What are the styles of ancient Chinese house building

①Serious and solemn memorial style. Mostly embodied in the ritual architecture, mausoleum architecture and religious buildings with special meaning. Characterized by the group combination is relatively simple, the main image is prominent, rich in symbolic meaning, the scale of the building, modeling and meaning of the content have some special provisions. For example, the ancient Mingtang Paiyong, the emperor's tomb, large altar, and Buddhist architecture in the vajra throne, the altar of precepts, the Great Buddha Pavilion and so on.

② graceful and ornate palace type style. Mostly embodied in the palace, residence, government offices and general Buddhist temples and monasteries. Characterized by a rich combination of sequences, the primary and secondary, groups of buildings in the volume of the size of the right mix, in line with the normal aesthetic scale; single building modeling proportions rigorous, appropriate scale, decorative splendor.

3 kind and pleasant residential style. Mainly embodied in the general housing, including clubs, stores and other people most often use the building. It is characterized by the sequence of combination and the close combination of life, scale is pleasant and not curved; building inward, simple modeling, exquisite decoration.

4 free and euphemistic garden style. Mainly embodied in private gardens, but also includes part of the royal gardens and mountain temples. It is characterized by rich spatial changes, the scale and form of the building eclectic, light color, exquisite decoration; more importantly, the combination of architecture and flowers and landscape, the natural scenery into the building.