summer palace history Archives - ToursMaps.com ® http://toursmaps.com/tag/summer-palace-history Thu, 19 Jan 2017 20:00:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.9 Wooden dome in the Beijing Summer Palace http://toursmaps.com/wooden-dome-in-the-beijing-summer-palace.html http://toursmaps.com/wooden-dome-in-the-beijing-summer-palace.html#respond Fri, 10 Feb 2017 21:21:00 +0000 http://toursmaps.com/?p=230258 The importance attributed to the roof as opposed to the subordinate role ofthe surrounding walls underlines how even Chinese architecture respects the duality of Yin and Yang, in this case the interior and exterior. The use of materials such as wood, glass and rice paper on the open sections serves to emphasise the secondary importance of the wall as merely a partition or protective panel. Garden Within the context of the town the courtyard represents the interior but in relation to the summer palace it stands for something external or empty. The palace is similarly subject to the dualism inherent

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