Introduction: Fundamental features of ancient Chinese architecture -- Types of buildings -- Architectural structures and components -- Roof types -- Pre-Qin era -- The Qin and Han dynasties. -- The Great Wall (Qin Dynasty) -- The Terracotta Warriors -- Han Palaces -- The Three Kingdoms period, Western and Eastern Jin dynasties, and Northern and Southern dynasties. -- White Horse Temple -- Cave Temples (Yungang Grottoes and Longmen Grottoes) -- The Sui and Tang dynasties. -- The City of Chang'an -- Daming Palace -- The Qian Tomb -- The Great Hall of Foguang Temple and Nanchan Temple -- Dayan Pagoda of Ci'en Temple -- The Song, Liao and Jin dynasties. -- Dule Temple -- Huayan Temple -- The Longxing Temple -- The Wood Pagoda in Ying County -- Jin Ancestral Temple -- Song Royal Gardens -- The Yuan dynasty. -- Dadu Capital City -- The White Pagoda of Miaoying Temple -- Yonglegong -- The Ming dynasty. -- The Forbidden City -- Imperial Tombs of the Ming Dynasty -- The Temple of Heaven -- The Qing dynasty. -- Chengde Summer Resort -- Summer Palace and Old Summer Palace -- The Eight Outlying Temples -- The Potala Palace -- Jichang Garden -- The Humble Administrator's Garden (Zhuozheng Garden) -- Ge Garden -- Shihu Garden -- Lingnan Gardens -- Royal Tombs of Qing Dynasty -- Confucius Temples -- Guozijian -- Chinese domestic architecture. -- Courtyard houses -- Jiangnan houses -- Cave houses -- Tulou (Earth Building) -- Pile dwellings -- Location and period of construction of existing ancient buildings -- Dynasties in Chinese history.