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    Chinese architecture (simplified Chinese: 中国建筑; traditional Chinese: 中國建築; pinyin: Zhōngguó jiànzhú) is the embodiment of an architectural style that has...
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    Chinese Islamic architecture, Sino-Islamic architecture, or Islamic architecture of China are terms used to indicate the architectural tradition and cultural...
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    Traditional Chinese house architecture refers to a historical series of architecture styles and design elements that were commonly utilized in the building...
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    Chinese architecture, the descriptions of its elements are often translated into Western terms and architectural theory, losing their unique Chinese meanings...
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    and Roman architecture shifted focus to civic virtues. Indian and Chinese architecture influenced forms all over Asia and Buddhist architecture in particular...
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    Chinese temple architecture refer to a type of structures used as place of worship of Chinese Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, or Chinese folk religion...
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    unique style of architecture with influences from Buddhism and Korean Confucianism. Having been deeply influenced by Chinese architecture, traditional Korean...
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  • traditional Chinese elements with modern culture in China. In architectural design, Chinese cultural elements and neoclassical architecture were combined...
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    In architecture, Chinese Chippendale refers to a specific kind of railing or balustrade that was inspired by the "Chinese Chippendale" designs of cabinetmaker...
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    Chinese art Chinese art is visual art that originated in or is practiced in China, Greater China or by Chinese artists. Art created by Chinese residing...
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  • Chinese culture exerted profound influence on the philosophy, customs, politics, and traditions of Asia. Chinese characters, ceramics, architecture,...
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    Pagoda (redirect from Chinese pagoda)
    Chinese pagodas (Chinese: 塔; pinyin: Tǎ) are a traditional part of Chinese architecture. In addition to religious use, since ancient times Chinese pagodas...
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  • Traditional Chinese roofing refers to the numerous types of roofing, and roofing elements, employed in historic Chinese architecture. Traditional Chinese architecture...
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    Paifang (redirect from Chinese arch)
    pailou, is a traditional style of Chinese architecture, often used in arch or gateway structures. The word paifang (Chinese: 牌坊; pinyin: páifāng) was originally...
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    Lingnan architecture (Chinese: 嶺南建築; Jyutping: Ling5 naam4 gin3 zuk1), or Cantonese architecture, refers to the characteristic architectural style(s) of...
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    caisson (Chinese: 藻井; pinyin: zǎojǐng; lit. 'water plant well'), also referred to as a caisson ceiling, or spider web ceiling, in Chinese architecture is an...
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    has media related to Architecture of the Song Dynasty. Ming architecture Chinese architecture Caihua Chinese Palaces List of Chinese inventions 考工记 匠人营国...
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    the Chinese Sui and Tang dynasties led to the foundation of the first permanent capital in Nara. Its checkerboard street layout used the Chinese capital...
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    approach. Some architectural firms in China that practise experimental architecture seek to combine traditional ideas of Chinese architecture with new experimental...
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    A Chinese pavilion (Chinese 亭, pinyin tíng) is a garden pavilion in traditional Chinese architecture. While often found within temples, pavilions are not...
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    of China's most influential non-governmental architectural accolades and has increasingly shaped international perceptions of Chinese architectural practice...
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  • more by Chinese culture. Military officers built ramparts and mansions; Chinese people immigrated to build houses with Chinese architecture. Lý dynasty:...
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    residences of the Chinese emperor and the traditional Chinese palatial architecture, and has influenced cultural and architectural developments in East...
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    Caihua (category Chinese architectural history)
    Caihua (Chinese: 彩畫; pinyin: cǎihuà), or "colour painting", is the traditional Chinese decorative painting or polychrome used for architecture and one...
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    Liang Sicheng (category Chinese architectural historians)
    (Chinese: 梁思成; 20 April 1901 – 9 January 1972) was a Chinese architect and architectural historian, known as the father of modern Chinese architecture...
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    whole, conveying a message about the infinite in Hindu cosmology. In Chinese architecture, the tulou of Fujian province are circular, communal defensive structures...
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  • sacred buddhist architecture in China. Traditional Chinese architecture are mostly of wooden structure, yet there are no wooden architectures before Tang...
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    Fluting in architecture and the decorative arts consists of shallow grooves running along a surface. The term typically refers to the curved grooves (flutes)...
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    A siheyuan (Chinese: 四合院; [sɹ̩̂.xɤ̌.ɥɛ̂n]) is a traditional Chinese architectural style characterized by a courtyard enclosed by buildings on all four...
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  • This is a timeline of architecture, indexing the individual year in architecture pages. Notable events in architecture and related disciplines including...
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