The Five Kingdoms-Song-Liao-Jurchen period (906-1280 was paralleled by the workmanship that took on a trend from the intricate to the frail-looking in erection of palaces in the mid-Song; despite them being shattered in fires and earthquakes, Buddhist abbeys or pagodas built in a fixed regular and punctilious manner are equally available everywhere in good standing in the northern provinces. a book entitled Stereotypes in Civil Engineering has been in reserve as a testimony to the vicissitudes in this respect The Five Kingdoms-Song-Liao-Jurchen period (906-1280 was paralleled by the workmanship that took on a trend from the intricate to the frail-looking in erection of palaces in the mid-Song; despite them being shattered in fires and earthquakes, Buddhist abbeys or pagodas built in a fixed regular and punctilious manner are equally available everywhere in good standing in the northern provinces. A book entitled Stereotypes in Civil Engineering has been in reserve as a testimony to the vicissitudes in this respect