Disadvantages:
— Their durability is not as good as structures of brick or stone.
— wood grows very slowly and cannot be cut on a large scale recklessly.
• However, there are some down sides to having all of these decorations of the roof.
• The tremendous weight could eventually bring down the entire complex.
•Palace
The Chinese word for "palace" is Gong. The Forbidden City of Beijing, which still stands intact and which served as the imperial palace for both Ming and Qing emperors (1368-1911) covers an area of 720,000 square meters and embraces many halls, towers, pavilions and studies measured as 9,900 bays. It is one of the greatest palaces of the world. In short, palaces grew into a veritable city and are often called Gongcheng (palace city).
• Not only protect residences from the elements, they also had a deeper meaning.
• The curve of each roof can be no more than a sweep and the most intricate designs on the roof are almost always pointing south-east.
— used for enjoying the sights
Pagoda (Ta)
Buddhism came to China during the Eastern or Later Han period. The oldest monastery (siyuan) on Chinese ground is the White Horse Monastery (Baimasi) in Luoyang. A pagoda can also be seen as a symbol for a monastery. By the way, the word "pagoda" derives from the Sanskrit word bhagavat (cf. the book Bhagavatgita) "holy".
Functions of terraces : — as an observatory (观象台） — as beacon towers(烽火台) along the Great Wall — in honor of the sincere friendship
Storeyed Building
A lou can refer to any building of two or more storeys with a horizontal main ridge.
— the wooden framework bears all the weight of the building, which makes the installation of both the outer and inner walls flexible and able to be placed in accordance with practical needs
•Pavilion
A common sight in the country, the Chinese pavilion (ting, which means also a kiosk) is built normally either of wood or stone or bamboo with any of several shapes - square, triangle, hexagon, octagon, a five-petal flower, a fan and more. But all pavilions have columns for support without walls. In parks or some scenic places, pavilions are built on slopes to command the panorama or are built by the lakeside to create intriguing images by water.
architecture.
Types of Chinese Architectures
• Palace (Gong) • Pavilion (Ting) • Storeyed Pavilion (Ge) • Terrace (Tai) • Storeyed Building (Lou) • Pagoda (Ta)
Functions of lti-story buildings : — for military use — as private homes — as belvederes（望景楼） — as bell and drum towers
storyed pavilions
The Chinese Ge is similar to the Lou in that both are of two or more storey buildings. The difference between them is that the Ge has a door and windows only on the front side with the other three sides being solid walls. Moreover, Ge is usually enclosed by wooden balustrades or decorated with boards all around.
Islamic Mosques A mosque （清真寺） is a place of worship for followers of Islam.
• Tombs and Mausoleums（陵墓建筑）
People of all social classes had their tombs carefully built. Over the centuries, the craft of tomb construction gradually merged with arts like painting, calligraphy and sculpture. It eventually became its own art form.
Buddhist Temple Constructions
Buddhist Temple Constructions in China include Buddhist temples, monasteries, pagodas, Buddhist halls and grottoes, which are called si （佛寺）, ta （佛塔）, dian (佛殿）and shiku （石窟） in Chinese respectively.
• The ridges of each roof carries figurines and/or mythical creatures.
Architectural Features of palaces:
--The ancient palaces were strictly laid out on central axis. -- Yellow roof tiles were used. --The wooden columns of the buildings, as well as the surface of the walls, tend to be red in color. --The Chinese dragon was heavily used on Imperial
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Advantages:
— materials for constructing such structures were easily available and construction methods were relatively simple
— the wooden frame structures are shock-resistant, because the parts are linked by tenon-and-mortise (榫卯) joints so that they are safer in earthquakes
terraces
As an ancient architectural structure of Chinese, the tai was a very much elevated terrace with a flat top, generally built of earth and stone and surfaced with brick.
Courtyard House（院落式民居）