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1、ChinesearchitectureChinesearchitecturereferstoastyleofarchitecturethathastakenshapeinEastAsiaovermanycenturies.ThestructuralprinciplesofChinesearchitecturehaveremainedlargelyunchanged,themainchangesbeingonlythedecorativedetails.SincetheTangDynasty,Chinesearchitecturehashadamajorinfluence
2、onthearchitecturalstylesofKorea,Vietnam,andJapan.ThearchitectureofChinaisasoldasChinesecivilization.Fromeverysourceofinformation—literary,graphic,exemplary—thereisstrongevidencetestifyingtothefactthattheChinesehavealwaysenjoyedanindigenoussystemofconstructionthathasretaineditsprincipalch
3、aracteristicsfromprehistorictimestothepresentday.OverthevastareafromChineseTurkistantoJapan,fromManchuriatothenorthernhalfofFrenchIndochina,thesamesystemofconstructionisprevalent;andthiswastheareaofChineseculturalinfluence.Thatthissystemofconstructioncouldperpetuateitselfformorethanfourt
4、housandyearsoversuchavastterritoryandstillremainalivingarchitecture,retainingitsprincipalcharacteristicsinspiteofrepeatedforeigninvasions—military,intellectual,andspiritual—isaphenomenoncomparableonlytothecontinuityofthecivilizationofwhichitisanintegralpart.—Liang,Ssu-ch'eng,1984[1]Throu
5、ghoutthe20thCentury,Western-trainedChinesearchitectshaveattemptedtocombinetraditionalChinesedesignsintomodernarchitecture(usuallygovernment),withonlylimitedsuccess.Moreover,thepressureforurbandevelopmentthroughoutcontemporaryChinarequiredhigherspeedofconstructionandhigherfloorarearatio,w
6、hichmeansthatinthegreatcitiesthedemandfortraditionalChinesebuildings,whicharenormallylessthan3levels,hasdeclinedinfavorofmodernarchitecture.However,thetraditionalskillsofChinesearchitecture,includingmajorandminorcarpentry,masonry,andstonemasonry,arestillappliedtotheconstructionofvernacul
7、ararchitectureinthevastruralareainChina.FeaturesArchitecturalbilateralsymmetryAnimportantfeatureinChinesearchitectureisitsemphasisonarticulationandbilateralsymmetry,whichsignifiesbalance.BilateralsymmetryandthearticulationofbuildingsarefoundeverywhereinChinesearchitecture
