Read hierarchy, ritual, climate and daily life in roof forms, courtyards, gates, brackets and carefully framed garden views.
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Courtyard planning
How the Central Axis Organises a Beijing Courtyard House
Principal hall · wing rooms · offset gate
Roof forms
How to Tell Four Chinese Roof Types Apart
Slopes · gables · hierarchy
Garden opening
What a Moon Gate Does in a Chinese Garden
Movement · framed views · form
Ridge ornaments
Why Chinese Roofs Have Different Numbers of Ridge Beasts
Rank · placement · counting
Dougong
How Dougong Carries a Chinese Roof
Brackets · columns · load path