Chang'an was the capital of my country during the Tang Dynasty. At that time, it was the most prosperous, affluent and civilized city in the world, and was longed for by people from all over the world. The architecture of the Tang Dynasty developed to a mature period and formed a complete architectural system. It is large in scale, majestic, handsome in shape, solemn and generous, neat but not rigid, gorgeous but not delicate, stretched but not ostentatious, simple but full of vitality - it is the perfect embodiment of the spirit of the times! The wooden architecture of the Tang Dynasty achieved the unity of artistic processing and structural modeling. Building components including brackets, pillars, beams, etc. all reflected the perfect combination of strength and beauty. The architecture of the Tang Dynasty was simple and simple, solemn and generous, with simple and bright colors. The main hall of Foguang Temple in Mount Wutai, Shanxi Province is a typical Tang Dynasty building that embodies the above characteristics.

Song Dynasty:

The Song Dynasty developed in economy, handicraft industry and science and technology, which made the Song Dynasty's architects, carpenters, craftsmen, engineers, dougong system, building structure and modeling technology reached a very high level. Building methods are also becoming increasingly systematic and modular, and buildings are gradually showing free and changeable combinations, blooming mature styles and having a more professional appearance. In order to enhance the indoor space and lighting, the column reduction and column shifting methods were adopted. The number of layers of large and thick brackets on the beams and columns increased, and irregular beam and column layouts appeared, which jumped out of the Tang Dynasty beam and column layout. Neat mode. There are various types of buildings in the Song Dynasty, among which the outstanding buildings are pagodas, stone bridges, wooden bridges, gardens, imperial tombs and palaces.

Yuan:

In terms of architecture, cultural exchanges among various ethnic groups and arts and crafts have brought new factors, which have led to several new trends in Chinese architecture. During this period, the column reduction method was widely used, but formal buildings still used a full column network, and there was a new development in Lamaist architecture. The orthodox status of Han traditional architecture was not shaken during this period and continued to develop. The role of brackets in official-style buildings has been further weakened, the proportions of brackets have become smaller, and the number of intervening pavings has further increased. In addition, due to the Mongolian tradition, there were several Zhuding Halls, Brown Hair Halls and Uighur Halls in the palaces of the Yuan Dynasty, which was unprecedented.

Ming:

This The urban planning and palace architecture of this period were used by later generations: the capital Beijing and Nanjing, the largest existing ancient city in China, both benefited from the planning and management of the Ming Dynasty. During this period, the art and technology of wooden frames were further developed in architecture, and the official The image of Chinese-style architecture is more rigorous and steady, and its decoration, paintings, and decorations are becoming increasingly stereotyped; many works of different materials such as masonry, colored glaze, and hardwood are left in the decoration and furnishings. Bricks have been widely used in building walls in residential buildings.

Qing Dynasty:

The Ming and Qing Dynasties were the last stage of development of the ancient Chinese architectural system. During this period, although ancient Chinese architecture was increasingly finalized in terms of technology and shape of individual buildings, it made remarkable achievements in the combination of building groups and the creation of spatial atmosphere.

The greatest achievement of Ming and Qing architecture was in the field of gardens. Private gardens in the south of the Yangtze River in the Ming Dynasty and royal gardens in the north in the Qing Dynasty are the most artistic ancient architectural complexes. 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 to this day and have become priceless treasures of Chinese culture. The existing ancient cities and residential buildings in the north and south were basically built during this period. Beijing City in the Ming and Qing Dynasties and Nanjing City in the Ming Dynasty are the most outstanding representatives of the cities in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. The courtyard houses in Beijing and the folk houses in Jiangsu and Zhejiang are the most successful examples of Chinese folk houses. Both altars and temples and imperial mausoleums were important buildings in ancient times. Currently, Beijing still has relatively complete preservation of the country’s highest-level altars and temples used in the Ming and Qing dynasties to worship heaven and earth, the land and emperors’ ancestors. The most outstanding representative among them is the Temple of Heaven in Beijing, which still impresses people with its magical art of connecting heaven and earth. The imperial mausoleums of the Ming Dynasty were unique on the basis of inheriting the shape of the previous generation, and the Qing Dynasty basically inherited the Ming Dynasty system. The Ming Tombs have the most outstanding artistic achievements among the imperial tombs of the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

In addition, you can refer to the link below for the differences in architectural decoration styles of the Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties. I hope it will be helpful to you.