Traditional Chinese Roof Structure
Sometimes the hip roof had a flat top.
Traditional chinese roof structure. Flat roofs are uncommon while gabled roofs are almost omnipresent in traditional chinese architecture. This type of roof allows the structure with three facades normally used on a small garden pavilion. Eastern asia hip and gable roof xieshan roof see the 2nd picture below the roof on the building in front of us is. There are four types of roof structures that were used in ancient china.
The hip roof half hip roof conical roof and the gable roof. 3 features of chinese roof architecture 1. A traditional chinese roof with 8 facades which could be either single or double eaves. The first was a hip roof consisting of five ridges and is very large in scale.
Graceful curved shapes the upturned eaves on roof corners are the most identifiable mark of chinese roof architecture. Timber jointing systems joints were favored over metal fixings. Roofs are either built on roof cross beams or rest directly on vertical structural beams. Hip hipped roof wudian roof see the 1st picture below hipped roof is of the highest level in traditional chinese.
The visually compelling and highly complex structures that support the. It is characterize by its inward curve and upturned corners. Traditional chinese roofs on garden structures round roof.