CHINESE ARCHITECTURE

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Tallest and straightest of all trees in China

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Persia Nanmu

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Finest of the most emperors; model of all wisdom and sovereign virtue

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Great Yao

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Shang or Yin Dynasty - expansion of land, feudalism

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Wu Wang

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Known for ethics and education

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Confucius

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Founder of Taoism

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Lao Tzu

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Shih Huang Ti

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He divided the Empire into thirty six provinces

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New code of social conduct and a philosophy of new life

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Confucianism

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Offered a doctrine of universal love as his solution to social disorder

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Taoism

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New architectural styles began to develop

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1980s

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Traditional Chinese style blended with Western architectural characteristics

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Opium War

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Official buildings were highly standarized

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Ming and Qing Dynasties

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Temples and islamic mosques were built

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Yuan Dynasty

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Scale of buildings is generally smaller than Tang Dynasty

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Song Dynasty

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Proportion of building components fell into fixed pattern

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Sui and Tang Dynasty

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Output and quality of bricks and tiles are improved

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Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasty

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Improvement of technique on timber structure buildings

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Primitive Han Dynasty

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Modular system; Chinese standard unit to construct all buildings

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Jian

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Chinese roof

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Wu’ Ding

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Chinese bracket Sets

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Dougong

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Chinese timber frame

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Mugoujia

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Chinese pillars and beams

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Tai Liang

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Chinese pillar and transverse tie beam

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Chuan Duo

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Chinese ceremonial gateway

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Pai Lou

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Goal is to locate and orient dwellings, possesions, land and etc so as to be attuned with the flow of qi

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Feng Shui

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Octagonal diagram used in feng shui analysis

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Bagua

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Chinese palaces were emperors live

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Gong

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Chinese pavilion to provide weary wayfarers with a place for rest

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Liang Ting

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Chinese Terrace to serve as observatory, watch towers, military purposes or beacon towers

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Terrace

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Ancient buildings with more than one storey were meant for variety of uses

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Lou

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Storeyed Pavilion for storage of important articles and documents

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Ge

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Usual Number of stories of pagoda

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9 or 13

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Octagonal in plan; Chinese Pagoda

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Ta

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Most influential religion in China

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Buddhism

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Symbol of Buddhism erected in temples

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Pagoda

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Buddhist architecture offen chiseled into cliffs

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Grottoes

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First area where grottoes were hewn

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Xinjiang

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Buddhist temples are called ______.

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Miao

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Buddhist temples color?

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Red or black

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Valued part of national buddhist art

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Stupa

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It is where the seat of Dalai Lama is situated

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Lama Temples

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Two architectural styles of taoist temple

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Traditional style | Bagua style

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Guards the gates of Taoist temple

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Statue of Dragon and Lion

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Mausoleum of first Qin Emperor; constructed over 38 years

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Qin Ling Tomb

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World’s largest palace complex

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Forbidden City

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Built by a number of emperors to protect the northern borders against nomadic tribes

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Great Wall of China

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Used by the emperor to make offerings to the heaven and to prey for a good harvest

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Temple of Heaven

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One of the largest, preserved and most interesting royal gardens in the world

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Summer palace