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YANG, Xu
楊煦
Academic Qualifications
- Postdoctoral Fellow, College of Design and Engineering, National University of Singapore
- PhD in Architectural History, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
- MSc in Architectural History, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
- BEng in Electronic Information Engineering, Tianjin University
Professional Affiliations
- 2025–present Advisory Board Member, MA Programme in Digital History in Global Asia, Lingnan University
- 2023–present Adjunct Postgraduate Supervisor, MArch Programme in Architectural History and Theory, Tianjin University
Research Interests
- Design History and Theory
- East Asian Architecture and Garden
- Religious Environment and Sacred Space
- Spatial and Ritual Dimensions of Chinese Art
- 2025–2028 (Principal Investigator) Start-up Research Grant (SRG), University of Macau.
- 2022–2024 (Principal Investigator) “Yuanming yuan: Art and Culture of an Imperial Garden-Palace,” special exhibition grant, The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust.
- 2017–2019 (Principal Investigator) Postdoctoral Fellowship, National University of Singapore.
- 2011–2017 (Co-Investigator, ranking 2/2) “Ancient Chinese Architecture in the Light of Art History,” National Social Science (Art) Fund of China (Grant no. 11BF051).
Edited Books:
- Yuan Ming Yuan: Art and Culture of an Imperial Garden-Palace. Hong Kong: Hong Kong Palace Museum, 2024. ISBN: 978-988-70436-0-7 (English edition)
- 《圓明園:清代皇家園居文化》. Hong Kong: Hong Kong Palace Museum, 2024. ISBN: 978-988-76296-9-6 (Traditional Chinese edition)
Journal Papers:
- 〈「曼荼羅」圖式及其建築表達:案例回顧與概念辨析〉 [Architectural Representations of Maṇḍala: Case Review and Concept Differentiation]. 《美術大觀》 [Art Panorama], no. 11 (2025), forthcoming. GCJC, AMI Core
- 〈舊典時式:近古時代御容原廟制度與儀軌〉 [The Ritual Systems of Portrait-Based Secondary Ancestral Temples in China, 960–1911]. 《文博學刊》 [Journal of Archaeology and Museology], no. 3 (2025). AMI Indexed
- (Lead author) “Yuanmingyuan: Art and Culture of an Imperial Garden-Palace.” Orientations 57, no. 4 (2024): 92–99.
- 〈現存圓明園景觀繪畫綜論〉 [Visualising Yuanmingyuan: Spatial Narratives in Painted Views]. 《紫禁城》 [Forbidden City] 351, no. 4 (2024): 14–45.
- (Lead author) “Encountering the Majestic: Imperial Portraits and Qing Court Rites.”Orientations 53, no. 5 (2022): 54–63.
- (Lead author) 〈山東安丘北宋胡璉夫婦石棺研究〉 [The Hu Couple Sarcophagus: Northern Song Tomb Art in Anqiu, Shandong]. 《文物》 [Cultural Relics] 795, no. 8 (2022): 42–58. CSSCI, GCJC, AMI Authoritative
- (Lead author) 〈觀德永思:清代帝后肖像與宮廷禮制〉 [Portraying Virtue, Preserving Memory: Qing Imperial Portraiture and Its Ritual]. 《美術家》 [Artist] 14, summer issue (2022): 83–88.
- 〈重構布達拉:承德普陀宗乘之廟的空間佈置與象徵結構〉 [Symbolising Authority: Space and Furnishings in the Potalaka Temple of Chengde]. 《建築學報》 [Architectural Journal] 553, no.9–10 (2014): 128–135. CSSCI, CSTPCD, GCJC
- 〈熱河普陀宗乘之廟乾隆朝建築原狀考〉 [Original Architecture of Chengde’s Potalaka Temple in Qianlong Period]. 《故宮博物院院刊》 [Palace Museum Journal] 165, no.1 (2013): 41–63. CSSCI, GCJC, AMI Core
- 〈兩幅宮廷繪畫所見建築圖像表現比較研究〉 [Architectural Depiction in Qing Court Paintings: A Comparative Study]. 《中國國家博物館館刊》 [Journal of National Museum of China] 99, no.10 (2011): 104–120. CSSCI, GCJC, AMI Extended
Book Chapters:
- “Yuanming yuan Scenery in Paintings: An Overview and Discussion.” In Yuanmingyuan: Art and Culture of an Imperial Garden-Palace, edited by Yang Xu, 36–49. Hong Kong: Hong Kong Palace Museum, 2024.
- 〈熱河佛寺的山地佈局與視覺處理〉[A Mountainside Temple in Chengde: Its Layout Planning and Visual Symbolism]. In 《2012年中國建築史學會年會暨學術研討會學術論文集》 [Proceedings of the 2012 Conference of the Association for Chinese Architectural History], 89–96. Shenyang: Liaoning Science & Technology Publishing House, 2012.
- “Depicting Yuanming yuan: Imperial Paintings and Architectural Drawings,” at “World Monument Forum on the Documentary Heritage — Qing Dynasty Yangshi LEI Archives,” Jiangxi, China, 13–14 Apr 2024.
- “Echoes of the Divine: Surrogate Representations of Mount Wutai in East Asia,” at the symposium “The Design of Chinese Buddhist Monastery: Space, Structure, and Place,” Faculty of Architecture, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China, 30 Jan 2021.
- “From World Pillar to Spirit Pole: Cosmology in Eurasian Shamanic Architecture,” at the “16th Biennial Conference of the International Association for the Study of Traditional Environments (IASTE),” Coimbra, Portugal, 4–7 Oct 2018.
- “A Cosmological Schema and Its Physical Representation across Eurasia,” at the symposium “Art, Material Culture, and Communication: Eurasian Civilisations during 13th–16th Centuries,” Changsha, China, 24 Mar 2018.
- “Legitimacy through Design: Mahākāla Temples and the Manchu Rule,” at the “2017 International Conference on East Asian Architectural Culture (EAAC),” Tianjin University, Tianjin, China, 13–17 Oct 2017.
- “Dukhang Beyond Tibet: Spatial Adaptations in North China and Mongolia, 16th–18th Centuries,” at the “69th Annual Conference of the Society of Architectural Historians (SAH),” Pasadena, California, USA, 6–10 Apr 2016.
- “From Emperor to Nation: An Imperial Monastery’s Modern Revival in China,” at the “Columbia University Graduate Conference on East Asia,” Columbia University, New York, USA, 26–27 Feb 2016.
- 〈十六至十八世紀藏傳佛寺之「都綱法式」在華北與蒙古的本地化再造〉, at the “2015 International Conference on Ming-Qing Studies,” Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan Region, 10–11 Dec 2015.
- “Blending Cultures through Design: Qing Architectural Adaptation for Ethnic Unity,” at the “2015 International Conference on East Asian Architectural Culture (EAAC),” Gwangju, Korea, 10–14 Nov 2015.
- “Projecting Authority: Symbolic Designs in Chengde’s Potalaka Temple,” at the “14th Biennial Conference of the International Association for the Study of Traditional Environments (IASTE),” Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 14–17 Dec 2014.
- “Monastic Architectural Adaptations in the Qing Dynasty,” at the “Winter Symposium on Micro-Architectural History,” South China University of Technology, Canton, China, 11–13 Nov 2014.
- “Reincarnating the Sacredness: Architectural Imitation in Chengde’s Temples,” at the “2012 International Conference on East Asian Architectural Culture (EAAC),” The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China, 10–12 Dec 2012.
- (Project Curator) Qing Court in Four Seasons, thematic exhibition, HKPM, 2026, forthcoming.
- (Lead Curator) Yuanmingyuan— Art and Culture of an Imperial Garden-Palace, special exhibition, HKPM, 2024.
- (Co-Lead Curator) Odysseys of Art — Masterpieces Collected by the Princes of Liechtenstein, special exhibition, HKPM, 2023.
- (Co-Lead Curator) Encountering the Majestics— Portraits of Qing Emperors and Empresses, thematic exhibition, HKPM, 2022.
- (Project Curator) From Dawn to Dusk — Life in the Forbidden City, thematic exhibition, HKPM,
- (Project Curator) Entering the Forbidden City — Architecture, Collection, and Heritage, thematic exhibition, HKPM, 2022.
- (Sole Curator) Ingenuity in Design: The Lei Family Archives, special exhibition plan, Hong Kong Heritage Discovery Centre, 2015.
- (Curatorial Assistant) Designing in Dialogue — The Architecture of von Gerkan, Marg and Partners, special exhibition, National Museum of China, 2013.
- “Art and Cultural Legacy of Chinese Gardens,”at the Bowers Museum, Santa Ana, California, USA, 13 Apr 2025.
- “Chinese Garden Artistry: From Craft to Paintings,” Division of Humanities, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 12 Nov 2024.
- “Scenes of Yuanming yuan: Spatial Narratives in Visual Art,”at the Hong Kong Jockey Club Auditorium, HKPM, 13 Jul 2024.
- “Qing Imperial Gardens: Where Art Meets Courtly Culture,”at the University of Hong Kong Museum Society, 22 Jun 2024.
- “From Concept to Space: Organising Exhibitions and Shaping Galleries,” School of Architecture, Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen), 24 Apr 2023.
- “Experimental Designs in Qing Buddhist Architecture,” Department of Chinese and History, City University of Hong Kong, 6 Feb 2023.
- “Heritage Architecture of the House of Liechtenstein,” at the Hong Kong Jockey Club Auditorium, HKPM, 7 Jan 2023.
- “Exotic Elegance: Chinoiserie Follies Across European Gardens,”“Fine Art Asia 2022” Academic Programme, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, 8 Oct 2022.
- “Rites in Paint: Portraits of Chinese Imperial Household,” at the Hong Kong Jockey Club Auditorium, HKPM, 24 Sept 2022.
- “Unveiling Qing Court Culture Through Imperial Portraits,”“Fine Art Asia 2021” Academic Programme, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, 8 Oct 2021.
- “Tracing Chinese Buddhist Architecture: A Historical Perspective,” at the Tsz Shan Monastery Buddhist Art Museum (Hong Kong), 8 Sept 2021.