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- Dougong (Chinese: 斗拱; pinyin: dǒugǒng; lit. 'cap [and] block') is a structural element of interlocking wooden brackets, important in traditional Chinese...
- highly decorated as part of an architectural style, such as the Chinese dougong bracket systems. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, eaves is derived...
- ceiling. It is raised above the level of the ceiling through the use of the dougong (斗栱) structure, which, through interlocking structural members, as beams...
- dynasty decorations on dougong of Guanyin Pavilion of Dule Temple. Song Dynasty "Wucai Caihua" (Five Coloured Painting)-dougong decorations guide as detailed...
- Symmetry was also important in the layout of homes, altars, and villages. Dougong is a unique structural element of interlocking wooden brackets, one of...
- include the friction damping and sliding effect of the complex wooden dougong joints, the structural isolation of floors, the effects of wide eaves analogous...
- for health, longevity, and success in studies Kiyomizu-dera, Illuminated Dougong architectural element, Kiyomizu-dera Dragon sculpture at Kiyomizu-dera...
- terraces) 屋 wu (Rooms along roofed corridors) 斗拱 (Chinese: 斗拱; pinyin: Dǒugǒng) dougong interlocking wooden brackets, often used in clusters to support roofs...
- columns-pillars Dolmenprehistoric megalithic tombs with structural stone lintels Dougongtraditional Chinese structural element I-beam – steel lintels and beams...
- a fortified manor with towers, a courtyard, verandas, tiled rooftops, dougong support brackets, and a covered bridge extending from the third floor of...