4. The Development of Timber-Frame Architecture during the Two Jins and the Northern and Southern Dynasties

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4. The Development of Timber-Frame Architecture during the Two Jins and the Northern and Southern DynastiesFu Xinian, Nancy S. Steinhardt (Editor), Alexandra Harrer (Translator)Traditional Chinese Architecture: Twelve EssaysThe three hundred years of disunion under the Two Jins and the Northern and Southern Dynasties (281–581) are a turning point between the combined earth and wood structural frameworks of Han and dramatic buildings with curved lines that appear in the Tang dynasty. The Han and Tang styles and construction methods are in sharp contrast to each other, so the development from one system to the...AuthorFu Xinian, Nancy S. Steinhardt (Editor), Alexandra Harrer (Translator)PublisherPrinceton University PressCopyright©2017 by Princeton University PressRelated print edition pages: pp.97-139 https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.003584 Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-23701Copy Chapter subject tags:Architecture--China--HistoryChina--History--Han dynasty, 206 B.C.-220 A.D.China--History--Jin dynasty, 265-420China--History--Northern and Southern dynasties, 386-589Buddhist cave temples--ChinaWooden-frame buildings