how come china's architectural heritage is so lacking compared to Europe?

Obviously you've never been to China.

I have. the whole country couldn't muster up the likes of Florence.

Because you're an idiot who didn't see the Forbidden City or any of their pagodas. Or the Great Wall. Or their pyramids.

the forbidden city is not impressive. Brussels is bigger and more elaborate. the great wall is just a wall.

Their eyes are too small and it's hard to see well.


Stan P.

wood

lol

Take a trip to China, Japan, Thailand, and Malaysia and I gaurentee you will see some nice architecture.

Sure beats anything the Sub Sahara Africans ever built. And yes I know the about the dry stone stack wall discovered by the Portuguese.

probably because the chinese built their good stuff thousands of years before. and now its either buried or hidden

well ... except for the forbidden city, Mao raised old Bejing ... reminded me of LA

Shanghi was much more interesting ... much more historical buildings left

Nanjing Road in Shanghai, used to be British concession. The Jewish merchants there wanted to obtain British citizenship and didn't succeed, so to appeal to the British the Jewish merchants paved the entire avenue (every square inch) in hardwood flooring. Not like the hardwood flooring they sell now. They are like a ft. thick.

They got their British citizenships.