With the development of handicraft industry and commerce in Song Dynasty, the structure and layout of cities have changed greatly compared with the past. The capital of song dynasty changed the night ban and Li Fang system in Tang dynasty, and began to set up markets along the street, even using tiles. Although the layout of temples, palaces and other buildings is smaller than that of the Tang Dynasty, their artistic images are softer and more beautiful, and many complex pavilions and pavilions have appeared. Due to the extensive use of high tables and chairs, more attention was paid to expanding indoor space, and the temple columns were heightened, and the ratio of bucket arch to column height was higher than that in Tang Dynasty.
Wood-structure buildings have reached a certain standardization, represented by1Li Jie's Camp Law written at the beginning of the 2nd century. This is the first book in China that summarizes architectural design and construction.
With the development of landscape painting, Song people also built a large number of gardens, making use of the original scenery and building pavilions along the slope to gain access to nature, which was higher than nature and influenced later generations for hundreds of years, until the introduction of western garden art today.