Though records show that Chinese architecture had considerable development before the Chin and Han Dynasties, it was only after the Tsin Dynasty, founded in 265 A.D., that two main styles based on differences of terrain, climate and construction materials began to develop.
根據史書上的記載，中國的建築在秦漢以前已有很可觀的發展。各地的建築風格基於地形、氣候和材料而有不同，自魏晉以後，漸漸的有南北兩系之分。