中国民居（英文版） 出版时间：2010年版 内容简介 China has a vast territory and an extremely long history with the natural andcultural environment differing from region to region. Therefore thediversification of Chinese vernacular dwelling is rarely seen in the architecturalhistory of the world. This book has chosen some settlements which arerepresentative and widely spread to introduce basing on the interaction of theliving customs， action characteristics and the space mode of people who inhabitthe traditional vernacular dwellings.Chinese vernacular dwelling is various and colorful. Both the profound andsteady northern vernacular dwellings and the elegant and pretty southernvernacular dwellings contain the philosophy that "human beings should be inharmony with nature" and the ethic views such as superiority and inferiority insocial life， the order of elders and the young， the different treatment towardsmen and women， the differentiation between people in and out of a clan. Thisbook has described the origin， architectural characteristics and the passing-down value of the Chinese traditional vernacular dwellings in a popular waybut with the professional accuracy. This book is dotted with related historicallegends and folklores. Thus， a vivid scroll of Chinese vernacular dwelling wasclearly drawn. 目录 Introduction Beijing Quadrangle Courtyards Huizhou Dwellings Shaoxing Reverside Dwellings Minxi Clay Buildings Architectural Novelty in the Homeland Ganlan Wood House and Storm-Tossed Bridge Ancient Lijiang Streets Tibetan Watchtwoers Appendix:Chronological Table of the Chinese Dynasties
