Traditional Chinese Roof Structure
The roofs in both of the above photos show what liang ssu ch eng in chinese architecture called the immediately outstanding feature of chinese architecture.
Traditional chinese roof structure. Ancient chinese architecture was designed to be attractive especially the distinctive roofs. A traditional chinese roof with 8 facades which could be either single or double eaves normally used on a major pavilion structure in a big garden or a lager buddhist pagoda. Only the royal family and confucius had the privilege to use such style of roof. Such roof has five ridges and four sides all in the form of gentle slope.
Where height is limited to seventy. Traditional chinese roofs had different forms at different stages of history. Hip hipped roof wudian roof see the 1st picture below. A curved roof with overhanging eaves which a wooden skeleton supports.
There were various roof styles with functional features a hierarchy of designs and exquisite details. English afrikaans albanian arabic basque bosnian catalan chinese simplified chinese traditional. Fan shaped gable and hip roof with a round ridge this type of roof is normally used on a waterside garden structure. Is one characteristic enterprise which is specialized in antique chinese roof tiles development and production.
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Each roof has 9 horizontal beams and 72 ridge beams supported by 18 columns making a doubly auspicious sum of 99. Palapa structures only provides the highest quality rope hammocks on the market. Flat roofs are uncommon while gabled roofs are almost omnipresent in traditional chinese architecture. Roofs are either built on roof cross beams or rest directly on vertical structural beams.
The number 9 has a special meaning for chinese people as it represents longevity and eternity. Eastern asia hip and gable roof xieshan roof. Or any roof structure housing stairways elevators or ventilation fans may also exceed the building height limit by up to five feet but are not required to provide a setback from the perimeter of the roof. Hipped roof is of the highest level in traditional chinese architecture.
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