中国建筑是延续了两千余年的一种工程技术,本身已成一个艺术系统,许多建筑物便是我们文化的表现,艺术的大宗遗产。中国建筑,其所最注重者,乃主要中线之成立。无论东方、西方,再设有一个民族对中轴对称线如此钟爱与恪守。从皇家宫殿、公共官署、佛道庙观以及一般民宅,都依严格的中轴线分布:从群体组合到一室布局都呈现出中轴线的特征。——梁思成 China Architecture is an engineering technique that has lasted for more than two thousand years. It has become an art system itself. Many buildings are the manifestation of our culture and the great legacy of art. China Construction, its most attention, is the establishment of the main center line. Both east and west, and then there is a national axis of symmetry so loved and abide by. From the royal palaces, public offices, temples of Buddhism and Taoism, and ordinary houses, all are arranged along a strict central axis: from the group combination to the one-compartment layout, all exhibit the characteristics of a central axis. - Liang Sicheng