A traditional chinese roof with 8 facades which could be either single or double eaves.
Types of roofs in traditional chinese architecture.
2 types of roof decorations 1.
3 suspended roof xuanshan roof see the 3rd picture.
Eastern asia hip and gable roof xieshan roof see the 2nd picture below the roof on the building in front of us is.
Tiles were the most common material used for ancient chinese roofs.
They provided good protection against fire stayed waterproof and were good for drainage.
Residential buildings weren t allowed yellow glazed tiles which were reserved for use on royal buildings.
Double eave hip roofs were the classiest roofs in the empire reserved for the top imperial buildings.
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By the 3rd century ce hip and gable roofs are common.
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.
Pavilions also stand by bridges or over water wells.
There is no evidence of the dome in chinese architecture unnecessary in any case with wooden structures although stone and brick tombs of various periods do have arched doorways and vaulted or corbelled roofs.
This type of roof allows the structure with three facades normally used on a small garden pavilion.
This is strikingly different from most western roofing systems they put a lot of stress on the outer walls.
Traditional chinese roofs on garden structures round roof.
A curved roof with overhanging eaves which a wooden skeleton supports.
Hip hipped roof wudian roof see the 1st picture below hipped roof is of the highest level in traditional chinese.