Architecture in China Flashcards

Vocabulary flashcards covering Chinese architectural terms, historical sites, and monuments from the lecture materials.

Forbidden City

The Ming-Qing dynasty imperial palace complex located at the center of Beijing.

Banpo Settlement

A Neolithic settlement sector (ca. 4500-3500 BCE) enclosed by a moat, featuring a central "Great House" and residences with pyramidal and circular roofs.

Shimao East Gate

The remaining stone outer wall and gate structure at Shimao in Shenmu, Shaanxi, dating to 2000-1700 BCE.

Palace 1, Erlitou

An early Chinese palace courtyard complex site located in Yanshi, Henan.

Wangcheng

The ideal theoretical layout of a "ruler's city," illustrated in Nie Chongyi's Sanlitu (originally 962 CE).

Wall of Qufu

The capital wall structure of the state of Lu in Shandong, dating to the second half of the first millennium BCE.

Zhaoyutu

A bronze architectural map grid measuring 94 by 48 by 1 cm, ca. 313 BCE, excavated from the tomb of King Cuo of the Zhongshan kingdom in Pingshan, Hebei.

Jieshi Palace

A Qin dynasty palace site located at Shibeidi, Suizhong, Liaoning, on the coast of the Bohai Sea.

Mausoleum of the First Emperor Plan

An imperial tomb plan with a N-S elongated axial layout, inner/outer walls, and terra-cotta warrior pits stationed to the east, facing east.

Taixie Foundation

An architectural foundation technique consisting of a massive rammed earthen core surrounded and wrapped by layered timber-framed platform structures.

Mingtang

A ritual hall structure from the early first century CE, reconstructed as a central building within a square enclosure surrounded by a circular outer boundary.

Chiwei

Decorative ornaments placed at the ends of the main ridge of traditional Chinese roofs.

Que (Gao Yi Tomb)

A stone mother-and-child style gate tower along the spirit path approach to the tomb of Gao Yi in Ya'an, Sichuan, dated to 209 CE.

Eastern Han Money Tree

A bronze funerary object set in a glazed earthenware base dating to 100–200 CE, likely from Sichuan province.

Hunping

A glazed stoneware "soul jar" excavated in Nanjing, Jiangsu, dating to the Western or Eastern Jin period, adorned with architectural models and miniature figures.

Endere Stupa

A third-century Buddhist stupa elevated on a high platform, located in Endere, Xinjiang.