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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. 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.

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6. 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]

7. 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 ...