Architectural Styles
Five Dynasties & Ten Kingdoms
Alt names / subperiods
Timeline
Distinguishing Features
Geographic Presence
907–960
- Simplified Designs
- Increased Use of Brick and Stone
- Modular Construction
- Focus on Military & Defensive Structures
- significant Regional Variations
- Central and Northern China (surrounding the Five Dynasties capitals)
- Southern China – Kingdoms such as Wu and Min and cities like Hangzhou and Nanjing.
Common Building Types
Landmark buildings
Historic Accommodation Types
Accommodation Examples
- City Walls & gatehouses
- Palaces
- temples
- fortifications
- pagodas
- marketplaces
- Residences
- Liuhe Pagoda Hangzhou
- Guanyin Pavilion Suzhou
- Baoguo Temple Hangzhou
- Dingzhou Pagoda
- Qianling Mausoleum near Xian
- Wutaishan Temples
- Government relay / postal stations (驿, yì)
- Official guest residences (馆 / 馆舍)
- Commercial inns / guesthouses (旅店 / 客店 / 客舍)
- Merchant hostels and warehouse-lodging (客栈-type functions)
- Temple and monastery lodging (寺院住宿)
- Canal/river-route lodging
- Private hosting networks
- Military/fortified stops (north/frontier travel)
- Commercial inns / guesthouses in Jingyuan In Hangzhou (Wuyue), Nanjing/Jinling (Southern Tang), Guangzhou (Southern Han)
- Temple and monastery lodging – Kaiyuan Temple (Quanzhou, Fujian), Lingyin Temple (Hangzhou, Zhejiang); Tiantai / Guoqing Temple network (Zhejiang)
- Canal and river lodging zones in Yangzhou, Suzhou & Hangzhou canal cities;
Landmarks
Original Accommodation
Adapted Visitor Accommodation
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