ANCIENT CHINESE ARCHITECTURE Flashcards
what are the three parts that Chinese Architecture is characterized with?
Rammed Earth Podium, TImber Columns, and Pitched or Gabled Roof
dug into the ground, square shaped, and 50-80 cm deep with a slant slope
Square Shaped Houses
most built on ground with small wooden column on all side lined as wall, slanted line as wall
Round Shaped
dwellings that is carved out of the side of a cliff, and sometimes faced with bricks or stone
cliff side dwellings
pit dwellings, carved on hillside, created after digging a 10 m deep courtyard, and rooms dug off horizontally from the main courtyard
yaodongs
characterized of having fire walls known as fire barrier between house to prevent spreading of flames
Houses in southern anhui Provinceteration aka Hui style Architecture
what do you call the fire walls in Hui style architecture?
Horse head wall
- houses in Fujian Province
- an earthen building (made in clay) which a traditional dwelling of hakka people. described as an enclosed structure that is circular shape and housing multiple families
Tulou
stone houses are occasionally built in mountainous region, as most provinces in china have scarcity of stone, but abundant in timber
brick house with timber structure exposed in guangxi province
yurts
traditional dwelling housed of inner mongolians a circular tent of felt or skins on a portable framework
literally meaning quadrangle in Chinese, refers to a common traditional Chinese compound. Such compounds have a history of over 2,000 years; they date back in embryonic form to the Western Zhou Period (1045– 770 BC).
Siheyuan
3 main sections of a single module of Siheyuan
- Main Gate and the worker’s quarters
- The House Proper
- The kitchen and the back of house
comprises of the “Main Gate” and a terrace of worker’s quarters to the left of the “Main Gate” and the horseman station to the left
frontal portion of the main gate and worker’s quarters
the main gate is always located to what side looking from the street?
right side
