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Tomb Architecture of Dynastic China: Old and New Questions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 April 2016

Qinghua Guo
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A significant number of tombs have survived from the Han dynasty (Western Han 206 BC-AD 8, Eastern Han 25–220), an important period for tomb architecture in China. The number of examples is in stark contrast to the lack of evidence of other architecture from the period. In fact, no timber architecture built before the Tang dynasty (618–907) exists today. While much care and scholarly effort has been devoted to the interpretation of ancient architecture, funeral architecture has not received adequate study and scrutiny.

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Architectural History , Volume 47 , 2004 , pp. 1 - 24
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Copyright © Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain 2004

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