The beauty of the roofs of ancient buildings

    Chinese architecture is particularly large roof, the most striking thing about most ancient Chinese wooden buildings is that they are full of soft curved roof curve.It is different from the temple in European classical architecture. In order to correct the parallax, the middle cornice is raised slightly on purpose in pursuit of perfect form. Instead, the two ends are upturned.

    In Chinese architectural complexes, the roof layer restricts the surrounding space, that is, the roof part is the core and initial part of the design.After the Song Dynasty, the reduction of the paving layer under the eaves made the aesthetic importance of the roof layer increased.The combination of roofs in Chinese pavilions is created to cater to different aesthetic tastes.

    The beautiful silhouette of The roof of Chinese architecture encourages the extensive use of roof forms such as "Xieshan" and "Zanjian" in garden pavilions.Construction to avoid other people's ridge, including the Angle ridge point to, even in the garden layout management should not be the Angle ridge to the tourist concentration of the lot, because there is often a column under the Angle ridge, from the view of others and the view of two aspects of the analysis are not good.In this way, in the layout of buildings, people should avoid other ridges and corners of the roof.

    On the whole, Chinese architecture not only has diachronic changes, showing the characteristics of architectural form, but also has synchronic regional cultural differences.When we pay attention to the commonness of Chinese architectural tradition, it is worth us to cherish their respective cultural heritage and further explore their respective vitality.