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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. Imperial roof decoration - Wikipedia

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    Imperial roof decoration of a minor building at the Forbidden City Multiple gables with decorations. Along the ridges (unions between the roof panels), near the corner, a row of small figures is placed. These are often made of glazed ceramic and form an outward marching procession. Here we see the imperial yellow glaze reserved for the emperor.

  4. 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 ...

  5. Longxing Temple - Wikipedia

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    The hall was built in the Yuanfeng Period in the Song dynasty (AD 1078–1085) with the hip roof style, which is the highest level of roof styles in ancient China. [6] In the following centuries, it was restored several times. [4] In the early years of the Republic of China, it collapsed due to poor maintenance and war. [4]

  6. Category:East Asian architecture - Wikipedia

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    Architecture in China (19 C, 58 P) E. East Asian gardens (3 C, 1 P) J. Architecture in Japan (16 C, 67 P) K. ... East Asian hip-and-gable roof This page was last ...

  7. Kibitsu-zukuri - Wikipedia

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    Kibitsu Shrine's honden-haiden complex. The main entrance (hidden) is on the right. Kibitsu-zukuri (吉備津造), kibi-zukuri (吉備造) or hiyoku irimoya-zukuri (入母屋造, paired wing hip-and-gable roof style) is a traditional Japanese Shinto architectural style characterized by four dormer gables, two per lateral side, on the roof of a very large honden (sanctuary).

  8. 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 ...

  9. List of roof shapes - Wikipedia

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    Hip, hipped: A hipped roof is sloped in two pairs of directions (e.g. N–S and E–W) compared to the one pair of direction (e.g. N–S or E–W) for a gable roof. Cross hipped: The result of joining two or more hip roof sections together, forming a T or L shape for the simplest forms, or any number of more complex shapes.

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