It’s ugly, unnatural and impractical
>>18704420Because Asians are squares
>>18704420You saying this, on an US board?
Squares are easy to measure and the chinks I believe thought the world is square too.
Grids are easy to plan and regulate at the top level, and are easy to navigate for people living in the city. All modern cities are built on a grid for this reason.
did they really do this? I thought Kingdom mangaka just didn't know how to draw.
>>18704420>implying Romans didn't
>>18704693They did, but not during Kingdom's era. Back then it was more theory than practice and the cities just did their own thing.The big granddaddy that really made the style popular was Chang'an. It was genuinely made in that style, aligned to the north, etc. and made enough of an impression on envoys from Korea, Japan and elsewhere, that anyone who tried to make their own capital also followed those same guidelines as best as they could.
>>18704954Which dynasty/era city is the image which you uploaded?
>>18704420filial piety o algo
>>18704984>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_LinziZhou dynasty, Warring States Period, the very last capital that Qin conquered in (the very end of Kingdom unless it covers Qin Dynasty as well).
>>18704992RIP to the virtuous Zhou
>>18704992this nigga still hasn't conquered Zhou after 20 years.
>>187044201) Because the greatest Chinese capital, Chang'an, was a grid city, so Zhangs, Japs, Gooks, and Viets built their cities similarly. Kyoto is basically a scaled down copy of Tang-era Chang'an. 2) Feng Shui shit.3) Easy to drive merchandise and cattle through grids.
>>18704420The Romans did the same thing when they started building new cities from scratch. The square urban grid pattern just makes sense.
>>18704420Its mostly just capitals and they're all trying to rep as Chang'an/Xian, capital of China's based dynasties.
>>18704420>impracticalIn what way? Since it necessitates the city is either planned from the beginning or an old city is demolished, they have a large practical hurdle to create, but once they are made, they are practical and efficient to navigate.Cities which are planned out like this from the beginning are rare because most of the really good spots to establish a city are already taken by cities that have been populated for millennia, far into the Neolithic. Organic cities don't develop like this because they have too much history and unorganized origins.One drawback to this design is it pretty much calls for the city to be built on a large open plain. This may leave the city more vulnerable to attack than if it was built mixed into rugged terrain with obstacles. As far as an efficiently functioning society and economy goes, a large rectangular grid is about as ideal as it gets.
>>18704420What? Its the defintion of practical
And Chang'an had a shit fucking location making it's food security garbage.
>>18705296>Cities needing its own farmland.This isn't feudal faggotry, barbarian, that's what the provinces are for.
>>18704420>impractical It was adopted by the entire rest of the world because of how much better it was than what they all had before
>>18705314>>18705283>>18705272>>18704546Don’t tell me you really think soulless chink blocks are superior to this?
