What did Ancient Chinese architecture look like? And by Ancient

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>>3223702
>Why haven't many Ancient Chinese structures survived compared to those of Rome?
Wars, most notable after the Opium wars, Qing did no longer have the resources to maintain their buildings.
Opium Wars,during the second one the old summer palace was destroyed by the Imperial Powers
Then you got all the rebellions, most infamous one being the Taiping, where the great porcelain pagoda got destroyed.
Warlord Era
Japanese invasion
Chinese Civil War
The Cultural Revolution that destroyed more than thousand of buildings just in Beijing alone.
And finally the construction of concrete desert that destroy far more than the cultural revolution ever did.

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>>3223702
The early Chinks were Japanese tier and built everything using wood.

If you're looking for Han Architecture specifically, well, the Emperors of the Han left tombs with ceramic models of their cities and frescoes of Han period buildings can also be found.

>>3223702
> Why haven't many Ancient Chinese structures survived compared to those of Rome?
First about, the ancient chinese build A LOT, inluding palaces, in wood instead of more durable materials, making a lot of buildings to simply decay with time

Then war, raids, etc

>>3224120
Til europe never had wars

>>3224120
The summr palace as built in the 1800s
And it was the dinastic changes that made more damage
Every new one destroyed the old palace to build the new
And because they were so primitive they were made out of wood so nothing remains

>>3223702
>by Ancient I really mean Ancient, like Han dynasty tier

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronze_Age#China

>>3223702
because han-dynasty buildings where often made of wood and other material that doesn't last as long as roman marble, brick and clay