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  2. Traditional Chinese house architecture - Wikipedia

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    Traditional Chinese house architecture. Traditional Chinese house architecture refers to a historical series of architecture styles and design elements that were commonly utilised in the building of civilian homes during the imperial era of ancient China. Throughout this two-thousand year long period, significant innovations and variations of ...

  3. Chinese architecture - Wikipedia

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    The tallest pre-modern building in China was built for both religious and martial purposes. The Liaodi Pagoda of 1055 AD stands at a height of 84 m (276 ft), and although it served as the crowning pagoda of the Kaiyuan monastery in old Dingzhou, Hebei , it was also used as a military watchtower for Song dynasty soldiers to observe potential ...

  4. Siheyuan - Wikipedia

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    History. Siheyuan dates back as early as the Western Zhou period, and has a history of over 2,000 years. [1] They exhibit outstanding and fundamental characteristics of Chinese architecture. They exist all across China and are the template for most Chinese architectural styles. Siheyuan also serves as a cultural symbol of Beijing and a window ...

  5. Hakka walled village - Wikipedia

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    Hakka walled village. A Hakka walled village ( Chinese: 围龙屋) is a large multi-family communal living structure that is designed to be easily defensible. This building style is unique to the Hakka people found in southern China. Walled villages are typically designed for defensive purposes and consist of one entrance and no windows at the ...

  6. Forbidden City - Wikipedia

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    The Forbidden City ( Chinese: 紫禁城; pinyin: Zǐjìnchéng) is the imperial palace complex in the center of the Imperial City in Beijing, China. It was the residence of 24 Ming and Qing dynasty Emperors, and the center of political power in China for over 500 years from 1420 to 1924. The palace is now administered by the Palace Museum.

  7. Fujian tulou - Wikipedia

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    The Fujian tulou ( simplified Chinese: 福建土楼; traditional Chinese: 福建土樓; pinyin: Fújiàn tǔlóu; lit. 'Fujian earthen buildings') are Chinese rural dwellings [ 1] unique to the Hakka in the mountainous areas in southeastern Fujian, China. They were mostly built between the 12th and the 20th centuries.

  8. Vernacular residential architecture of Western Sichuan

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    Residential architecture in Shangli Town. The vernacular residential architecture of Western Sichuan is one kind of Sichuan vernacular architecture styles in Sichuan, China. Those vernacular residential areas are located with a densely populated plain with rivers in the west of the Longquan Mountains in Sichuan basin and centered on Chengdu. [1]

  9. How many ‘vacant homes’ does China have right now ... - AOL

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    China’s housing market downturn isn’t just a cyclical correction but also reflects a long-term decline in intrinsic housing demand,” they wrote, noting that 96% of urban households in ...