Suspended ceiling tiles (tian hua), also known as canopies (ding peng), are generally located inside the hall or room of classic buildings.
Mar 28, 2024Ventilation bricks (toufeng zhuan) are typically installed on the gable walls (side walls) and rear walls of classic Chinese buildings.
Mar 28, 2024Assorted patterned windows (shijin chuang) are a type of window style in traditional Chinese garden architecture.
Mar 28, 2024Sparrow braces (que ti) are components of ancient Chinese architecture.
Mar 15, 2024Door-head pins (men zan) are wooden components utilized to secure the name plaque of a structure onto the horizontal middle beam of the structure’s door-head.
Jan 29, 2024A curtain frame (lian jia) is a wooden framework built outside the two central partition doors of the main hall of a traditional-style building.
Dec 08, 2023The chaoshou passageway (chaoshou youlang) is a common form of corridor in traditional Chinese architecture.
Dec 06, 2023Early in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), people started to build Western-style buildings in China. During the Qianlong reign (1736-1795) in the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), Western-style architecture came into being in Yuanmingyuan (the Old Summer Palace), a former royal resort in Beijing that was burned down by invading British and French military forces in 1860 during the Second Opium War (1856-1860).
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