Chinese architecture is a style that has taken shape in East Asia over many centuries. The structural principles of Chinese architecture have remained largely (change), the main changes being only the decorative details. Since the Tang Dynasty, Chinese architecture (have) a major influence the architectural styles of Korea, Vietnam, and Japan.
The architecture of China is as old as Chinese civilization. From every source of information, there is strong (evident) that the Chinese have always enjoyed a native system of construction that has kept its principal characteristics from old times to the present day. Over the large area from Chinese Turkistan (突厥) to Japan, the same system of construction is popular and this is the area of Chinese cultural influence.
Throughout 20th century, western-trained Chinese architects have tried (combine) traditional Chinese designs into modern architecture, with great success. Moreover, the pressure for urban development throughout contemporary China required higher speed of construction and higher floor area ratio (容积率), means that in the great cities the demand for traditional Chinese (build) has declined in favor of modern architecture. the traditional skills of Chinese architecture, (include) major and minor carpentry (木工), and masonry (石工), are still applied to the construction of vernacular architecture in the large rural area in China.
