Why are the ancient buildings in Europe mostly made of stone and the buildings in China mostly made of wood?

1, the theocracy in Europe is greater than the monarchy. Religious buildings are built for God Jesus and must be immortal, so they use stones. Because of the use of stones, the construction period of European religious buildings is long, unlike China, which changed with the rise and fall of dynasties. Notre Dame de Paris and Cologne Cathedral have been poor for hundreds of years.

2. In the history of China for thousands of years, monarchical power has always been greater than theocracy. Religious buildings should first meet the needs of the royal family and the monarch, such as offering sacrifices and worshipping, and the emperor should build ancestral temples. Therefore, most of the buildings built in China are fastidious and practical, and most of them use wood structures.

In fact, there are stone buildings in China, such as tombs and stone pavilions. Most emperors' tombs have been under maintenance since they ascended the throne, and they have been repaired for decades, so these "underground buildings" are mostly stone structures.

Most of the civil buildings in Europe are made of wood, but after the baptism of war and time, most of the religious buildings left behind are made of stone, which gives us the illusion that Europe is all made of stone.

The ancients thought that stones were dead things, and it was not appropriate to build houses with stones.

Paleoanthropologists and archaeologists believe that the backwardness of stone buildings in East Asia in the Stone Age led to the absence of stone buildings in East Asia in later generations, which was a forced helplessness and was caused by the "time difference" of civilization.