Hall Of Supreme Harmony Roof Decorations

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Hall of supreme harmony roof decorations.

Statues on roof of hall of supreme harmony in the forbidden city against sky chinese imperial roof decoration. An ordinary dragon head decoration series ten 行什 unique to this roof an anti thunder monkey god then the nine animals and a fairy decoration. Let s not start the roof. Chinese imperial roof decoration or roof charms or roof figures yan shou or zou shou or dun shou was only allowed on official buildings of the empire.

The design of the roofs is interesting. Little by little the characteristics of the roofs will become very symbolic relegating the fact that first and foremost. This figure was unique to this single building being the throne hall and therefore the building with the highest status in the entire empire. All the pavilions have decorations with high symbolic contents.

A son of dragon. Note the addition of an. Chinese imperial roof decorations or roof charms or roof figures. Golden dragon designs dominate the hall s exterior and interior décor.

Variant versions are still widespread in chinese temples and has spread to the rest of east asia and parts of southeast asia. Chinese roofs are typically of the hip roof type with small gables. China beijing forbidden city p1000171 jpg 4 608 3 456. Media in category imperial roof decoration of the hall of supreme harmony the following 24 files are in this category out of 24 total.

Photo print drawing detail showing mythical figurines on the roof of the hall of supreme harmony at the imperial palace museum in the forbidden city beijing china. Download this stock image. The maximum number is seen in the lower image taken at the hall of supreme harmony. Imperial roof decorations roof charms on the hall of supreme harmony in the forbidden city beijing china r94ncp from alamy s library of millions of high resolution stock photos illustrations and vectors.

The hall of supreme harmony has 12 roof ridge statuettes left to right. There are 10 kinds of different roofs in the palace which are characterized by the presence or absence of a projection its pyramidal or trapezoidal shape the presence of a pinion etc. The decorations are of great beauty and deserve attention because in addition to. The hall of supreme harmony is the largest hall in the forbidden city and architecturally the highest ranking building of the surviving traditional architecture in china.

Roof charms or roof figures on a minor building in the the temple of heaven in beijing china. Followed by the hall of the supreme harmony then of the hall of the harmony of the medium.