Title: Chinese Vernacular Dwellings (Paperback, English Version)
Author/Editor: Shan Deqi
I S B N: 9787508516974
Publisher: China Intercontinental Press
Print Time: 2010-01-01
Version Language: English
Others: Paperback; 1/16; 160 Pages; 380g
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Description:
China has a vast territory and an extremely long history with the natural andcultural environment differing from region to region. Therefore thediversification of Chinese vernacular dwelling is rarely seen in the architecturalhistory of the world. This book has chosen some settlements which arerepresentative and widely spread to introduce basing on the interaction of theliving customs, action characteristics and the space mode of people who inhabitthe traditional vernacular dwellings.Chinese vernacular dwelling is various and colorful. Both the profound andsteady northern vernacular dwellings and the elegant and pretty southernvernacular dwellings contain the philosophy that "human beings should be inharmony with nature" and the ethic views such as superiority and inferiority insocial life, the order of elders and the young, the different treatment towardsmen and women, the differentiation between people in and out of a clan. Thisbook has described the origin, architectural characteristics and the passing-down value of the Chinese traditional vernacular dwellings in a popular waybut with the professional accuracy. This book is dotted with related historicallegends and folklores. Thus, a vivid scroll of Chinese vernacular dwelling wasclearly drawn.
Content:
Introduction
Beijing Quadrangle Courtyards
Huizhou Dwellings
Shaoxing Reverside Dwellings
Minxi Clay Buildings
Architectural Novelty in the Homeland
Ganlan Wood House and Storm-Tossed Bridge
Ancient Lijiang Streets
Tibetan Watchtwoers
Appendix:Chronological Table of the Chinese Dynasties
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