What are the categories of ancient architecture in China

One, residential architecture--Sichuan Guang'an ancient town, Jiangxi wuyuan, Shaanxi residential, Yunnan residential.

The residential architecture is people to meet the most basic needs of life to create residential buildings, is the earliest historical building types. Most of them are mainly courtyard type, and have strong regionality in style and craft practice.

Second, the palace building - Beijing Imperial Palace, Shenyang Imperial Palace.

Palace is the emperor to live and deal with the imperial government courtyard-style complex, is a symbol of imperial power!

Palace architecture has a grand scale, richly decorated, luxurious furnishings and other characteristics.

Three, ceremonial buildings - Beijing Temple of Heaven Prayer Hall, Beijing Temple of Heaven Royal Dome, Ancestral Hall.

The altar temple building is to express the reverence and gratitude to heaven and earth, ancestors and hold a variety of sacrificial activities, also known as ceremonial buildings.

Four, religious buildings - Shaolin Temple, Baiyunguan, Grotto Temple five, garden buildings.

Religious buildings are the main places where people engage in religious activities, including Buddhist temples, pagodas, grotto temples, Taoist Taoist temple, Islamic mosques and so on, temple buildings in addition to grotto temples, most of them are courtyard-style buildings!

Fifth, garden architecture - the Royal Garden (Summer Palace), private gardens (Suzhou Humble Administrator's Garden), Landscape Garden (Hangzhou West Lake).

Garden architecture mainly includes: pavilions, platforms, buildings, pavilions, pavilions, boats, corridors, lounges, Xuan, halls, pavilions, bridges, docks, canopies, ground, etc.. Chinese traditional garden architecture can be divided into three categories: private gardens, royal gardens, landscape gardens.

(1) private garden architecture: the largest number in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Famous private gardens are: Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, a garden, send broken mountain villa, Suzhou, the Humble Administrator's Garden, Liouyuan, net garden, coupling garden, Chayuan, Wuxi, Wuxi, Shen Garden, Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province, Lanting, and so on.

(2) Royal Garden Architecture: existing mainly concentrated in the Beijing area, such as the Beijing title and the Garden (the original Garden of the Ripples), Xiangshan (the original Jingyi Garden), Yuanmingyuan, Beihai, Zhonghai, Nanhai, Jingshan, and the Chengde Summer Resort in Hebei.

(3) Landscape architecture: in the natural landscape environment, suitable for the construction of some garden buildings, increase the appreciation of the natural landscape grade and interest, to meet the functional needs of people visiting, but also to play the finishing touch. Landscape architecture in the country a lot, such as: West Lake in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, six bridges Su Causeway, three pools, the Flower Harbor, etc., Yunnan Kunming, Daguanlou, Sichuan Qingchengshan pavilions, pavilions, Huangshan, Anhui, Shandong Taishan, Wuyishan, Fujian and other scenic spots in a number of landscape architecture, and so on.

Six, mausoleum building - the Ming Tombs, the Qing East Mausoleum seven, the facilities of the building.

Tomb building is the burial of the deceased and the descendants of the dedicated place of worship. Ancient Chinese people generally attach importance to burial, the layout of most of the Chinese mausoleum is surrounded by walls, four sides of the door, the four corners of the construction of the corner of the corner tower.

Because of the state and social life function needs, and the creation of facilities buildings or structures, mainly military defense facilities of the Great Wall and passes, water conservancy facilities of the dykes, gates, traffic and water transportation facilities of the bridges, wharves and so on.

Seven, facility buildings - the Great Wall, Suzhou Baodai Bridge.

Because the state and social life function needs, and the creation of facilities buildings or structures, mainly military defense facilities of the Great Wall and passes, water conservancy facilities of the dykes, gates, traffic and water transportation facilities of the bridges, piers and so on.

Facility building types are:

(1) military defense facilities: such as the Great Wall of the Badaling section of Beijing, the Great Wall of the Mutianyu section, the Great Wall of the Jinshanling section of Hebei, the Great Wall of the Shanhaiguan section of Hebei, the Great Wall of Gansu Jiayuguan, and the citadel, the Great Wall of Gansu Jiayuguan, and so on. In China's coastal areas in order to prevent Japanese invasion built a lot of sea defense strongholds, such as Zhejiang Taizhou Linhai Great Wall, the famous Shandong Penglai Dengzhou Wei is a naval defense castle.

(2) water conservancy facilities: irrigation, flood control, such as the famous Sichuan Dujiangyan, Guangxi Lingqu. Many areas in China, especially in the rich water system of Jiangnan, there are more water conservancy facilities remaining, such as embankments, dams, gates and so on.

(3) Transportation and water transportation facilities: transportation facilities are mainly bridges, wharves and trestles, such as the famous Anji Bridge in Zhaoxian County of Hebei Province, Anping Bridge in Jinjiang, Fujian Province, Baodai Bridge in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, Wan'an Bridge in Changqiao Town of Pingnan County of Fujian Province, and Lugou Bridge in Beijing.

Eight, other buildings - Flower Pagoda of Qinghua Temple, Pai Lou, Shuyuan.