Origin and Development of Dougong and Zaojing in Early China

This book inquiries about the origin of dougong and zaojing in Chinese Bronze Age, and their heavenly interpretations in the Han dynasty (206 BCE-220), with an aim to remind people the rich cultural meanings embodied in these two important architectural elements in early China.

List of contents

Acknowledgments; Prologue; Searching for the Origin of Dougong in the Chinese Bronze Age; The Development of Column and Bracket Sets in the Han Dynasty; The Origin and Development of Zaojing; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index

About the author

Jing Xie is an architectural historian with research interests in the architecture and urbanism of China. He is the author of Chinese Urbanism: Urban Form and Life in the Tang-Song Dynasties (2020) and Heritage-Led Urban Regeneration in China (2017, with Tim Heath).

Product details

• Authors: Jing Xie
• Publisher: Anthem Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9781785279423
• ISBN: 978-1-78527-942-3
• No. of pages: 138
• Series: Anthem Impact
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; China, HISTORY / Asia / China, ART / Asian / Chinese, ARCHITECTURE / History / Ancient & Classical, History of Art, History of Architecture, Asian History, BCE period – Protohistory