Architectural Heritage Analysis of the Yuanying Guan Pavilion: Construction and Signification

This paper aims to analyse the structural function and symbolic of historic building Yuan Guan during inculturation process in early Qing dynasty China. was dominant Western practice dynasty, when technology, design, aesthetics, linear perspective were considered indispensable tools express nature an architectural encounter between China Europe. Given artistic–cultural richness this context, masterwork Yuanying complex can be examined from a spatial semiotic study original unique way. Thus, used interpret expression space formulate subsequent understanding forms destroyed heritage, turning each element into tool communication.