The Architecture of China
Title: The Architecture of China
Category: /Arts & Humanities
Details: Words: 769 | Pages: 3 (approximately 235 words/page)
The Architecture of China
Category: /Arts & Humanities
Details: Words: 769 | Pages: 3 (approximately 235 words/page)
Traditional Chinese architecture can be classified into four
categories: residential houses, royal palaces, recreational structures, and
temples. The basic feature of the Chinese architecture is rectangularity-
shaped units of space joined together into a whole. Their style combines
rectangular shapes varying in size and position according to importance
into an organic whole. Each level is clearly distinguished. So, these
Chinese style buildings have a powerful and appealing exterior. When
people come to China the first
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were covered with colorful and
attractive tiles. With the coming of Buddhism the only change in Chinese
architecture was the buildings of pagodas. These pagodas were built of
brick and tile. For nearly 2000 years Chinese architecture stayed almost
the same. Now the buildings you see in China are more made of stone
products then wood. Chinese architecture has always been very beautiful in
every shape and form and it continues to be just as beautiful.