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Chinese house
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| Photo Information |
Copyright: Biswarup Satpati (biswarup)
![Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 58 W: 0 N: 70]](http://i1.treklens.com/misc/g-n-g.gif) (1428) |
| Genre: Places |
| Medium: Color |
| Date Taken: 2006 |
| Categories: Nature |
| Camera: Sony CyberShot DSC-H1 |
| Photo Version: Original Version |
| Date Submitted: 2007-02-06 3:56 |
| Viewed: 503 |
| Points: 2 |
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| [Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note |
The Chinese House (German: Chinesisches Haus) is a garden pavilion in Sanssouci Park in Potsdam. Frederick the Great had it built, about seven hundred meters southwest of the Sanssouci Summer Palace, to adorn his flower and vegetable garden. The garden architect was Johnn Gottfried Büring, who between 1755 and 1764 designed the pavilion in the then-popular style of Chinoiserie, a mixture of ornamental rococo elements and parts of Oriental architecture.
The unusually long building time of nine years is attributed to the Seven Years' War, during which Prussia's economic and financial situation suffered significantly. Only after the end of the war in 1763 were the chambers inside the pavilion furnished. As the building served not only as a decorative piece of garden architecture but also as a setting for small social events, Frederick the Great ordered the building of a Chinese Kitchen, a few meters south-east of the Chinese House. After a conversion in 1789, only the hexagonal windows show the Oriental character of the former outbuilding. A few years later, the Dragon House was built in the form of a Chinese pagoda on the northern edge of Sanssouci Park bordering Klausberg. The building was Frederick the Great's attempt to follow the Chinese fashion of the 18th century, which began in France before spreading to England, Germany, and Russia.
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- hcvvmk
![Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 410 W: 75 N: 308]](http://i1.treklens.com/misc/g-g-g.gif)
(2405) - [2007-02-07 8:07]
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wow, such a beautiful house, but its architecture does not seem to be like chinese or is this owned by a chinese.anyway it's nice to see this one on trek lens..i've get to learn another new knowledge here.
TFS,
Hong
