From the initial Primitive Society, slave society, feudal society to the reform and opening up society, through the precipitation of history, every stage of architecture in China has unique beauty.
Most of them were double bedroom connected semi cave dwellings, with a flat plan in the shape of “L ü”, which was very different from the layout of houses in the matrilineal clan society.
Due to the high water content and frequent water and animal disasters in the region, people first used mortise and tenon technology to construct wooden structures and developed drywall style buildings.
One of the larger palaces has a rammed earth platform with a residual height of about 80cm, about 108m from east to west, and about 100m from north to south.
One is the Yangtze River Basin.
In the Yangshao village ruins discovered in Jiangzhai, Lintong, Shaanxi, the residential area is generally centered around a vacant land, surrounded by several large houses and other smaller houses, arranged in a circular pattern, which also reflects the living conditions of the matrilineal clan society.
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Among them, the architectural site discovered in Hemudu Village, Yuyao, Zhejiang is an example of a drywall style building that was about 6000 to 7000 years ago.
The Erlitou Site in Yanshi, Henan is a site of the Xia Dynasty city and also the earliest courtyard style rammed earth building in China.
Another type is the clan tribes in the Yellow River Basin, which use loess layers as walls and build semi cave dwellings with wooden frames and grass mud, gradually developing into buildings on the ground and forming settlements.
And Chinese ancient architecture has a long history, from cave dwelling in the wilderness to pavilions and pavilions, all of which demonstrate the wisdom of ancient working people.
Primitive Society period — shelter about 500000 years ago, in the long years of Primitive Society, our ancestors knew to use natural caves as shelters to shelter from wind and rain and to avoid the attacks of beasts.
The establishment of the Xia Dynasty marked the beginning of China’s slave society in the 21st century BC, when the palace complex was established.
There is a palace above the rammed earth platform, with a width of eight rooms and surrounded by corridors, which is the appearance of an early closed corridor garden in China
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Afterwards, during the Shang Dynasty and Western Zhou Dynasty, the slave society reached its peak, and the Spring and Autumn Period began to transition to a feudal society.
Gradually, from the difficult construction of cave dwellings and nests to mastering the technology of building houses on the ground, primitive wooden frame buildings were created to meet people’s basic living and public activity needs.
At this time, the architecture can be basically divided into two major systems: the north and the south.
Next came the patriarchal clan society, during which houses had traces of private ownership by families.
