Name in English: History of Chinese Architecture 梁思成,中国“第一个用现代科学方法研究中国古代建筑的学者”,《中国建筑史》,中国第一部由中国人自己编写的公正权威的建筑历史。 Features: 明晰中国建筑史分期: 上古——两汉——魏晋南北朝——隋唐——五代宋辽金——元明清——清末及民国以后,整体把握各个历史阶段的政治、经济、文化背景,讲解各个系统建筑自身之优劣,解析他时他族建筑与我之异同。 阐明中国建筑的特征,对每一时期的现存建筑实物逐一剖析: 木构——砖石——桥梁——牌坊——宫殿——苑囿——寺庙——坛观——陵墓——住宅
I read it started from my travel in mid-north of China, and still reading when I strolling around in BeiJing. Temples, ancient building, forbidden city, especially the beautiful old names of the part of old building like XuanYu悬鱼(reversely hanging fish). The book give me a clear line of history of my country, which links the transfer of different dynansty. Especially the sketching do charm me a lot .
When I was in LongXing Temple of city ZhenDing with my friends, where Liang SiCheng and Lin Huiyin inspected, I found the dairy he wrote during their inspecting time,Old time reappear.
If some readers feel this book read a little bit boring, I may recommend 华夏意匠 wrote by Li YunHe李允鉌, who was a companion worked with Liang and Lin。These two books may be like partners , one may be more theoretical, the other may be more amiable^^