--Places , mansions and administration offices .
--Defense constructions , such as city walls , city towers , castles , and passes , notably the Great Wall and the beacon towers .
--Memorial and decorative constructions . Such as council halls , bell towers , drum towers , overhead buildings , memorial arches and screen walls .
--Mausoleums and tombs . Such as stone watch towers , stone archways , cliff tombs , sacrificial platforms , imperial tombs , etc .

--Gardens , such as imperial gardens , private gardens and villas .
--Worship buildings , such as Confucian Temple , Marshal Guan Yu Temple , ancestral shrines , etc .
--Bridges and water conservancy projects . Such as stone bridges , wooden bridges , dams , harbors , wharfs , etc .
--Civil housing , such as cave dwellings , cottages , houses , courts , yards , etc .
--Religious buildings . Such as Buddhist and Daoism temples , and Muslim mosques and Christian churches .
--Recreational architectures . Such as club houses , dancing halls , theatres , stall , etc .
  
         For example, in Shanxi province alone there are numerous representative ancient architectures , including Founder Pagoda at Ku Gang Temple on Mount Wutai ; Qianjia Castle Civil Housing in Qi county ; stone archway at Zhonghe street in Heshun county ; a pair of stone reclining lions at Daiyue Temple in Jincheng city ; Zhongyang Tower at Xiaoyi county ; Tripitaka Hall at Huayan Temple in Datong city ; Nanlao Spring Kiosk Gateway of the Ji Shrine in Taiyuan , the Duiyue Archway of the Jin Shrine in Taiyuan , the wood carved Dragon pillars of the veranda of the Jin Shrine in Taiyuan , the Buddhist relics pagoda of Fengshen Temple of the Jin Shrine in Taiyuan , the giant Buddha statue at Yungang Grottos in Datong , the flying Apsaras Statues at Yungang grottos in Datong , the stone eaves of the Yungang Grottos in Datong , the Liao sculptures at Tripitaka Hall of Huayan Temple in Datong , etc .