What are the characteristics of ancient architecture in China?

Wood frame structure has been adopted in ancient buildings in China for a long time, that is, wood columns and beams form the skeleton of the house, and the weight of the roof is transferred to the columns through the beams, and then to the ground through the columns. The wall does not bear the main weight in the building structure, but only acts as a partition.

2 building purposes

Most of the ancient buildings in China are connected by courtyards with symmetrical axes.

3 architectural color

From the Han Dynasty to the Tang Dynasty, the exposed parts of the wooden structures of buildings were painted with vermilion and the walls were painted with white powder. It is characterized by the combination of red and white, bright and pleasing to the eye, and simple and bright color sense. Song Dynasty preferred elegance to elegance, focused on taste, and pursued stability and simplicity in architectural color and interior decoration, which was influenced by Confucianism and Zen philosophy in Song Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty inherited the light and elegant tradition of the Song Dynasty, while the Qing Dynasty moved towards a gorgeous and complicated style.

4 spatial layout

The closed internal space combination, tortuous architectural sequence, euphemistic and soothing architectural rhythm and dignified and natural architectural decoration design of traditional buildings in China give people a cordial, warm, comfortable and cozy aesthetic psychological feeling. In traditional buildings in China, most of them are flat group layout, and individuals are subordinate to the whole and pursue harmony.