Chinese Houses. The architectural heritage of Nation

CONTENTS

Foreword by Jonathan Spence

Part One
-THE ARCHITECTURE OF
-THE CHINESE HOUSE

Part Two
-THE CHINESE HOUSE
-AS LIVING SPACE

Part Three
-CHINA’S FINE
-HERITAGE HOUSES

A Beijing Courtyard House
Mei Lanfang’s Siheyuan
Beijing

Northern Mountain Houses
Chuandixia Village
Mentougou, Beijing

Jiangnan Canal Houses
Homes in Yangzi Delta Watertowns
Jiangnan

An Educator’s Residence
Shen Family Home
Luzhi, Jiangsu Province

A Scholar’s Study
Xu Wei’s Green Vine Studio
Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province

A Millionaire’s Home
Kang Family Manor
Henan Province

A Three-Story Ming Dynasty House
Wang Ganchen’s “Swallow’s Wing Hall”
Chengkan, Anhui Province

A Merchant’s Residence
Wang Dinggui’s “Hall of Inheriting Ambition”
Anhui Province

The Five Phoenix Mansion
Lin Family’s “Fortune in Abundance Tower”
Fujian Province

Round Fortress Ramparts in Fujian
“Inspiring Success Tower” and “Like a Sheng Tower”
Fujian Province

Hakka Encircling Dragons
De Xing Tang and Ning’an Lu Weilongwu
Guangdong Province

A Mandarin’s Mansion in Hong Kong
Man Chung-luen’s Residence
Hong Kong, SAR

A Country Farmhouse
Mao Zedong’s Boyhood Home
Hunan Province

A Landlord’s Village Home
Liu Shaoqi’s Boyhood Home
Hunan Province

Urban Dwellings in Northern Sichuan
Ma and Feng Family Residences
Langzhong, Sichuan Province

A U-Shaped Farmhouse
Deng Xiaoping’s Boyhood Home
Sichuan Province

A Grand Qing Manor and a
Simple Ming Courtyard House
Qiao Family Manor and Ding Family Village
Shanxi Province

The Manor of a Bean Curd Maker
Wang Family Manor
Jingsheng, Shanxi Province

Walled City Residences
Fan Family Courtyard
Pingyao, Shanxi Province

Cave Dwellings of the North
Subterranean Adaptations
Henan, Shaanxi, and Shanxi Provinces

Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgments

ISBN: 978-1-4629-0668-0

Год издания: 2004

Язык: Английский

REVIEW

"Ronald G. Knapp based this exhaustive book on 40 years of research in the Chinese countryside." Icon World Monuments"

"Chinese Houses examines traditional dwellings from a Ming dynasty manor to Mao's boyhood home." --Elle Decor blog

"This scholarly, detailed work, beautifully illustrated with historic black-and-white photos, contemporary color photos, floor plans, and elevations, is recommended for large collections." --Library Journal

"Ronald G. Knapp...based this exhaustive book on 40 years of research in the Chinese countryside." --Icon World Monuments

-Chinese Houses examines traditional dwellings from a Ming dynasty manor to Mao's boyhood home.- --Elle Decor blog

-When a house is used as a museum or tourist site, it loses its vitality, and with no chance to grow and develop, it becomes fossilized. Judging by the eagerness of officials at every level of the government to 'regenerate' the cities...this could be the only way to preserve the old dwellings of China. This book, illustrated with many beautiful photographs and drawings, could serve as the best guide for preserving China's heritage.- --Orientations magazine

-This scholarly, detailed work, beautifully illustrated with historic black-and-white photos, contemporary color photos, floor plans, and elevations, is recommended for large collections.- --Library Journal

-Ronald G. Knapp...based this exhaustive book on 40 years of research in the Chinese countryside.- --Icon World Monuments

-Packed with color photos of both interior and exterior dTcor, Chinese Houses also presents an in-depth survey of the rituals, culture, ornamentation influences, and floor plans of homes across China, from urban to rural dwellings. If it's a strong in-depth history of Chinese home architecture which is desired, look no further than the gorgeous Chinese Houses: it's much more than the coffee table picturebook it appears a first glance.- --Midwest Book Review

"When a house is used as a museum or tourist site, it loses its vitality, and with no chance to grow and develop, it becomes fossilized. Judging by the eagerness of officials at every level of the government to 'regenerate' the cities...this could be the only way to preserve the old dwellings of China. This book, illustrated with many beautiful photographs and drawings, could serve as the best guide for preserving China's heritage." --Orientations magazine

"Packed with color photos of both interior and exterior dTcor, Chinese Houses also presents an in-depth survey of the rituals, culture, ornamentation influences, and floor plans of homes across China, from urban to rural dwellings. If it's a strong in-depth history of Chinese home architecture which is desired, look no further than the gorgeous Chinese Houses: it's much more than the coffee table picturebook it appears a first glance." --Midwest Book Review