would paint dragons, flowers, birds, and landscapes on these buildings. These are called murals that are p ....