ancient chinese house roof

roof structure of architecture of ancient China

The roof is the ancient Chinese architectural style in the main part of the curve in general were from different forms of Liangjia structure. The building is important to single out brackets cornices, eaves in the corner formed Qiqiao wing angle.
5 roof of the basic form, that is, the two sides of the slope at both ends hanging out hanging Peak; sloping sides do not hang out at both ends of the hard-top; slope on all sides of the veranda Dianding; for the cut-off on the hanging hardware or Shan Shan, under the cut-off for Xie Shanding veranda of the hall, Cuanjian Ding, also a time of their priority, which Dianding veranda of the first, occurred at about the Qin Dynasty, Qin and Han dynasties when the hanging and similar top of the roof of a sharp save, but the latter still For a short period of Zheng Ji, the slope is not true in the intersection, after the Eastern Han Dynasty have had a real and Zanjian Ding Xie Shanding; Peak emergence of the latest hardware, the Ming and Qing Dynasties, with extensive use of brick walls housing After the adoption of a large number. In addition to the hardware and hanging Peak Peak, other forms of the roof can be made in the form of Zhong Yan.
All kinds of roof construction in ancient China
Singapore's housing interface is generally a roof. Poding a two-Zheng Ji (sometimes slope of the two-phase round, Zheng Ji-free, gold or ridge known as the Juan Peng), and sometimes in the two-side slope around the block from the direction of an up and down, decorative vertical ridges; four Po Ding Zheng Ji and a 4 closure of the oblique ridge; Xieshan Ding has 9 roof, that is, a Zheng Ji, 4 vertical ridges, the ridges closure 4. Only Cuanjian Ding closure ridge, the number of 4 to 8, with the shape of the plane; Cuanjian Ding circular roof did not. A variety of roof ridge closure received in the previous paragraph, also known as a small part of the bifurcated ridge. The ridge-side ridge or ridge often high-profile since the decoration, Zheng Ji as the animal Kiss (also known as the end of chi, chi kiss or kiss is), vertical ridges and the closure of the ridge down animals, animal closure, the bifurcated ridge Many animals, such as immortal. Early roof tiles for the more complex base, the Ming and Qing Dynasties is commonly used in a variety of specialized spinal matter.
According to the roof of their own style personality, separately for different occasions. Dianding magnificent style veranda, such as for building high-level central axis of the main temple door and housing; Xieshan Ding gorgeous and lively personality, for the general side hall in a palace; Zanjian Ding used for pavilions and pagodas; hanging Peak Hill and hardware used for residential . In the feudal society in China, the shapes and decoration of the roof are many grades of the provisions of the Ming and Qing Dynasties is particularly strict. In the form of roof, height, decorated with the image of the ridge, the size and number, as well as the materials used to be based on the color of the level of the building, shall not go beyond.
Housing Liangjia refers to the wood structure of the upper part of the skeleton, its structure can be divided into two beams and lift the two-Chuan Dou types. Carrying beam in the column deep into the housing along the direction of the beam to place, on the beam and then overlay layers to reduce the beam, the beam at the two ends of a short beam under the home or Dianmu short column, the next layer of support beams. Most of the short beam, said Leung Ping is neutral short column. In the next two Liangjia between the short column in the middle of stigma and Liang Liang in the first room along with the direction of the sub-index linked to constitute a "between." Application purline may also wooden pallets and Fang. Chuan Dou-deep into the housing along the direction of a row of Li-chu, have access to higher columns purlin to support sub-standard; inter-column with a long horizontal cross-Fang, Liang Jia between the two sub-standard addition to the outside and play with Fang and fiber Sub-link. Carrying beam used in the construction of the North, the South for the higher construction; Chuan Dou-general of the South for more housing.
Liang Jia of the art processing in the following ways: ① to Liang Liang made on the form, that is, the beam up and down on the surface are Xiao Cheng slightly upward curve of the arch, at the same time on the beam between Dianmu, the outline also make short column A variety of artistic processing. If the de-made, hump-shaped and so on. Short columns and beams decorated with wood joints used. ② in the beam on the surface of the sculpture more floriation were mainly observed in the construction of the Qing Dynasty, some only floriation Shi Liang in the end, some full Tongshen birds, there is the tendency to be too cumbersome. ③ draw on the beam in the colored pattern.