Ancient Chinese Vs Japanese Architecture
One of the major influences of each architectural style is that the chinese lifestyle included chairs while the japanese lifestyle did not as it was customary to sit on the floor.
Ancient chinese vs japanese architecture. This allows the houses to remain cool in the hot and humid japanese climate. However this custom changed in the meiji period 1868 1912. History japan vs chinese architecture wong zee leng. Both china and japan share a history of strong buddhist influence which first arrived in china from india and then through it to japan carrying along with it many other facets of sculpture architecture and social practices.
Although chinese architectural history reaches far back in time descriptions of chinese architecture are often confined to the well known forbidden city with little else explored by the west. The rooms in a japanese home are not designated for any particular purpose except for the kitchen. 1 5 although common features of chinese architecture. Buddhism with its advent also had a major impact on japanese architecture.
Traditional life of ancient times as depicted by literature drama and movies in both countries puts buddhist monasteries temples and other religious mystiques often at the centre of attention. Ancient chinese architecture duration. Ray fan 133 views. Although china influenced japan historically through buddhism.
The japanese made use of mats on the floor for their sitting arrangement and the houses are built elevated from the ground by a few inches. China the much older state and the more developed passed on to japan sometimes indirectly via korea a long list of ideas including rice cultivation writing buddhism centralised government models civil service. Japanese architecture had a chinese influence for a long time. Nara deer visit the.
The differences lie in the details. Relations between ancient japan and china have a long history and in certain periods the exchange of political religious and cultural practices between the two was intense.