• DocumentCode
    3220036
  • Title

    Comparison of architectural characteristics between Hakka houses in Gan, Min and Yue provinces and Diaolous in Kaiping

  • Author

    Ping, Wang ; Heng, Wang

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Archit., South China Univ. of Technol., Guangzhou, China
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    22-24 April 2011
  • Firstpage
    6498
  • Lastpage
    6502
  • Abstract
    Hakka houses in Gan,Min and Yue provinces and Diaolous in Kaiping both were parts of watchtower local houses of China.The distinctions of historical background and culture between them led to the two types of watchtower local houses were different in the following several sections: architecture form,structure,materials and decoration. Based on these aspects,the comparative study about the differences of the two defensive buildings was performed in the article.
  • Keywords
    architecture; cultural aspects; history; structural engineering; Hakka houses; architectural characteristics; architecture form; decoration; defensive buildings; historical background; historical culture; materials; structure; watchtower local houses; Buildings; Cultural differences; Educational institutions; Presses; Hakka houses; combinations of Chinese and Western culture; traditional culture; watchtower local houses;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Electric Technology and Civil Engineering (ICETCE), 2011 International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Lushan
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-0289-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICETCE.2011.5774463
  • Filename
    5774463