Ancient Chinese architectural eaves corner upward curved is what it means

1, the corner of the place out of the eaves longer, so to use large wooden members to support, can not use the ordinary rafters, so padded two layers, resulting in the other followed upward.

2, for the sake of aesthetics, like a bird's wings upward, so that the roof looks not only not bulky, but also very light to fly.

3, out of the eaves are very long, the edge of the warping up to better light, otherwise the light are covered.

4, the side up a little, so that the rain can be thrown farther away, so as not to get the foundation wet.

Extended Information:

p>Ancient Chinese architecture with its unique modeling art and construction features, formed the national architectural system, the main body of the Eastern architectural culture circle. And the traditional architecture of the wings of the corner, is a major feature of the traditional Chinese architectural beauty, mainly used for four slopes and save the corner of the pointed roof buildings, and make such buildings more perfect, thus enriching and accentuating the perfection of the traditional Chinese architectural art.

As early as in the pre-Qin period, "Poetry" in the ancient architecture of the Zhou Dynasty wing corner of the record, it is our country's working people in the long-term process of building repeatedly practiced and summarized by the creation of a specialized art.

Wing angle, one is by the old corner beams, children corner beams, corner eaves rafters, corner rafters, corner arch and some of the ancillary components related to the structure. From the outside of the building to watch the two corners gradually upward, and forward, forming a gentle curve, from some of the picture stone, Ming ware and tomb queer and other information to prove that it is in its infancy in the Han Dynasty, this period of the corner of the building does not have a corner beams, has not yet formed the corner of the warping, so it is called the eave corner.

To the North and South Dynasties, the corner of the eaves appeared corner, the formation of the corner of the house was born of the wing angle, the Tang and Song Dynasty wing angle method developed to a mature stage, the Song Dynasty Li Mingzhong compiled by the "Building Methods" in the book of the wing of the corner of the practice of the provisions of a clear, Jin, Yuan, Ming, Qing Dynasty, and the use of a wide range of different methods.

Mainly used in the roof adjacent to the two slopes between the eaves. Ancient Chinese houses have far-reaching eaves, "Poetry" has a relevant account, Tang, Song, Ming and Qing dynasties have developed. The most common wing corner practice, the north is the official practice of the Qing Dynasty, the south is mainly circulated in Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions of the hair bump practice.

The Qing Dynasty official building wing angle warping is generally from the body rafter skin to the last corner rafter skin up four rafter diameter, out of the warping for the corner beam outside the projection of the long body rafter three rafter diameter, craftsmen's terminology, called the "punch three warping four".

Ancient Chinese architectural eave corner upward curved to hipped or hiatus building is a gable; initially it should be in order to improve the 45 ° diagonal frame to the eaves trusses (teasing the wind bottles) on the corner of the beams and eaves trusses of the strength.

Because the mountain face and the cross face of the pick eaves trusses two and two intersection, the respective diameter strength has been reduced to about 2/5, such as to let the corner beam and then insert a leg, that each other should also be three intersection, the intersection will continue to reduce the strength, and ultimately can not effectively support the weight of the eaves on the tiles, look out for bricks, etc., therefore, in order to increase the corner beams and pick eaves trusses of the strength.

Corner beam to take direct cuts, directly overlap in the face of the mountain and the cross face of the eaves truss; this makes the corner of the beam must be higher than the eaves truss, in the period to join the raw wood, to achieve the corner of the beam to the face of the mountain and the cross face of the eaves truss of the gradual excess, and in the process of practice, continue to explore, optimize, beautify, and gradually evolved into the beautiful on the curved line that we see.

The purlins on both sides of the ancient houses in southern Fujian are elevated or made false houses to form two slightly higher sides of the mountain, and at the same time, through the thickening of looking at the bricks and paving tiles to form a unique upward curvature, which does not belong to the above reasons.

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