Imperial Gardens of the Tang Dynasty 西安大唐芙蓉园

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Architecture of the Tang Dynasty
http://english.cri.cn/1702/2005-2-18/14@207619.htm

The Tang dynasty (618-907) was an age of social, economic and cultural prosperity in China's feudal society. It was also a time of growth for architecture and the arts. The architecture of this period is grand with integral layouts.

The Tang capital city of Chang-an (today's Xi‘an) and the east capital Luoyang both have huge palaces, gardens, and government offices with well-organized layouts. Chang-an was the grandest city of the world at that time, and its layout was also the most formatted of all the ancient Chinese capitals. The Daminggong of the emperor palace in Changan, for instance, was very majestic. Its site occupied an area more than three times that of the Forbidden City of the Ming and Qing dynasties.

The Tang timberwork unified art and structural formation. Dugongs (a system of brackets in Chinese building, wooden square blocks inserted between the top of a column and a crossbeam), pillars and girders combined perfectly for strength and aesthetics. They looked simple, but grand with concise bright colors. The main hall of the Feguangsi Buddhist Temple on the Wutai Mountain in Northern China's Shanxi province is a typical example of this construction.

Brick and stone buildings were also further developed during this time. Most Buddhist Towers were made of these materials, including the Dayanta and Xiaoyanta Tower in Xian, and the Qianlixun Tower in Dali.

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Tang dynasty garden location

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Chinese architecture in the Tang Dynasty







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Wow, this looks awesome!

Would've been nice had they not used a modern Hei font and in Simplified Chinese for this label though lol

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I wonder why they don't have Penzai ?!

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[PeoplesPoster]

Originally Posted by HKG

Not that traditional really, more of a revisionist interpretation. There probably aren't any existing Tang Dynasty gardens, but does anyone know of good illustrations of such?

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I love this thread . Any more pictures?

[Celebriton]

It's too modern for ancient Imperial Garden of Tang. It look fake.

I love the authentic one, at least 100% replica.

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Originally Posted by Celebriton

It's too modern for ancient Imperial Garden of Tang. It look fake.

I love the authentic one, at least 100% replica.

Well it beats not building any of these right? besides ancient method of using wood and other crappy stuff aren't safer and durable than these.

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But that is what people want to see, the authentic one. They can use steel and concrete as the foundation (or inside, that no one can see). But outside they can use original material and design. It strong but it also look and feel authentic.

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That building is in Xian. It is part of a theme park.

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Xian city in spring

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Xian city in spring