There are also "tall buildings" in ancient buildings, but the ancients did not have modern technology. How did they do it?

I feel that for thousands of years, the buildings in China have been mainly made of wood, and bricks and stones have always occupied the position of auxiliary materials, so there are few important projects built with stones. Although there were many craftsmen who were good at using stones in ancient China, such as Li Chun, the builder of Sui 'anji Bridge, masons usually used stone methods, such as stone archways and stone goulan in various places, and most of them chiseled stones into mortises and tenons, so they were built like wood, and they didn't know how to use pressure to build them. So this kind of stone buildings collapsed the most.

Almost all palaces, halls of temples and famous pavilions in China are made of wood. We have a grandfather named Luban, who can make anything out of wood. It can be said that the wood structure construction technology is perfect, except that the Great Wall and the city wall are made of stones and bricks.

In addition, China's civilization originated from the two river basins. The vast alluvial plain has accumulated a lot of fertile soil and is covered with forests, while hard stones are stored in the depth of tens of meters under the soil, which is not easy to mine. Another important reason is that China developed productive forces in ancient times and mastered superb metal smelting technology very early. Stone can be processed with stone, but wood processing needs metal! With convenient metal tools, wood processing and mining can be facilitated, so it can be popularized quickly. China's philosophy advocates the unity of heaven and man, conforms to nature and teaches people not far away. Therefore, the buildings in China are relatively low, close to the people, and the roofs are curvy, horizontal and patchy, which makes people feel very approachable. The characteristic of wood is that it can bear load laterally. People in China believe that soil and trees are alive, and they are also energetic when used in buildings, which is the unity of man and nature, while stones are cold and heartless, far away from people.