Architectural Styles

    Yuan Dynasty

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    Distinguishing Features

    Geographic Presence

    Mongol

    Traditional Chinese

    Kublai Khan

     

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    1271–1368

    • Blended Mongolian nomadic influences with traditional Chinese designs
    • Larger Scale
    • Monumentality
    • notable shift to brick and stone construction
    • Arched Doorways and Windows
    • Garden Design
    • Landscape Architecture
    • China, Mongolia, and parts of Central Asia
    • Beijing (Dadu or Khanbaliq)
    • Nanjing
    • Inner Mongolia
    • Xinjiang

    Common Building Types

    Landmark buildings

    Historic Accommodation Types

    Accommodation Examples

    • Palaces
    • temples
    • fortifications
    • pagodas
    • marketplaces
    • Dadu (Khanbaliq) Beijing
    • Yuanmingyuan (Old Summer Palace) Beijing
    • White Dagoba Beijing,
    • Temple of Heaven Beijing
    • Xuanzang Temple Beijing
    • Government relay / postal stations (驿站, yìzhàn)
    • Jam / Yam system (Mongol relay network
    • Commercial inns and guesthouses (客栈 / 旅店)
    • Merchant lodging with warehousing in market hubs and Silk Road-linked towns.
    • Temple and monastery lodging
    • Caravan-style route inns (Silk Road corridors)
    • Urban ward lodging and private hosting networks (common supplement to inns)
    • Water-route lodging (canals, river ports)
    • Relay stations on the Dadu (Beijing) ↔ Hangzhou corridor
    • Commercial inns / guesthouses in Dadu (Beijing) & Hangzhou
    • Temple lodging – Yongle Palace (Shanxi)
    • major monasteries near trade corridors and capitals
    • caravan-style inns in oasis towns along the Gansu / Hexi Corridor

    Adaptive Reuse

    • Fayuan Temple (Fayuansi precinct) (Beijing)

     

    Landmarks

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