What is a roof ridge

Ridge is the roof of the opposite slope or the top of the line between the two sides of the opposite intersection. According to the different positions of the ancient architectural roof ridge, it can be divided into main ridge, pendant ridge, bo ridge, corner ridge, bump ridge, Yuanbao ridge, horizontal ridge, circle ridge; according to the different practices, it can be divided into large ridge, over ridge, clear water ridge.

In China's ancient architecture on the ridge, we can easily see some of the beast of the gods, which is what people call the kissing beast. Kissing beast is a general term for the roof ridge beast decoration in ancient Chinese architecture, this article is going to say the scops owl refers to the two ends of the ridge of this kind of kissing beast, it is a kind of kissing beast.

Heze area folk house in addition to stone decoration, but also in the ridge of the ceramic beast decoration, the image of the lion, horse, cow, sheep, chickens, fish, commonly known as the "six beasts". In addition to the "six beasts", there are dragon-shaped "big beasts" and "small beasts", "pavilions" and "Building". The "six beasts" are mounted on the ridge of the roof, and the houses with a single ridge are lined up, with a fish in the center, chickens, goats, cows, horses, and lions in the order of left and right, and "big beasts" at the ends, and "pavilions" or "floors" in the middle. The center can also be "pavilion" or "building". The hipped tile house has five ridges, the big ridge in the middle is "Louzi", the left and right order is fish, chicken, sheep, cattle, horses, lions, and the two ends are "big beasts", and the small ridge from top to bottom is fish, chicken, sheep, cattle, horses, lions, and the last four corners are installed with "small beasts". The last four corners of the house are loaded with "small beasts".