Traditional buildings are a comprehensive manifestation of history, art, and architectural features, and are also a carrier of folk culture, traditional skills, and regional aesthetic tastes. This paper studies traditional buildings and arts from three regions of Jiangxi, including northern Jiangxi, southern Jiangxi, and central Jiangxi. Traditional buildings in Jiangxi Province flourished in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. As Jiangxi is located in the interior of China and is adjacent to many provinces, the architectural art of traditional buildings is greatly influenced by geographical location. Traditional buildings in northern Jiangxi are influenced by Huizhou architectural culture, while those in southern Jiangxi are influenced by Hakka culture. The patio-style buildings and high-lighting buildings that represent the local characteristics of Jiangxi are found exactly in central Jiangxi. The relatively diverse set of architectural features and artistic elements is due to a variety of intertwined regional cultures. Compared with those of the surrounding provinces, the economic level of Jiangxi is relatively underdeveloped, and the local architecture has accordingly formed a restrained, simple, and practical artistic style.

Due to its special geographical conditions, Guangdong has absorbed the essence of the Central Plains Han culture and characteristics of foreign cultures, resulting in architecture in which traditional buildings exhibit unique regional cultural connotations. The architectural design is adapted to the needs of nature and ecology and the arts and humanities. This paper investigates the technical process of using local materials to obtain structural materials. Traditional Guangdong buildings use patios, cold alleys and doors as well as windows in a comprehensive manner to create an energy-saving and environmentally friendly ventilation design, which was analyzed here. In addition, we study the floor plans and artistic characteristics of traditional buildings in different regions of Guangdong. Traditional Guangdong buildings realize the harmonious coexistence of humans and nature, as well as embody the concept of sustainable development. Traditional buildings integrate benefits and efficiency while condensing the surpassing wisdom and rich experience of craftsmen from ancient times to the present. Thus, it is worthwhile to research the connotation of traditional buildings to develop modern architectures.

Ginling College is the first women’s college founded by the American Christian Church in Nanjing, China, in the early 20th century. The architectural style of the school reflects the orientation of the “Chinese localization” of the Christian Church at that time. It is a representative work of the revival of traditional Chinese architecture. It is known as a “Renaissance of Chinese traditional architecture” and profoundly influenced later generations. Due to its important historical status and artistic value, the Ginling College complex has been designated by the Chinese government as a national key cultural relic protection unit and China’s 20th-century architectural heritage, and the protection scope of the Ginling College historical district has been specially designated for overall protection. Currently, little research has been conducted on this historic area, so the authors undertook this project. This paper adopts a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods for research, starting from the two aspects of architectural art and sustainable design, and analyzes in detail the artistic characteristics of the project, the structural materials obtained locally, and the sustainable design method that utilizes natural lighting and ventilation to explore a modern campus design method based on the concept of sustainable design with a “combination of Chinese and Western architectural art”. Through artistic creation and technological innovation, traditional Chinese revival architecture has realized a harmonious coexistence between man and nature, embodying the design concept of sustainable development, and promoting the development of architecture and the region.

In the coastal atmospheric environment, corrosive media exists due to natural and man-made pollution, which has a great impact on the durability of concrete structures. Taking the environment of Shenzhen coastal salt spray area as an example, the environmental parameters were observed on site, and the content of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere was measured. The influence of steel corrosion on steel was analyzed. The study found that the annual temperature change range of the coastal salt spray area is 15 °C to 37.9 °C, and the change is first rising and then decreasing. The temperature rises in the first half of the year, and the temperature gradually decreases in the second half of the year. The highest humidity in the measurement area is 74.7%. The minimum is 56%, and the overall level is maintained at a high level, which is between 55% and 75%. The carbon dioxide content of the five measuring points is consistent throughout the year, and the carbon dioxide content is high in spring and winter.

In the coastal salt fog area, there are many sources of atmospheric corrosion in the ocean. For the concrete structure, the effects of carbonization, sulfate, chloride and other complex effects should be considered. The experiment was carried out by setting up a station in the coastal salt fog area of Shenzhen, and the carbon dioxide and chloride ion content in the atmosphere were observed on the spot. The study found that the coastal environment of Shenzhen has the characteristics of high temperature and high humidity, and the rainfall is large. The average temperature in the past five years has reached 23.5 degrees Celsius and the average humidity has reached 75.4%. The atmospheric carbon dioxide content in the coastal salt spray area is higher in spring and winter, and lower in summer and autumn. The atmospheric chloride ion concentration in the coastal salt spray area is characterized by high winter and low summer temperatures throughout the year, and the annual chloride ion concentration fluctuates greatly.