Development of Sanjianlianglang in Guangzhou (China) in late the 19th – the first half of the 20th century by example of county-level city Kaiping

Abstract

The article considers the evolvement of the main type of non-urban area development in the Guangdong province that is sanjianlianglang in the period of active Europeanization of traditional Chinese architecture. The process of transformation is considered on the example of buildings of the city county-level city Kaiping. The town-planning structure of the settlements built on this type of constructions is studied. The layout structure and the principle of construction of the spatial composition are analyzed. Moreover, its evolution and transformation that gave the possibility to classify different types of sanjianlianglang are studied. The characteristic features of both traditional and eclectic buildings, as well as buildings of the transition period, that links sanjianlianglang and luju, are highlighted. The study revealed the features of these constructions, which formed the basis of the space-planning structure of residential buildings in rural areas of the region. Among those the features of functional zoning, as well as the use of traditional elements such as tianjing (illuminated well) and the altar of ancestors are emphasized.