Suzhou architecture has become a wonderful flower in the world architectural garden with its unique natural and geographical conditions, profound cultural and artistic accumulation and superb architectural technology. Suzhou's ancient buildings are not only numerous, but also complete in variety, including government offices, guild halls, neighborhood shops, ancestral halls in Yizhuang, academy art gardens, garden houses, granary post stations and so on. However, among these ancient buildings, Suzhou Garden is the only one famous in the world, but as a whole, the mansion where the garden owner lives and many ancient houses in Suzhou are little known.
This book selects 29 brick-carved gatehouses built in Ming and Qing Dynasties and makes detailed mapping.
These 20 selected residential surveying and mapping materials are like 20 pearls, reflecting the long history, exquisite art and splendid culture of Suzhou ancient residential buildings. Now, Fu Zi will be realized, hoping to give readers who like ancient buildings and Suzhou culture a joy.