What are the artistic styles of ancient architecture in China?

During the Warring States, Qin and Han Dynasties, the plane combination and appearance of buildings were mostly symmetrical to emphasize the importance of the central axis, but in order to meet the functional and artistic requirements of buildings, various styles were formed.

First, there was a layout of deep courtyard in the late Shang Dynasty. In the Han Dynasty, the courtyards of high-grade buildings were equipped with doors and cloisters, which set off the last main building and made it more solemn and magnificent. The temples carved in Yinan Stone Tomb in the Eastern Han Dynasty can be represented. This method developed greatly in the Jin and Southern and Northern Dynasties.

Second, the low and small secondary houses, scattered roofs and raindrops on doors and windows set off the towering central main part, making the whole group present a master-slave and changeable outline, such as the residential houses and docks reflected by the Hamming device.

Third, there are square pavilions with up to three or four floors in the funerary wares. Each floor is supported by a bucket with a flat seat on it, and the pavilion is divided into several floors. Although this method of adding railings to the eaves has been seen in bronzes during the Warring States period, in the Han Dynasty, the structural technology of wooden frame was reasonably used to meet the requirements of shading from the sun, sheltering from rain and overlooking the railings. At the same time, the eaves and chairs of each floor are picked out and put in rhythmically, which makes the appearance of the building stable and changeable, produces the contrast between light and shade of each part, and creates the special style of China pavilion-style architecture. The wooden tower was built in this pavilion.