Contents Briefing

One could understand a country first from its architecture. Architecture is a miniature of the history of human, a kind of living memory, and a simple language easy to understand. Chinese traditional architecture coexists with European architecture and Islamic architecture as the three architectural systems in the world. Each single room, building, hall, temple, bridge, pagoda, contains abundant meaning of culture, history, politics, religion, society, and so on. This book, in the form of telling stories, introduces the cultural connotation of different forms of Chinese architecture.

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Formally established in July 1, 1952, Foreign Languages Press (FLP) is a comprehensive publishing house targeted at the international market; it specializes in editing, translating and publishing foreign-language books for readers abroad. It also publishes foreign-language textbooks, reference books and books in Chinese.

The FLP is an imprint of the China Foreign Languages Publication and Distribution Administration (China International Publishing Group).

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