A Case study of Hui Tomb for Tongzhi Emperor Qing Dynasty

摘要

Hui Tomb is the mausoleum of Emperor Tongzhi, the eighth emperor of Qing Dynasty (1616-1911), which lasted more than four years and cost more than eight million liang (about 295200kg) silver.As a typical representative of Royal architecture Qing Dynasty, it embodied the achievements of Chinese ancient architecture, such as the thinking and method of design, the technology and management of engineering and so on.Since Hui Tomb was built at the end of Qing Dynasty, it is not only in good preservation now, but there also are many architectural construction drawings named as "Yangshi Le" archives, by the famous royal architects family in the Qing Dynasty.All these provide the basic information for us to reveal the whole process of the project, from the site selection, to plan and design, construction and management, and at last check and accept.In addition we can find out a systematic consummate organization of Chinese ancient royal architecture, such as the bureaucracy department, the human resources management, the procedure and ceremony during the construction etc.