Song Dynasty: With the development of economy, handicraft industry and science and technology, the architects, carpenters, technicians, engineers, bucket system, building structure and modeling technology in Song Dynasty reached a high level. The architectural style is becoming more and more systematic and modular, and the architecture gradually appears free and changeable combination, which blooms a mature style and a more professional appearance. In order to enhance the indoor space and lighting, the column lowering method and the column moving method were adopted, which increased the number of stories of huge bucket arches on beams and columns, and even appeared irregular beam-column layout, jumping out of the neat pattern of beam-column layout in Tang Dynasty. There are various types of architecture in Song Dynasty, among which pagodas, stone bridges, wooden bridges, gardens, imperial tombs and palaces are prominent.
Yuan: In terms of architecture, cultural exchanges and arts and crafts of various ethnic groups have brought new factors, which has made China's architecture present some new trends. During this period, the column-dropping method was widely used, but the full column network was still used in formal buildings, and Lamaism architecture had a new development. The orthodox position of Han traditional architecture has not wavered in this period and continues to develop. The bucket arch function of official buildings is further weakened, the proportion of bucket arch is gradually reduced, and the number of patching shops is further increased. In addition, due to the tradition of Mongols, a number of Ding Dian Dian Dian Dian Dian, Brown Mao Dian and Wei Wu Er Dian appeared in the imperial palace in the Yuan Dynasty, which is unprecedented: the urban planning and palace architecture in this period were used by later generations; the capital Gyeonggi and Nanjing, the largest existing ancient city in China, benefited from the planning and management of the Ming Dynasty. During this period, the art and technology of wood structure have been further developed in architecture, and the image of official architecture has become more rigorous and stable. There are many works made of different materials, such as masonry, glass, hardwood and so on. And bricks have been widely used in the walls of residential buildings.
Qing Dynasty: The Ming and Qing Dynasties were the last development stage of China's ancient architectural system. During this period, although the technology and modeling of ancient architecture in China became more and more stereotyped, remarkable achievements were made in the combination of architectural groups and the creation of space atmosphere.
The greatest achievement of architecture in Ming and Qing dynasties was in the field of gardens. The private gardens in the south of the Yangtze River in Ming Dynasty and the royal gardens in the north of Qing Dynasty are the most artistic ancient buildings. China has built a large number of palaces throughout the ages, but only the palaces of the Ming and Qing Dynasties-the Forbidden City in Beijing and the Forbidden City in Shenyang-have been preserved so far and become priceless treasures of China culture. The existing ancient cities and houses in the north and south were basically built during this period. Beijing and Nanjingcheng are the most outstanding representatives of Ming and Qing cities. The quadrangles in Beijing and houses in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces are the most successful examples of houses in China. Tanmiao and Huangling are both important buildings in ancient times. At present, Beijing still retains the highest-level temple dedicated to the Temple of Heaven in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, dedicated to heaven and earth, the country and the ancestors of the emperor. One of the most outstanding representatives is the Tiantan in Beijing, which still touches people's hearts with its wonderful art connecting heaven and earth. The Ming tombs have their own style on the basis of inheriting the previous generation, while the Qing Dynasty basically inherited the system of the Ming Dynasty. The Ming Tombs are the most outstanding artistic achievements in Ming and Qing tombs.