Comprehensive feature evaluation of the main facades of Catholic churches in Sichuan-Chongqing region based on semantic difference method, 1840–1949
Qin Lai, Xinkai Li, Beibei Zhang, Nan Chen, YunZhang Li, Kofi Agyekum, Kofi Agyekum, Kofi Agyekum · 2026
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Qin Lai and co-authors rate the front faces of historic Catholic churches in Sichuan and Chongqing, in a study from two thousand twenty-six. The churches, built from eighteen forty to nineteen forty-nine, blend Chinese and Western building culture. A semantic difference method scored sixty-two church fronts on six criteria across five dimensions.
Fourteen churches were Chinese in style, about a quarter of the set. Chinese-style fronts borrowed Western vertical layouts, while Western fronts absorbed local harmony and folk touches. Front style tracked closely with decoration and religious expression scores. The method offers a yardstick for heritage care, the authors say.
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| CREATOR | Qin Lai, Xinkai Li, Beibei Zhang, Nan Chen, YunZhang Li, Kofi Agyekum, Kofi Agyekum, Kofi Agyekum |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 101 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |