The Beijing Museum of Ancient Architecture is a thematic museum that collects and displays the history and techniques of ancient Chinese architecture. The museum is located in the Xiannong Altar. This is the ancient place of worship for agriculture with the highest level of sacrifice, the largest scale, and the most complete preservation in China, and was built in 1420. | This Is Beijing

Traditional Chinese architecture, through its use of south-facing wooden structures arranged in complex layouts, reveals a sense of tranquility and reflects Chinese people’s pursuit of peace and harmony. In the eighth episode of the Culture Sit-down with Wang Xiaohui series, the editor-in-chief of China.org.cn meets Wang Guixiang, a professor at Tsinghua University’s School of Architecture, to discover the cultural significance of traditional Chinese architecture and how it differs from Western