【推荐1】Top Ongoing Mega (巨大的) Projects In China

It includes construction of nine rail projects including six subway lines and three intercity railways. The projects, begun in 2018, are estimated to total 286 km. The network is aimed at creating better connections between the financial center’s two airports and two major railway stations. They are expected to be completed by 2023.

Starting from last year, eight regional intercity railways will be built in a metropolitan groups along the Yangtze River in Jiangsu Province, a move to shorten traffic time from Nanjing to other districts and cities within the province. Some of the lines will also connect Nanjing to cities in the neighbouring Anhui. Construction of the intercity lines is estimated to run until 2025.

It involves construction of four subways lines and four urban express lines in the central Chinese city of Wuhan. The NDRC said that the projects will support Wuhan’s urban layout and ease the city’s traffic jam. A circle line with 37 stops starting from Wuchang railway station tops the investment plan, which alone will cost US $8.66 billion. The construction will run from 2019 to 2024.

The north of China is home to almost 50% of China’s population but has only about 20% of the country’s water resources. To change this imbalance, China has funded the construction of three huge canals, each more than 600 miles long and will carry water to the north from China’s three largest rivers. The project began in 2002 with a 48-year construction schedule. When completed, it will supply 44.8 billion cubic water.

When completed, it will surpass Dubai’s AI Makioum International Airport in cost, total square miles, and passenger and plane capacity. Its first stage was completed in time for the 2008 Olympics. Further expansion is scheduled for completion by 2025. Terminal 1, designed by the architect Zaha Hadid, combines a number of sustainable design concepts in a futuristic building envelope.

【推荐3】In some parts of China, mainly in Anhui Province and Zhejiang Province, spread groups of grey-tiled and white-walled houses, forming one of the most typical scenes captured in traditional Chinese landscape paintings. It is Hui-style architecture, one of the major Chinese architectural styles of ancient times.

Hui-style architecture developed into a significant building school in the Song Dynasty. In the mid-Ming Dynasty, gardens and houses constructed with Hui styles developed very quickly along with the success of Hui commerce (商业). Hui-style architecture soon stepped out from Huizhou and was introduced to big towns.

Hui-style architecture is characterized by the arrangement of villages together with nature, and a simple and beautiful exterior (外观).

Hui-style houses are usually ones with skylights (天井). With a square skylight surrounded by houses from four sides or from left, right and backside, these houses can reduce the beat of sunshine and enjoy ventilation (通风). All the houses gathers water from the skylight which means fortune will not run off outside.

In ancient times, the colors used for buildings were very strict Bright colors could only be used in palaces, temples and for government officials. So people in Huizhou chose the black and white colors to paint their houses.

Generally speaking, the exterior appearance of Hui-style buildings differs little while their interior can vary a lot based on the wishes of the owners. Home decoration is characterized by three types of Hui carving: stone carving, wood carving and brick carving.

To take a look at the Hui-style architecture, Xidi Village in Yixian County, Anhui Province, is the best place to go. It is a site of typical Hui houses, and one of the “Ancient Villages in Southern Anhui” that have been collectively listed as a World Cultural Heritage Site by UNESCO.