The first was a hip roof consisting of five ridges and is very large in scale.
Traditional chinese roof structure.
It is characterize by its inward curve and upturned corners.
This type of roof allows the structure with three facades normally used on a small garden pavilion.
Hip hipped roof wudian roof see the 1st picture below hipped roof is of the highest level in traditional chinese.
Without doubt one of the most instantly recognisable aspects of chinese architecture is how the temple roofs are designed.
Sometimes the hip roof had a flat top.
3 suspended roof xuanshan roof see the 3rd picture.
The hip roof half hip roof conical roof and the gable roof.
Graceful curved shapes the upturned eaves on roof corners are the most identifiable mark of chinese roof architecture.
3 features of chinese roof architecture 1.
Traditional chinese roofs on garden structures round roof.
Roofs are either built on roof cross beams or rest directly on vertical structural beams.
The interlocking and overlapping columns and.
A traditional chinese roof with 8 facades which could be either single or double eaves.
There are four types of roof structures that were used in ancient china.
Eastern asia hip and gable roof xieshan roof see the 2nd picture below the roof on the building in front of us is.