There are several styles of roofing in old Beijing courtyard houses

Dry rubbing tile roof. What kind of operation should be decided according to the ancient building materials, building grade and the nature of use. The saddle ridge can only be used for tile houses. Clear water ridge can be used for tube tile or tile. Dry rubbing tile roof generally do not use complex ridge and ridge method. Clear water ridges can only be used in conjunction with the barrel tiles at the same time, but not with other forms of ridges. The rank order of the ridge is (1) bell row ridge. (2) Phi water row ridge (3) tube tile slightly Long. The architectural grade of the main ridge to Yuanbao ridge for the top, followed by clear water ridge, saddle ridge lower.

Hap Tile roofing is characterized by the use of slate tiles, the bottom, cover tiles a reverse a positive that is? A Yin and a Yang? Sort. Tile roofing is mainly seen in small buildings and residential houses in Beijing, Hebei, Shandong and other places, large buildings do not use green tile tile. In these areas, as long as you look at the roof is a tile or tube tile, you know is a private house or temple goods is the king's house.