Urban Architecture
Cities of the Tang era (C.E.618-907) built on the earlier Chinese court art traditions that date to the Shang dynasty (1766-1122/I027 B.C.E.). They made a conspicuous public statement about orderly Chinese society and became the architectural models for Chinese capital cities at Kaifeng (then called Pien-ching) in northern China (C.E.960-1127). Hangzhou in southern China (E.E.1127-1279), and Beijing (C.E. 1271-1644). They also inspired Kyongju, the capital city of Unified Silla Korea (C.E.668-918) and the Nara and Kyoto capital cities of imperial Japan(C.E. 710-1185)
Tang cities, which were protedted by defensive walls and gates, also were based on the cardinal points of the compass. The Tang imperial city of Changan (modern-day Xian) had major east-west and north-south thoroughfares that defined the subdivisions of the city. The imperial palace com-pound was in the north; beyond the palace and out -side the northern city walls was an imperial park that included a large artificial lake, Which served as a royal hunting preserve and private space for the emperor and his court.
At the extreme horth of the city was the em-peror's private residential compound, in a garden-like setting, complete with carefully placed grouping of plants and rocks and winding streams and pathways. These natural elements satisfied the emperor's need for a sense of a universal order beyond the secular orderliness of his surrounding imperial compound. Symbolically, the emperor alone, in his residential compound, was able to bridge the two realms.
Urban Architecture Cities of the Tang era (C.E.618-907) built on the earlier Chinese court art traditions that date to the Shang dynasty (1766-1122/I027 B.C.E.). They made a conspicuous public statement about orderly Chinese society and became the architectural models for Chinese capital cities at Kaifeng (then called Pien-ching) in northern China (C.E.960-1127). Hangzhou in southern China (E.E.1127-1279), and Beijing (C.E. 1271-1644). They also inspired Kyongju, the capital city of Unified Silla Korea (C.E.668-918) and the Nara and Kyoto capital cities of imperial Japan(C.E. 710-1185) Tang cities, which were protedted by defensive walls and gates, also were based on the cardinal points of the compass. The Tang imperial city of Changan (modern-day Xian) had major east-west and north-south thoroughfares that defined the subdivisions of the city. The imperial palace com-pound was in the north; beyond the palace and out -side the northern city walls was an imperial park that included a large artificial lake, Which served as a royal hunting preserve and private space for the emperor and his court. At the extreme horth of the city was the em-peror's private residential compound, in a garden-like setting, complete with carefully placed grouping of plants and rocks and winding streams and pathways. These natural elements satisfied the emperor's need for a sense of a universal order beyond the secular orderliness of his surrounding imperial compound. Symbolically, the emperor alone, in his residential compound, was able to bridge the two realms.
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