What are the top houses on the roof?

There are four vertical ridges on the top of the temple, and four slopes, front, back, left and right. So it is also called Wuling Hall (Song Dynasty) and Si Ards Hall (Qing Dynasty). It is said that Ding Dian is the earliest roof form in China, which appeared as early as the Yin and Shang Dynasties. Whether this statement is correct or not is uncertain, but judging from the objects of stone reliefs and pottery in the Han Dynasty, Ding Dian was quite common at the latest in the Han Dynasty.

2. Ceramic architecture on the top of the Eastern Han Palace.

By the Tang Dynasty, it had been applied to Buddhist temple buildings, such as Wugao Temple discovered by Liang Sicheng and Lin, which was the earliest existing building. At about the same time, Ding Dian was introduced to Japan, and it was called Sending Architecture.

3. North Temple East Hall model.

Ding Dian is the highest level of ancient architecture. This may be because Ding Dian first appeared, and when other roof forms were born, Ding Dian became orthodox by virtue of its qualifications.

By the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Ding Dian had become exclusive to the royal family and could only be used in the most distinguished royal buildings, such as the place where the emperor lived and worked, the place where the royal family sacrificed their ancestors, the royal temples and so on.

4, Beijing ancestral temple halberd gate

The only exception may be Confucius. After all, the emperor wanted to use other people's views to govern the country and let Confucius enjoy privileges. Therefore, if you see the ancient buildings of Ming and Qing dynasties at the top of the temple in the future, it is basically related to either the royal family or Confucius.