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In the interior, a system of delicate vaults
and wood braces facilitated the sensation of open space and light. Pagodas
continued being par excellence the religious building. They were constructed in
the beginning of masonry and, mainly in the north; they were decorated with
authentic lattice windows. Although Song architects preferred the height to the
width, are examples of which also wide buildings were constructed and low and
these structures used to go accompanied of patios, balconies and great lobbies,
characteristics that would become more frequent in the periods Yuan and Ming.
Yuan Dynasty. Mongols also made important contributions in the field of the
architecture. Today one thinks that the original structures of capital Mongolia,
Beijing, were greater than those of the Ming structures that replaced them.
Aesthetic Mongol gave superiority to the mass, in clear resistance with the Song
constructions. Great successive halls to be able at the same time to celebrate
real banquets, hearings and the ordinary official acts characterized the Yuan
construction. The project of the great city used by the architects of Beijing
was conserved and adapted by the people in charge of the dynasties Ming and Qing,
and continues remembering the imperial capital Yuan.
Ping Dynasty. Also in the architecture they continued many of the Ming
traditions. Mongols a tendency to the lowest and massive structures had rejected
the delicate Song style initiating that was adopted by Ming architects, who
created many rectangular buildings. The Ming temples conserved some Song
details, like the painted wood figures of the great interior with colorful. As
well, Quing emperors preferred ample interiors, almost singsong, lacking of
details. The palaces, many of which still exist in the city of Beijing, are "the
special trade name" of the Qing architecture and they characterize themselves by
his massive forms tempered by a strict symmetry. The color plays an important
role in these buildings of golden tile roofs, details painted in red and white
marble stairs. Also variants exist, as the summery residence of Yuan - Ming -
Yuan, of century XVIII, based on the palace of Versailles in France. In the
opposite end is the altar of the paradise (initiated in 1420, recovered in
1890), circular structure of three pisis, inspired by the descriptions of the
architectonic styles previous to the dynasty Have. |
