In ancient China, tenon and mortise technology was highly developed. How high can houses be built theoretically?

Sometimes we wonder why ancient houses can last for hundreds of years, but now houses have become dangerous buildings after being built for about 5 years. At present, we mainly use reinforced concrete and nails to build houses, while in ancient China, people used wood and mortise and tenon technology, which can splice all parts of wood. However, there are no specific figures on how high houses can be built by mortise and tenon technology.

In ancient China, nails were not used to build houses, but ancient craftsmen used mortise and tenon technology. The principle of mortise and tenon is very simple, that is, one wood is concave and the other wood is convex. When they are together, the concave and convex parts can be firmly engaged. In tenon-mortise structure, there is also a component called bucket arch, whose function is to distribute the weight of eaves evenly on each beam and column. The house built in this way is very strong.

In theory, mortise and tenon technology is very powerful, but it has been proved that it really deserves its name. Our Forbidden City is a typical representative of tenon-mortise structure buildings, which is now over 6 years old. In the past hundreds of miles, it has experienced hundreds of earthquakes, but each earthquake has not damaged it. The most recent earthquake was the Tangshan earthquake, and the Forbidden City still stood the test.

In Switzerland, people used mortise and tenon technology to build a building in China, but as the home country of mortise and tenon technology, we seldom use mortise and tenon technology to build houses now, which is a great pity. Traditional craft can't just disappear. I hope architects in our country can also use this ancient technology to build a modern mortise and tenon building.