What is the architectural form of the roof of Tiananmen Gate?

The roof of Tiananmen Gate Tower is eaves-like, and it is located on the top of the mountain.

Tiananmen Gate Tower is a traditional double-eaved, hilltop-resting building in China. It consists of four inclined top surfaces, one straight ridge, four vertical ridges, four ridges (the lower end of the vertical ridge is folded) and triangular walls with inclined planes on both sides turned into vertical planes. Form a mixed form of two-slope and four-slope roofs. Therefore, it is known as "eight eaves and nine ridges". The gatehouse is made of wood structure, and under the cornice of the main hall are orderly arches and beams.

Features:

The main building of this tower is divided into two floors. The upper floor is a towering tower with double eaves and a yellow glazed tile roof. It is nine meters wide from east to west and five rooms deep from north to south, with the number of "Ninth Five-Year Plan" as the symbol of the emperor's majesty.

There are 36 diamond-shaped doors and windows on the front. Most of the wood used in the tower is nanmu, and there are 60 red lacquer wood columns with a diameter of 92 cm in the main hall, which bear most of the gravity of the roof building.

Arranged neatly, there are algae wells and beams at the top of the column, painted with golden dragons and auspicious colored paintings with dragon patterns. The 36 doors and windows on the front are China's traditional diamond patterns, the ceiling caisson on the roof is painted with dragon patterns, and the criss-crossing beams of the hall are painted with golden dragons and seals.

Refer to the above? Baidu encyclopedia-Tiananmen square