Imperial Roof Decoration Perched Rooster

Imperial roof decorations roof charms on the hall of supreme harmony in the forbidden city beijing china buy this stock photo and explore similar images at adobe stock sales.

Imperial roof decoration perched rooster.

A self enclosed and fortified palace the complex includes the purple forbidden city which was the inner sanctum of the imperial household as well as temples courtyards gardens and other buildings. Zǒu shòu or crouching beasts 蹲獸 蹲兽. Chinese imperial roof decorations or roof charms or roof figures 檐獸 檐兽. It is a magnificent ensemble of palaces pavilions courtyards gardens in which have been placed a large number of symbols they were mostly related to the decorations of the pavilions.

Variant versions are still widespread in chinese temples and has spread to the rest of east asia and parts of southeast asia. Hue vietnam decorations and roof tiles on top of a building at the imperial city in hue vietnam. Yán shòu or walking beasts 走獸 走兽. 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.

Chinese roofs are typically of the hip roof type with small gables. Media in category imperial roof decoration of the hall of supreme harmony the following 24 files are in this category out of 24 total. China beijing forbidden city p1000171 jpg 4 608 3 456.