Chinese architecture

Introduction
The elements of traditional Chinese architecture
Stylistic and historical development to 220 ce
- Neolithic and Shang dynasty (c. 1600–1046 bce)
- The Zhou dynasty (1046–256 bce)
- The Qin (221–206 bce) and Han (206 bce–220 ce) dynasties
Stylistic and historical development from 220 to 1206 ce
- The Three Kingdoms (220–280) and Six Dynasties (220–589)
- The Sui (581–618) and Tang (618–907) dynasties
- The Five Dynasties (907–960) and Ten Kingdoms (902–978)
- The Song (960–1279), Liao (907–1125), and Jin (1115–1234) dynasties
Stylistic and historical development, 1206–1912
- The Yuan dynasty
- The Ming dynasty (1368–1644)
- The Qing dynasty (1644–1911/12)
Stylistic and historical development since 1912
- The influence of foreign styles
- Into the 21st century

References & Edit History Related Topics

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Beijing: Forbidden City

Principal sites of prehistoric and Shang China

Qin tomb: terra-cotta statues

Han dynasty funerary banner

Guanyin and bodhisattvas

Zhang Zeduan: Going up the River at Qingming Festival Time

Fogong Temple: timber pagoda

Beijing: Forbidden City

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Chinese architecture, the built structures of China, specifically those found in the 18 historical provinces of China that are bounded by the Tibetan Highlands on the west, the Gobi to the north, and Myanmar (Burma), Laos, and Vietnam to the southwest. The first communities that can be identified culturally as Chinese were settled chiefly in the basin of the Huang He (Yellow River). Gradually they spread out, influencing other tribal cultures until, by the Han...

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