China, construction of a building

The unit roof in Chinese building construction usually rests upon a skeleton of wooden posts rising from stone bases. This skeleton, which is formed of bamboo or trimmed saplings, is wholly independent of the walls, so that the walls serve as curtains rather than supporting members.A house is bornCaption from Forman's book Changing China.Forman, Harrison. (1948). Changing China. New York: Crown Publishers.GrayscaleForman Nitrate Negatives, Box 1