Ancient Chinese Architecture Revealed
Posted by admin on July 3, 2010
The Great Wall of China – Have you ever wondered how people were able to build in the 5th century BC? The wall expands 8,851.8 miles that amazes people with its structure and size. This is how wonderful Chinese architecture could be.
The architecture of China focuses on earth construction, stone carving and piling and timberworks. The usual frameworks used in Chinese structures are timbers. Posts and beams are made of timbers. The usual separators of the different rooms seen in a regular Chinese building are walls which seem to be not affected with the weight of the entire house or building. Moreover, the walls even seem to be separated from the roof and the weight of the said building.
Another famous architectural style of the Chinese is the wood painting. The flower decorations along with glazed roofs and exquisitely-designed windows are part of the Chinese style on architectural decorations. The paintings and carvings remain to be important parts of the Chinese architecture since these are the factors that bring up the beauty and delicateness-looking of a Chinese structure.
Aside from the general factors of Chinese fashion architecture, there are also different other styles that manifest the Chinese way of structuring. Some styles are based on religions while some are based on the themes of the styles themselves. Some of the styles of the Chinese architecture include imperial architecture, Buddhist and Taoist architecture, garden architecture and Chinese temples-oriented styles.
The imperial architecture shows grandness and richness of the Chinese culture. It provides royalty aura and atmosphere and seems to provide all the luxuries that royalties uphold. Moreover, the Buddhist architecture demonstrates then Buddhist religion. This architecture is famous for its calligraphy, pagodas and grottos. This architectural style promotes holiness and the like. The same holiness is experiences from the Taoist and Chinese temples-oriented architectural styles. The Taoist and Buddhist styles manifest their own beliefs and principles with their architectures. Some of these Chinese temples aside from Buddhist and Taoist are Islam mosques and Confucius temples.
Another factor that Chinese architects consider is the Chinese culture. And one of the most famous Chinese-related traditions that architects make use of and consider in building structures is Feng Shui. The principle of Feng Shui circles more on the harmony of nature and human, Yin and Yang balance and the five elements’ reaction toward one another.
Chinese architecture is truly a combination of all the aspects of Chinese culture. The beauty of Chinese architecture magnifies not only with the brilliant principles but also with the richness of the culture incorporated with it.