Talk:Chinese architecture

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Contents 1 Talk 1 2 Architecture of China in 20th-21st centuries 3 Moving huge blockquote here where it can be discussed before destroying structure of article 4 Pagoda pics

[edit] Talk 1

apologies to those who made such a useful article. I tried to make one minor correction from "Fairbanks" to "Fairbank" and succeeded only in totally messing things up. I hope and assume that someone more competent can revert. cwh 04:44, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

sorted. Johnbod 15:59, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Architecture of China in 20th-21st centuries

What about more recent (ie 20th-21st centuries) architecture of China? Gantuya eng 09:08, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Moving huge blockquote here where it can be discussed before destroying structure of article

User:PericlesofAthens, Here is the blockquote removed from article. Such blockquotes are ugly, in my opinion, and reflect an unwillingness to rewrite the text in your own words. Please discuss on the talk page any plans you have to destroy the structure of the article and take it it over per WP:OWN.

The architecture of China is as old as Chinese civilization. From every source of information - literary, graphic, exemplary - there is strong evidence testifying to the fact that the Chinese have always employed an indigenous system of construction that has retained its principal characteristics from prehistoric times to the present day. Over the vast area from Chinese Turkistan to Japan, from Manchuria to the northern half of French Indochina, the same system of construction is prevalent; and this was the area of Chinese cultural influence. That this system of construction could perpetuate itself for more than four thousand years over such a vast territory and still remain a living architecture, retaining its principal characteristics in spite of repeated foreign invasions - military, intellectual, and spiritual - is a phenomenon comparable only to the continuity of the civilization of which it is an integral part.^[1]

I urge you to back off from your aggressive attack and take over of this article. Mattisse 14:59, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

First off, Mattisse, I think you've finally lost your mind. Second, I wasn't the person who added this blockquote to the article—nice try. Third, I wasn't the one who reverted your edit and placed the blockquote back into the article; that was User:Balthazarduju. Nice try again, Mattisse. Try reading the "history" tab of articles before slinging accusations.--Pericles of Athens^Talk 03:23, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

And what's this about me making an "aggressive attack and take over of this article;" are you bonkers, lady?--Pericles of Athens^Talk 03:40, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Pagoda pics

Do we really need this many pictures of pagodas? They are definitely a form of Chinese architecture but they are really not representative of most of the general architectural concepts. Sjschen (talk) 00:58, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

I agree. For now, I've gotten rid of the Longhua Temple Pagoda picture, and added a new picture to the article of the Putuo Zongcheng Temple, which features a fusion of Tibetan and Chinese architecture. I hope this balances out the amount of pagoda pictures in the article a bit.--Pericles of Athens^Talk 19:06, 15 February 2008 (UTC)