Ancient buildings refer to civil buildings and public buildings before the founding of the People's Republic of China with historical significance, including buildings during the Republic of China. In China, many ancient towns and most large cities still retain some ancient buildings. As a part of traditional Chinese culture, ancient architectural culture has a high reference value for modern architecture.
There are many ancient Chinese buildings, some of which are also extremely large-scale, forming a beautiful ancient architectural complex, the most famous of which are the following ten.
8. Jin Shrine
Taiyuan Jin Temple Scenic Area, was built in the Northern Wei Dynasty, built to commemorate the second son of King Wu of Zhou, Shu Yu, is a very beautiful scenery of the ancient garden, known as the "small Jiangnan" of Shanxi, is a rare large ancestral hall classical garden in the country, well-known at home and abroad, known as the ancient Chinese architecture museum.
7. Wang's Compound
Wang's compound, located in Lingshi County, Shanxi Province, is built by the Jingsheng Wang family through the Ming and Qing dynasties, more than 300 years, including five lanes and six forts, with a total area of 250,000 square meters, a total of more than 100 courtyards, more than 1,000 houses, and a national key cultural relics protection unit. The compound is known as "the first house of the Three Jin Dynasty", has the reputation of "the Forbidden City of the People", "the first house of Chinese folk houses", and has the saying that "the royal family does not look at the courtyard when they return".
6. Shenyang Forbidden City
The Shenyang Imperial Palace, also known as the Shengjing Imperial Palace, is located in Shenyang City, Liaoning Province, and is the imperial palace in the early Qing Dynasty, with a total area of 63,272 square meters and a construction area of 18,968 square meters. It is not only one of the only two remaining royal palace complexes in China, but also the only one outside the Guanxi of China. The building complex inherits the ancient Chinese architectural tradition in art, integrates the architectural art of the Han, Manchu and Mongolian ethnic groups, and has high historical and artistic value. In 2017, it was rated as a "National First-Class Museum" and a World Heritage Site.
5. Kaiping watchtower
Kaiping Diaolou, located in Jiangmen City, Guangdong Province, is one of the buildings of Cantonese and is the representative of Cantonese culture. Kaiping diaolou is a special type of Chinese vernacular architecture, is a set of defense, residence and Chinese and Western architectural art in one of the multi-storey tower-style buildings, its characteristics are a combination of Chinese and Western dwellings, there are ancient Greece, ancient Rome and Islam and other styles of a variety. Kaiping Bunker is one of the top ten ancient buildings in China, known as the "model of overseas Chinese culture", and is included in the national key cultural relics protection unit, the world heritage list, and is planned to be identified as a national 5A-level tourist attraction.
4. Fujian Tulou
Fujian tulou, produced in the Song and Yuan dynasties, matured in the late Ming Dynasty, Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, known as the "king of tulou" and "the treasure of the country" reputation, it is famous for its grand scale, scientific design, reasonable layout and good preservation, known as "fabulous mountain architecture", included in the world heritage list, national 5A scenic spot.
3. Summer Resort, Chengde Temple Group
The Chengde Summer Resort and its surrounding temples are the summer palaces of the Qing emperors in Chengde and temples built in the form of Tibetan Buddhist temples in Tibet, Mongolia and Xinjiang. It is located in the north of the downtown area of Chengde. It was built in the Kangxi period, after three generations of Kang, Yong and Qian, it took 89 years to basically complete, and many temples including the "Outer Eight Temples" were built around the outside of the villa. Chengde Mountain Resort and its surrounding temples are the largest surviving royal palaces and royal temple complexes in China. Covering an area of 564 hectares and a construction area of more than 60,000 square meters, it is included in the list of world cultural heritage and a world heritage 5A scenic spot.
2. Potala Palace
The Potala Palace, located in Lhasa, Tibet, is a palace-fort-style complex, the winter palace residence of the Dalai Lama in successive dynasties, and the ruling center of Tibet's political and religious integration. The Potala Palace is the essence of the ancient architecture of the Chinese nation, and is known as the "Plateau Temple" and "the Pearl of the Roof of the World". The whole palace has a Tibetan style, majestic, 13 floors in appearance, covers a total area of 360,000 square meters, and the total building area is 130,000 square meters. It is a national key cultural relics protection unit, a world cultural heritage, and a national AAAAA-level scenic spot.
1. The Forbidden City in Beijing
The Forbidden City in Beijing, the imperial palace of the Ming and Qing dynasties of China, formerly known as the Forbidden City, is located in the center of Beijing's central axis. The Forbidden City is centered on the three major halls, covering an area of about 720,000 square meters, with a construction area of about 150,000 square meters, with more than 70 large and small palaces, and it is said that the Forbidden City has a total of 9999.5 rooms. The Forbidden City is one of the world's largest and most well-preserved wooden structure ancient buildings, a national AAAAA-level tourist attraction, a national key cultural relics protection unit, and a world cultural heritage.
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