How do ancient buildings survive hundreds of years of natural disasters e.g. earthquakes?

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How do ancient buildings survive hundreds of years of natural disasters e.g. earthquakes?

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I saw a documentary on ancient Chinese buildings that’s been around since like the tang dynasty. They had this design for the critical joints of the buildings infrastructure pretty much. So as earthquakes would occur. These buildings would simply just shift slightly enough where it doesn’t cause any stress or damage to the integrity of the buildings.