Ten Most Beautiful Ancient Buildings in China
1. Potala Palace
Potala Palace is a palace-style building complex, which was built on Mount Maburi in Lhasa. As we all know, this complex was built by Songzan Gambu to marry Princess Wencheng. The whole Tibetan palace was built halfway up the mountain, and a large area of stone walls below made the building more magnificent.
2. The Forbidden City in Beijing
Located in the center of Beijing's central axis, the Forbidden City in Beijing covers an area of 720,000 square meters, with more than 70 palaces and more than 9,000 houses. It is one of the largest and best-preserved ancient wooden buildings in the world. This royal palace, based on the Forbidden City in Nanjing, is said to have nine beams, eighteen columns and seventy-two ridges due to its complex internal structure.
3. Mount Hengshan Hanging Temple
Mount Hengshan Hanging Temple is famous for its precipitousness. Built in 49 1 year, it is a unique temple integrating Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism. This temple hangs from the cliff and becomes the first of the 18 scenic spots in Hengshan Mountain. 20 10 was rated as one of the top ten buildings in the world by Time magazine.
4.Xi Wild Goose Pagoda
Xi Wild Goose Pagoda is the earliest and largest existing quadrangle-style brick pagoda in Tang Dynasty in China. Located in the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, with a total height of 64.38+07m, it is divided into seven pagodas. This brick tower is a landmark building that combines the architectural forms of ancient Indian Buddhist temples and embodies the wisdom of ancient working people in China.
5. Suzhou Classical Gardens
Suzhou Classical Gardens is a general term in a broad sense, referring to China Classical Gardens located in Suzhou. Among them, Humble Administrator's Garden, Lingering Garden, Master Garden and Huanxiu Villa, which are listed in the World Cultural Heritage List for the first time, are the masterpieces and pride of China gardens.
6. Yongding Hakka Tulou
Yongding Hakka earth building is a unique architectural art treasure of the Chinese nation, including U-shaped earth building, square earth building, round earth building and other complete earth buildings. Because of its unique architectural style and long history and culture, the oldest tulou in this tulou group is Fuxin Building, which has a history of 1200 years, and this tulou group has also been positioned as one of the top ten business cards in Fujian Province.
7. Summer Palace Wisdom Sea
The Summer Palace is a royal garden built in the Qing Dynasty. It is a royal palace with the reputation of "Royal Garden Museum", and the Wisdom Sea is a beamless Buddhist temple located at the highest place in the Summer Palace. The colorful outer layer of the building is decorated with yellow-green glazed tiles, and the glazed Buddha embedded in the outer wall of the main hall makes the whole building more magnificent and colorful.
8. Huzhou Fei Ying Building
Fei Ying Tower is a traditional ancient building in Tang Dynasty, enjoying the reputation of Huzhou. It is famous for its unique Tarita structure. The inner tower of Fei Ying Tower was built in Tang Yizong period, and the outer tower was built in Kaibao period of Northern Song Dynasty. Later, due to lightning damage, the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties have repeatedly protected and repaired it. This rare ancient pagoda in China is currently a provincial cultural relic protection unit.
9. Fujian Anzhenbao
Anzhenbao is a national 4A-level tourist attraction and is known as the "national treasure". This large-scale residential building built in Yangtou Village, Huainan Town, Fujian Province, with an overall area of 10000, has attracted the attention of many experts in National Cultural Heritage Administration. Professor Chen Zhihua from Tsinghua University evaluated it as the best-preserved large-scale wooden structure in China.
10. Shanxi Hong Fei Building
Hongfei Tower is a pavilion-style tower built in Han Dynasty, which was rebuilt in the sixth year of Jiajing in Ming Dynasty. It will be equipped with colors.