Architecture of Jiangxi

Liukeng village, Le'an County in Jiangxi

Architecture of Jiangxi refers to the traditional houses in Jiangxi, China. Jiangxi architecture is renowned for its exterior looking, interior decoration, in relation to its surroundings under influence of Fengshui theories.

The traditional houses still preserved nowadays in Jiangxi were mostly built in Ming and Qing dynasties; ancestral shrines, Confucian academies, memorial arches are the most important monuments. These buildings are characterized by gables of dark bricks, with white lines under eaves, covered by black tiles; and they are often elaborately decorated by wood, stone and brick carvings, ink painting, clay sculpture, and sometimes Nuoxi elements.

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One ancestral shrine in Ji'an
One Confucian academy in Fuzhou
One memorial arch in Nanchang

References

Characteristics of Jiangxi architecture

Jiangxi topics

Nanchang (capital)

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Geography	Cities Mufu Mountains Jiuling Mountains Luoxiao Mountains Wuyi Mountains Gan River Lake Poyang Yangtze River Xiushui River

Education	Jiangxi Normal University Jiangxi Science and Technology Normal University Jiangxi Agricultural University Jinggangshan University Jiujiang University Nanchang University Nanchang Hangkong University

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Visitor attractions	Donglin Temple Lushan National Park Zhelin Reservoir

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