Architectural Styles

    Shang Dynasty

    Alt names / subperiods 

    Timeline

    Distinguishing Features

    Geographic Presence

     

    Monarch Divinations

    Wu Ding

    Zu Jia

    Geng Ding

    Wu Yi & Wen Wu Ding 

    Di Yi & Di Xin 

     

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    1600–1046 BCE

     

    1254-1197

    1206-1177

    1187-1135

    1157-1110

    1121-1041

    • Rammed earth (hangtu) for foundations, walls, platforms
    • timber post-and-beam frames
    • wattle-and-daub walls
    • thatch or tile roofing.
    • Buildings on elevated rammed-earth terraces with wooden halls on top
    • paved with stone  
    • plastered
    • Timber post-and-lintel framework organized in modular bays (jian);
    • load-bearing columns around open halls
    • roofs supported by bracket systems.
    • Axial symmetry
    • hierarchical spatial order
    • major buildings oriented north–south
    • compounds enclosed by walls.
    • Walled rectangular cities with moats, gates, and planned roads.
    • sacrificial pits and oracle-bone divination platforms near palatial areas
    • Large pit tombs with ramps, timber chambers, and bronze/jade grave goods
    • sometimes containing chariots and human sacrifices.
    • Painted or carved taotie motifs
    • bronze ritual vessels, and ceremonial objects embedded in architecture
    • use of color
    • ritual symmetry
    • physical manifestation of divine kingship, ancestral worship & hierarchical control
    • China

    Common Building Types

    Landmark buildings

    Historic Accommodation Types

    Custom Hotel Examples

    • Palaces (Gong 宮)
    • Temples / Ancestral Shrines (Miao 廟)
    • Residential Houses (Zhai 宅)
    • Workshops / Foundries
    • Granaries / Storehouses (Cang 倉)
    • City Walls & Gates
    • Tombs / Burial Chambers (Mu 墓
    • Altars & Sacrificial Pits
    • Defensive / Watch Towers
    • Roads & Courtyards
    • Tomb of Fu Hao
    • Yinxu
    • Zhengzhou
    • Erligang
    • Anyang/Yin
    • Panlongcheng;
    • Shang Dynasty capitals
      • Bo (modern Yanshou or Zhangzhou)
      • Ao (Zhangzhou)
      • Fan,
      • Dishi
      • Shang,
      • Shangqui
      • Foot of Mount Tai
      • Yin
      • Yinxu (Anyang)
      • Xiao,
      • Xiang (Anyang)
      • Xing
      • Bi
      • Yan (Qufu)
      • Zhaoge (Hebi)
    • Royal or Official Guest Houses (Reception Halls / Binfu 賓府)
    • Regional Administrative Lodgings (Local Halls / Ting 廳)
    • Clan or Tribal Hospitality (Kinship Lodging)
    • Market or Craft Lodgings (Artisan / Trader Quarters)
    • Caravan or Envoy Camps (Temporary Encampments)
    • Religious or Ritual Lodging (Temple Residences)
    • No remaining evidence

    Landmarks

    Adapted Visitor Accommodation

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