Architectural Styles
Tang Dynasty
Alt names / subperiods
Timeline
Distinguishing Features
Geographic Presence
618–907
- Blend of influences
- Buddhist, Daoist, and Confucian
- Symmetrical Layouts
- lofty tiered roofs
- upward-curving eaves
- Exquisite Carvings & Decorations
- Brick and Stone construction
- Religious and Secular Structures
- Northwest
- central regions of China
Common Building Types
Landmark buildings
Historic Accommodation Types
Accommodation Examples
- Imperial Palaces
- Buddhist Temples a
- Pagodas
- City Walls a
- City Gates
- Residential Buildings
- Giant Wild Goose Pagoda Xian
- Small Wild Goose Pagoda Xian
- Daxingshan Temple Xian
- Famen Temple
- Chang’an [Xian] City Layout
- Imperial Palace (Daming Palace) Xian
- Temple of the Six Banyan Trees Guangzhou
- Longmen Grottoes
- Mogao Caves
- Government relay / postal stations (驿, yì)
- Official guest residences (馆 / 馆舍)
- ‘Commercial inns / guesthouses (旅店 / 客店 / 客舍)
- Temple and monastery lodging (寺院)
- Hostels for merchants on trade routes (Silk Road corridor)
- Canal and river travel lodging
- Tea houses and entertainment quarter lodging (informal)
- Private hosting networks
- Government relay / postal stations on the Chang’an ↔ Luoyang trunk routes or western corridors toward the Hexi Corridor / Silk Road; Official guest residences attached to Chang’an and Luoyang administrative districts; Temple and monastery lodging – Nanchan Temple (Mount Wutai, Shanxi), Foguang Temple (Mount Wutai, Shanxi); Giant Wild Goose Pagoda / Da Ci’en Temple (Xi’an); Trade-route merchant lodging – in oasis towns such as Dunhuang and along the Hexi Corridor
Landmarks
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Adapted Visitor Accommodation
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