JARDJournal of Architectural Research and Development2208-35292208-3537Bio-Byword Scientific Publishing Pty. Ltd.10.26689/jard.v8i1.6056ArticleStudy on the Evolution of Plane Shape of Guangfu Ancestral Hall Buildings and the Construction of Type Genealogy in the Ming and Qing Dynastieshttps://artdesignp.com/journal/JARD/8/1/10.26689/jard.v8i1.6056ChenYanming,SharudinSharul Azim,ChenRui2024812024-01-23This paper studies the clan temples in four periods, namely, the development period (early Ming Dynasty and before), the shaping period (mid-Ming Dynasty to early Qing Dynasty), the maturity period (mid-Qing Dynasty), and the programmed period (late Qing Dynasty), analyzes and summarizes their prototypical planform features and attempts to summarize and construct a genealogy of the architectural characteristics of the plane shape of clan temples. During the Ming and Qing dynasties, Guangfu ancestral halls in general showed a journey of development from a centripetal–singlelinear–multi-linear–grid pattern, forming the unique Guangsanlu classic pattern in the Guangfu area.

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