Chinese Architecture
Architecture, by definition, is the art or science of planning and building structures. Those are the words used to describe architecture in a dictionary but architecture is so much more than a study of how a building is built. Architecture is a product of human activities, and it is also a mirror of human life. Buildings reflect many things life environment, both political and cultural, as well as habitual and geographical environments. This paper is about Chinese architecture; its history, the basic structural elements that make up a Chinese building and the spiritual side of all the grand Chinese buildings.Firstly, if one is to understand Chinese architecture then one must know something of China’s history because the creation and development of a national architecture has its roots in the cultural background of the nation. The nation of China has been around for around 5000 years, which perhaps the longest history that any nation or culture can lay claim to. China’s architecture was influenced by religion and myth, philosophy and politics, science and superstition, humanity and ritual. All of these elements were constantly confronting and
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Decorations Chinese, City Bejing, Feng Shui, Road Chinese, History Firstly, Shui Architecture, Yanggong Fanggong, Buddhism China, Yin Yang, Style Xi, chinese architecture, feng shui, western world, chinese buildings, western architecture, chinese building, building materials, yin yang, roof decorations, building constructed, qin han dynasties, structural elements chinese, contrast western architecture, basic structural elements,
Approximate Word count = 2353
Approximate Pages = 9 (250 words per page double spaced)
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