Which of the following materials was once used in ancient architecture in China

The materials that used to be used in China's ancient architecture were lime and glutinous rice juice.

According to the Ming Dynasty's Tian Gong Kai Wu (Heavenly Works), lime and glutinous rice juice were commonly used as adhesive materials in China's ancient architecture. Ancient people used glutinous rice as an additive for construction projects, and lime mixed to make glutinous rice mortar, the adhesive effect is comparable to modern cement, generally used in palaces, mausoleums, city walls, water conservancy facilities and other large-scale construction.

Ancient Chinese architecture has a long historical tradition and glorious achievements. China's ancient architectural art is also an important object of art appreciation. And to appreciate the art of architecture, in addition to the need to understand the main features of architectural art, but also to understand some important features of ancient Chinese architectural art, and then through the more typical examples, specific analysis and research. The characteristics of ancient Chinese architectural art are manifold.

The primitive prototype of ancient Chinese architecture

As early as half a million years ago in the Paleolithic Era, Chinese primitive people have known to use natural caves as shelter, Beijing, Liaoning, Guizhou, Guangdong, Hubei, Zhejiang and other places have been found in the cliff caves inhabited by primitive people. By the Neolithic Age, clan tribes in the middle reaches of the Yellow River used layers of loess for walls, and constructed semi-cave dwellings with wooden frames and grass and mud, which in turn developed into buildings on the ground and the formation of settlements.

The Yangtze River basin, due to humidity and rain, often flooding and animal damage, and thus the development of the dry bar type of construction. In this regard, the ancient literature also has a lot of construction of wood for the nest, in order to avoid the group harm, the upper for the nest, the lower camp cave records. According to archaeological excavations, about 6,000 to 7,000 years ago, ancient Chinese people are known to use mortise and tenon construction of wooden frame houses (such as the ruins of Hemudu, Yuyao, Zhejiang Province), the Yellow River Basin has found a number of primitive settlements (such as the ruins of Xi'an half-slope, the ruins of Jiangzhai, Lintong).

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Ancient Chinese Architecture