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Identifying feature

Upturned eaves

Roof edges, called eaves, that curve upward toward the corners. They are common on traditional Chinese, Japanese and Korean temples, palaces and houses.

a sign of these styles

Foguang Temple, Mount Wutai, China: an example of Ancient Chinese Ancient Chinese c. 1500 BCE–1800s Timber halls of posts and beams under sweeping tiled roofs with upturned corners, joined by interlocking brackets. Hall of Supreme Harmony, Forbidden City, Beijing, China: an example of Chinese Traditional Chinese Traditional c. 200 BCE–present Courtyard compounds under sweeping glazed tile roofs carried on interlocking bracket sets. Kinkaku-ji, Kyoto, Japan: an example of Japanese Traditional Japanese Traditional c. 700–present Timber frames, deep sheltering eaves, sliding paper screens, and verandas, all sized to the tatami mat.

also seen on

Southeast Asian

often seen with

Courtyard An open-air space enclosed by the walls of a building or group of buildings. Dougong bracket A set of interlocking wooden brackets stacked on a column to carry the roof's overhanging eaves. Glazed tile roof A roof of clay tiles coated with a shiny, often colored glaze, with decorated tiles along the ridges. Deep eave overhang Roof edges, called eaves, that extend well beyond the walls. Exposed structure A building's frame, beams, trusses (triangles of linked beams), pipes or ducts left visible instead of… Roof finial A small upright ornament fixed to the top of a roof peak, gable or spire, often a spike, ball or carved… Carved stone relief Figures or patterns carved into stone so they project from a flat background, called low relief when shallow… Carved wood ornament Decorative shapes cut into a building's wooden parts, such as brackets (supports under the eaves), porch…