• Chinese Vernacular Dwellings (English Edition): People‘s Daily Life with Their Houses – Nine Traditional Communities
  • Chinese Vernacular Dwellings (English Edition): People‘s Daily Life with Their Houses – Nine Traditional Communities
  • Chinese Vernacular Dwellings (English Edition): People‘s Daily Life with Their Houses – Nine Traditional Communities
  • Chinese Vernacular Dwellings (English Edition): People‘s Daily Life with Their Houses – Nine Traditional Communities
  • Chinese Vernacular Dwellings (English Edition): People‘s Daily Life with Their Houses – Nine Traditional Communities
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Chinese Vernacular Dwellings (English Edition): People‘s Daily Life with Their Houses – Nine Traditional Communities

Chinese Vernacular Dwellings (English Edition): People‘s Daily Life with Their Houses – Nine Traditional Communities

Beijing Quadrangle Courtyards, Huizhou Dwellings, Shaoxing Riverside Houses, Minxi Clay Buildings, Kaiping Diaolou, Ganlan Wood Houses, Lijiang Old Town and Tibetan Watchtowers — How Architecture Grows from Daily Life
This is not an architectural history textbook, and it is not a coffee-table book of pretty houses. It is a book about how Chinese people actually live inside their traditional homes—and why those homes look the way they do. You visit nine communities: the courtyard houses of Beijing, where families share a single square of sky; the white-walled, black-tiled Huizhou villages of Anhui; the riverside houses of Shaoxing, built around water; the earthen buildings of Fujian, designed for defense and clan life; the fortified towers of Kaiping, built by overseas Chinese; the wooden stilt houses of Guangxi; the old streets of Lijiang; and the stone watchtowers of Tibet. For each one, the book explains the environment, the building techniques, and the daily customs of the people who live there. If you want to understand Chinese architecture through the lives of the people inside it—rather than study a dry technical survey or flip through a picture album—this is it.
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Discover the Timeless Beauty of China‘s Traditional Homes

“Chinese Vernacular Dwellings” is an engaging, visually rich exploration of the spaces that shaped Chinese daily life for generations. Authored by renowned architecture expert Shan Deqi and translated by Wang Dehua, this volume offers English-speaking readers a rare window into the diversity of China‘s residential heritage. -1-2

Whether you‘re an architecture enthusiast, a cultural traveler, or a reader curious about how ordinary Chinese people lived, this book provides an accessible yet authoritative guide.

What You’ll Find Inside:

  • Iconic Dwellings: Detailed introductions to the Beijing Quadrangle Courtyards with their “imposing dwellings and spacious courtyards,” and the distinctive Huizhou dwellings, including the picturesque villages of Hongcun and Xidi. -2

  • Cultural Context: The book goes beyond architecture, showing how living habits, behavioral patterns, and spatial organization intertwine. It explores the “people‘s daily life with their houses.” -1-4

  • Visual Journey: Filled with full-color photographs that bring these architectural treasures and their environments to life. -2

About the Series:
This book is part of the “Cultural China” series, which aims to present the overall character of Chinese culture through representative topics. Written by scholars and experts, these volumes are designed to be both informative and enjoyable for international readers.

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