What is the difference between the ancient palace, hall, pavilion, pavilion and other buildings, and what is the role of each?

Palace before the Qin Dynasty is the general name of China's residential buildings, from the princes and feudal lords to the residence of the common people can be called palace, after the Qin and Han Dynasty, became the special name of the emperor's residence

Temple refers to the large houses, after the Han Dynasty has also become the special name of the emperor's residence in the important buildings.

The hall for the palace, ritual and religious buildings are specialized. Hall, the hall of the name appeared in the Zhou Dynasty. The word "hall" appeared earlier, the original meaning is relative to the inner room, refers to the front part of the building open to the outside. The left and right of the hall is organized, there are clip, room on both sides of the room, there are rooms, compartments. Such a group of buildings and collectively referred to as the Hall, referring to the Son of Heaven, the vassals, doctors, the residence of the building. The word "hall" appeared later, the original meaning is the back of the high up the appearance of things; used in buildings, said its shape is tall, the status is remarkable. Since the Han Dynasty, the hall generally refers to the main building in the Yamen and the first house, but the palace, the temple in the secondary building can also be called hall, such as the North and South Dynasties palace in the "East and West Hall"

The pavilion is a traditional Chinese architecture around the open small point building, for people to stay, view, but also used for ceremonies, commonly known as pavilion, appeared in the middle and late North and South Dynasties. "Pavilion" also refers to the ancient grass-roots administrative institutions, with hostel form Pavilion is generally set up in the rest, the view of the shape of the place, such as the mountain, the water, the city, the bridge and the garden. There are also special-purpose pavilions, such as the Pavilion, Well Pavilion, Zaijia Pavilion, Bell Pavilion and so on.

The building and the pavilion in the early days there is a difference. Floor refers to the heavy house, the attic refers to the lower part of the elevated, the bottom of the high-hanging building. The general plane of the attic nearly square, two-story, flat sitting, in the architectural group can live in the main position, such as Buddhist temples have a cabinet as the main body of the Dule Temple Guanyin Pavilion that is an example. The building is more narrow and repair curve, often in a secondary position in the architectural group.