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Why are all the ancient buildings in China made of wood, while Europeans build houses with stones?

Our building is impatient and eager for quick success. The reasons are that it was built for "people", the dynasties changed rapidly, and people were eager to build palaces quickly and effectively. The rulers must establish the capital in the fastest and most effective way to consolidate the royal power, and the wooden structure just meets the rulers' desire to build the capital quickly.

; Western architecture is not eager for quick success. They have unimaginable patience and perseverance. They have built churches for hundreds of years, such as Cologne Cathedral built more than 600 years ago and Notre Dame de Paris built more than 300 years ago. Their stone buildings are built for "God". For god's sake, the most brilliant achievements have been made in western architecture, which has been built on a long basis. Which of our buildings has a construction period of one hundred years? The Yuanmingyuan and Summer Resort in Qing Dynasty took almost a century to complete. However, this refers to continuous expansion, expansion and merger. In the architectural history of China, there is no continuous construction site around a building in more than ten years.