Miscellaneous inspiration of various chinese buildings for top down map

As I am now currently trying to sketch down a few drawings of top down maps of my eventual village layout, I searched on the internet for some images to get me in the right mood or to create a 'mood pallet' to aid my drawing, as this always seems to help me. There were a few images I found very useful and that gave me inspiration. I started by looking at google maps to see if I could see any older districts fo China to get a style of layout of some buildings to give me some foundations but I foudn that China is very secretive about showing off their countrys map to the West.

Here are some of the pictures I found inspiring and helpful whilst drawing down top down maps, although some of the pictures don't have the same features of the Sui-Tang dynasty, they still do have some similar aesthetics.

A man climbs down a ladder after sweeping dust from atop the entrance to his small residence in a "hutong", (or small alley in Chinese) in central Beijing, on April 22, 2011. Doorways leading to "hutongs" and their "siheyuan" (or small courtyard houses in Chinese) once criss-crossed the city, but they are quickly disappearing with Beijing's fast evolution into a modern metropolis. (Reuters/David Gray)

 

Interior view of an earth building located at Chuxi Village, Xiayang town, Yongding county, in east China's Fujian Province. There are about 30,000 earth buildings, dating mostly from the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) dynasties, in the Fujian Province, southern and eastern China. (Reuters/Kin Cheung)

 

A Chinese man paints the scenery while a villager rows a wooden boat passing by some of the Ming Dynasty's ancient buildings built along a river in Xitang, Jiashan County, Zhejiang Province, on May 16, 2011. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

 

Ethnic Dong minority villagers walk through a covered bridge on their way to a Kam Grand Choir gathering in Tongguan village of Liping county, Guizhou province, on October 17, 2011. (Reuters/Sheng Li)

All these images were found off of a collection of new an old Chinese Architecture blog, the blog can be seen below

Links:

Chinese Architecture Blog
http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2012/11/chinese-architecture-old-and-new/100409/