The Architecture of China

Traditional Chinese architecture can be classified into four categories: residential houses, royal palaces, recreational structures, and temples. The basic feature of the Chinese architecture is rectangularity- shaped units of space joined together into a whole. Their style combines rectangular shapes varying in size and position according to importance into an organic whole. Each level is clearly distinguished. So, these Chinese style buildings have a powerful and appealing exterior. When people come to China the first …

…were covered with colorful and attractive tiles. With the coming of Buddhism the only change in Chinese architecture was the buildings of pagodas. These pagodas were built of brick and tile. For nearly 2000 years Chinese architecture stayed almost the same. Now the buildings you see in China are more made of stone products then wood. Chinese architecture has always been very beautiful in every shape and form and it continues to be just as beautiful.