Chinese Vernacular Dwellings - Cultural China Series

Traditional Chinese residential settlements and dwellings have diversified into three types in general:courtyard ,cave and tower ,Among them ,the residential dwellings in south Anhui Province,the courtyard houses in Beijing and the earthen towers in west Fujian Province have attracted wide attentions in recent years .This book tells the formation reasons,architectural features and values of various types of traditional residential dwellings ,and draws a scroll of Chinese residences with interesting backup legends and folk stories and 150 pictures .Besides the Chinese edition,the English ,French,Spanish,German,Japanes and Russian editions are also available.