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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...
- times, determining the original scheme is difficult. Top of the column (dougong) in the building protecting the caves of Yungang Grottoes Yungang Grottoe...
- 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...
- Coloured Painting)-dougong decorations guide as detailed on the Yingzao Fashi Song Dynasty "Danfen Caihua" (Red and White)-dougong decorations guide as...
- include the friction damping and sliding effect of the complex wooden dougong joints, the structural isolation of floors, the effects of wide eaves analogous...
- columns-pillars Dolmenprehistoric megalithic tombs with structural stone lintels Dougongtraditional Chinese structural element I-beam – steel lintels and beams...
- for health, longevity, and success in studies Kiyomizu-dera, Illuminated Dougong architectural element, Kiyomizu-dera Dragon sculpture at Kiyomizu-dera...
- Symmetry was also important in the layout of homes, altars, and villages. Dougong is a unique structural element of interlocking wooden brackets, one of...
- fragments of interlocking wooden brackets in the Chinese style called dougong. The decorative eave end-tiles recovered from the site are broadly analogous...