Architectural Styles
Xia Dynasty
Alt names / subperiods
Timeline
Distinguishing Features
Geographic Presence
2070-1600 BCE
- Rammed earth (hangtu) for walls, platforms & foundations
- timber posts and beams
- Palatial compounds on elevated platforms
- Residential and storage structures
- Ceremonial or proto-temple enclosures
- Axial symmetry
- hierarchical spatial order
- Likely hipped or gabled roofs with thatch or clay tiles
- Walled cities with gates and moats
- ritualized spatial hierarchies and aesthetic order
- Bronze foundries & workshops
- Gridded roadways
- China
Common Building Types
Landmark buildings
Historic Accommodation Types
Custom Hotel Examples
- Palatial Halls (Gong / Palace complexes)
- Residential Houses
- Workshops / Industrial Buildings
- ‘Storage Buildings / Granaries
- Ritual Buildings / Temples (proto-temples)
- City Walls and Gates
- Burial Structures / Tombs
- Roads and Courtyards
- Defensive Towers / Watch Platforms
- Erlitou Palace Complex (Palace No. 3 & No. 5)
- Erlitou Urban Layout (City of Erlitou)
- Erlitou Bronze Foundry
- Erlitou Ceremonial Platform / Altar
- Wangchenggang Walled Settlement
- Yanshi Site (Erlitou Culture Phase)
- Xia Elite Tombs (Erlitou Necropolis)
- Xia Capital cities – Daxia, Chong, Gaomi, Yangcheng, Yangzhai, Jinyang, Pingyang, Anyi, Zhenxun, Diqui, Shangqui, Lun, Xiayi, Yuan, Laoqui, Xihe
- Guest Halls within Palatial Compounds
- ‘Clan or Tribal Host Residences (Communal Hospitality)
- Way-Stations near City Gates or Roads (Proto-Post Stations)
- Religious or Ritual Hospitality
- Caravan or Trade Stopovers (Market Compounds)
- yizhan network
- No evidence remaining
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