Forbidden City Architecture Roof

Marco hernandez even today it sounds a near impossible task.

Forbidden city architecture roof.

A nailless chinese construction method. The roof of the forbidden city is full of glazed tiles. Imperial roof decoration of a minor building at the forbidden city multiple gables with decorations along the ridges unions between the roof panels near the corner a row of small figures is placed. The largest earthquake we ve ever recorded in history had a 9 5 magnitude.

Build an earthquake resistant wooden building strong enough to endure several tumultuous centuries but without using nails or glue. Green is used. Forbidden city serves as the home of 24 emperors of ming dynasty 1368 1644 and qing dynasty 1636 1912 over 5 centuries. In the forbidden city building there are more than 10 different types of roofs.

The forbidden city is the largest medieval palace architecture in the world and was the main imperial palace of china s final two dynasties. The main hall is mainly yellow. These brackets in forbidden city architectures were no longer used to support the house and absorb the effects of earthquakes but only for decoration. They then put the structure a fifth of the size of buildings in the forbidden city through simulated earthquakes.

One example is wenyuange the imperial library in beijing s forbidden city which amidst many yellow roofs stands under a roof of black tiles. The ming 1368 1644 and qing 1644 1912 dynasties. The roof form of chinese architecture is rich and colorful. Books were liable to catch fire black was supposed to be the colour of water and a black coloured roof would mean ever ready water to put out fires.

Watch how this structure built in the forbidden city style of architecture holds up to a simulated earthquake. The bracket using to bearing the weight of the roof is also a vital and typical part in ancient chinese architecture. Construction on the forbidden city began in 1406 when zhu di son of the hongwu emperor became the yongle emperor and moved the capital of china to beijing. Take the three halls as an example the roofs are different.

The forbidden city s unique architecture chapter 2 the dougong.