 Ancient Chinese wooden architecture is the least studied of any of the
world's great architectural traditions and its study is relatively new.
Although Chinese architectural history reaches back nearly ten
millennia, descriptions of Chinese architecture is often confined to
the well known Forbidden City and little else is explored. Although
even common features of Chinese architecture have been unified into a
vocabulary illustrating uniquely Chinese forms and methods, until
recently data has not been available. Because of the lack of knowledge
of the roots of Chinese architecture, description of its elements is
often translated into Western terms and architectural theory, losing
its unique Chinese meanings.
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