What are the characteristics of traditional Chinese architecture?

From the primitive religious outlook to the emergence of the patriarchal system, from the clan to the emergence of feudal centralization, as well as from the sacrificial offerings to the manufacturing of agricultural, military and industrial products, the idea of the "unity of man and heaven" has always been the axis of the Chinese people's potential for designing artifacts.

As the driving force behind the design of artifacts, thought determines the original form of all artifacts, i.e., the design of artifacts is an external representation of the materialization of thought and spirit. Therefore, the history of the development of design ideas reveals the law that the essence of design is people, not products.

Expanded Information

Tradition is the rational and emotional identity and **** knowledge of the country or region, belonging to the category of culture. The general form of traditional culture determines the basic form of traditional architecture. Traditional architecture also reflects the form of traditional culture from a certain point of view. These two are inseparable.

Tradition is thus characterized by national and local colors. Chinese traditional architecture is precisely the most wonderful and intuitive inheritance carrier and expression of China's time-honored traditional culture and national characteristics.

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia - A Brief History of the Development of Chinese Design Thought

Baidu Encyclopedia - Traditional Chinese Architecture