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Plan of Imperial Ultimate (Huangji) and Joyful Longevity (Leshou) Halls and proportional relation to other structures, Forbidden City, Beijing

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Description: Traditional Chinese Architecture: Twelve Essays
One of the most important characteristics of Chinese traditional architecture is the arrangement of buildings around courtyards. The courtyard as a fundamental feature of Chinese space goes hand-in-hand with the basic tenet of spatial growth: architecture, and thus courtyards, unfold on the horizontal plane; with the exception of Buddhist pagodas, vertical...
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PublisherPrinceton University Press
Related print edition pages: pp.315-347
https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.0035812

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