page_title: Yangshi Lei Archives
hierarchical_section_title: Yangshi Lei Archives
caption_attribution_description: English: An ironed model made during the reign of Emperor Qian Long (1736—1796). Now collected in the Palace Museum.
context_page_description: The Yangshi Lei Archives are the collection of design drawings and models of Qing imperial architecture. "Yangshi" means architect or architecture, "Lei" is the surname of the Lei architectural family.
  Works in the archives include the Forbidden City, the Temple of Heaven, the Summer Palace, the Chengde Mountain Resort, the Eastern Qing tombs and so on. The manuscripts in this archive contain contents that span from interior decoration, site surveys, to construction methods. In terms of forms, they contain drawings of floor plans, sections, elevations, and model buildings made of wood. Over 12,000 out of around 17,000 individual pieces so far found, are now collected in the National Library of China. In 2007, UNESCO inscribed it to the Memory of the World Register-Asia and the Pacific.
context_section_description: The Yangshi Lei Archives (Chinese: 样式雷; pinyin: Yàngshì Léi; lit.: 'Lei style architecture') are the collection of design drawings and models of Qing imperial architecture. "Yangshi" means architect or architecture, "Lei" is the surname of the Lei architectural family.
  Works in the archives include the Forbidden City, the Temple of Heaven, the Summer Palace, the Chengde Mountain Resort, the Eastern Qing tombs and so on. The manuscripts in this archive contain contents that span from interior decoration, site surveys, to construction methods. In terms of forms, they contain drawings of floor plans, sections, elevations, and model buildings made of wood. Over 12,000 out of around 17,000 individual pieces so far found, are now collected in the National Library of China. In 2007, UNESCO inscribed it to the Memory of the World Register-Asia and the Pacific.
caption: A Yangshi Lei model made during the reign of Emperor Qian Long (1736–1796).