What are the elements of Chinese architecture

Detail small elements, according to my understanding.

1. Roof form - hard hill, overhanging hill, four corners of the save the tip, hipped, heavy eaves hipped, round save the tip, Ali Wang, hiatus

2. Layout (such as: the gold box bucket bottom groove), the central axis of symmetry, enclosing the courtyard: the courtyard.

3. Small carvings - kissing beasts, newspaper drum stone, play head, ang head carvings,

4. Forms: three-part: pedestal, house body, roof. The fire-sealing wall of Huizhou architecture, the arch of the kiln in Shaanxi (lean-to kiln, sunken kiln), and the dry-rail style (the bottom floor is elevated). The division of window panes.

5. Landscaping techniques: distant borrowing and borrowing (borrowing landscape framing), folding straw raincoat back, separated but not continuous (the wall of the view), small in the big (small landscape).

As well as the idea of the unity of mankind.

6. Ancient architectural components: arch, (bearing eaves ling three sounds), rafters, (ling three sounds), looking at the board, tile, ridge brick, animal kiss. Hold the head beam, ......

7. mortise and tenon structure