%0 Journal Article %T Preservation of cultural heritage from the time of European secession from the cities of China %A Shuan, Li %J Przestrzeń Urbanistyka Architektura %V 2019 %R 10.4467/00000000PUA.19.012.10015 %N Volume 1/2019 %P 171-180 %K secession, national identity, China, modernism %@ 2544-0853 %D 2019 %U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/przestrzen-urbanistyka-architektura/article/zachowania-dziedzictwa-kulturowego-z-czasow-secesji-europejskiej-w-miastach-chin %X The legacy of the European secession from China is a lot of objects with different functions. Just like in Western Europe, the spread of the Art Nouveau style in Chinese cities was influenced above all by the economic factor – the development of trade with Europe and Russia, which led to the spread of the European tradition of modernist and Art Nouveau architecture. The Art Nouveau style of a Chinese architect combined the activities of several foreign cultures (German, including both the northern and southern regions; Russian; English; French; Portuguese) with the centuries-old traditions of China in many ways.