Architectural Styles
Southern & Northern Dynasties
Alt names / subperiods
Timeline
Distinguishing Features
Geographic Presence
420–589
- Buddhist Influence
- Brick and Stone Construction
- upward-curving eaves & roofs
- Elaborate carvings
- decorative motifs
- Cave Temples
- Eastern & Northern China
- Shanxi
- Shaanxi
- Jiangsu
- Henan
- Zhejiang provinces
Common Building Types
Landmark buildings
Historic Accommodation Types
Accommodation Examples
- Buddhist Temples
- Pagodas
- Cave Shrines
- Lingyan Temple
- Yungang Grottoes Datong
- Longmen Grottoes Luoyang
- White Horse Temple Luoyang
- Temple of the Six Banyan Trees Guangzhou
- Songyue Pagoda
- Government relay / postal stations (驿, yì)
- Official guest residences (馆 / 馆舍)
- Commercial inns and lodging houses (店 / 旅店)
- Temple lodging (Buddhist and Daoist)
- Monastic hostels and charity lodging
- Private hospitality networks
- Boat-based lodging (river travel)
- Frontier garrisons / fortified stops (north)
- Government relay / postal stations on major corridors linking Luoyang/Ye region or Jiankang
- Buddhist temple lodging (寺院) – Shaolin Temple (Henan); Yungang / Longmen Buddhist sites; Southern capital monastery networks (Jiankang/Nanjing region)
Landmarks
Original Accommodation
Adapted Visitor Accommodation
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