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2. East Asian hip-and-gable roof - Wikipedia

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   The Longxing Temple — built in 1052 and located at present-day Zhengding, Hebei Province, China — has a hip-and-gable xieshan-style roof with double eaves. [1]The East Asian hip-and-gable roof (Xiēshān (歇山) in Chinese, Paljakjibung (팔작지붕) in Korean and Irimoya (入母屋) in Japanese) also known as 'resting hill roof', consists of a hip roof that slopes down on all four sides ...

3. Traditional Chinese roofing - Wikipedia

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   A qingshui ridge [] on the end of a roof. Traditional Chinese roofs are also distinguished by a number of distinct roofing elements, such as ridges. In addition to the main ridges (Chinese: 大脊; pinyin: dà jí), certain traditional Chinese roofs have additional ornamental ridges, such as qingshui ridges [] (Chinese: 清水脊; pinyin: qīngshuǐ jí) and juanpeng ridges (Chinese: 卷棚脊 ...

4. Longxing Temple - Wikipedia

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   The East Asian hip-and-gable roof style was used here with two levels of eaves. [7] The floor plan appeared to be almost a regular square but was added with one Baosha ( simplified Chinese : 抱厦 ; traditional Chinese : 抱廈 , a smaller and loer structure protruding from the main building) on each of the four sides. [ 7 ]

5. Imperial roof decoration - Wikipedia

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   Highest possible status imperial roof decoration - man riding bird, nine beasts, immortal figure, and dragon Chinese imperial roof decorations or roof charms or roof-figures (Chinese: 檐獸/檐兽; pinyin: yán shòu) or "walking beasts" (Chinese: 走獸/走兽; pinyin: zǒu shòu) or "crouching beasts" (Chinese: 蹲獸/蹲兽; pinyin: Dūn shòu) were statuettes placed along the ridge line ...

6. Chinese architecture - Wikipedia

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   Chinese architecture has influenced the architecture of many other East Asian countries. During the Tang dynasty, much Chinese culture was imported by neighboring nations. Chinese architecture had a major influence on the architectural styles of Japan, Korea, Mongolia, and Vietnam where the East Asian hip-and-gable roof design is ubiquitous.

7. Tomb of Yu Hong - Wikipedia

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   The sarcophagus is made up of white marble, it assumes the appearance of a temple with the hip-and-gable roof. It is composed of three parts: the rectangular platform, walls in the middle section and the roof. The sarcophagus rested on a support platform, at each side of the platform there are two stone supports in the form of a lion's head.

8. List of roof shapes - Wikipedia

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   Half-hipped (clipped gable, jerkinhead [7]): A combination of a gable and a hip roof (pitched roof without changes to the walls) with the hipped part at the top and the gable section lower down. Dutch gable, gablet : A hybrid of hipped and gable with the gable (wall) at the top and hipped lower down; i.e. the opposite arrangement to the half ...

9. Foguang Temple - Wikipedia

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   It is located on an 83 cm (2.7 ft) high platform, has three front doors and one central back door, and features a single-eave hip gable roof. The interior of the hall has only four support pillars. In order to support the large roof, diagonal beams are used. [21] On each of the four walls are murals of arhats painted in 1429 during the Ming ...