Timber logic · assembly study 09
Wood frame · Tang study model

南禅寺大殿

Main Hall of Nanchan Temple
Wutai County · ShanxiTang period · 782 CE

A compact, single-eave timber hall study. Its posts, tie frame, bracket sets and tiled roof are shown as a legible construction sequence.

Interpretive model · not measured

Material study

NEW · 0
0 · fresh100 · weathered
Structural X-rayFade roof, screens and painted trim
FRAME CLOSED · X-RAY OFF
柱zhù · columns

Upright posts carry the roof weight down to stone footings.

枋fāng · tie-beams

Fang bind column heads and steady each structural bay.

梁liáng · beams

Main beams span the frame and pass roof loads to columns.

檩lǐn · purlins

Longitudinal purlins support rafters along the roof slope.

斗拱dǒugǒng · brackets

Layered brackets project the eaves and seat the roof frame.

椽chuán · rafters

Slender rafters fan from ridge to eaves beneath the tile deck.

Five lifts · frame order

  1. 01Columns柱
  2. 02Fang / tie-beams枋
  3. 03Beams + purlins梁 · 檩
  4. 04Dougong sets斗拱
  5. 05Rafters + roof椽
05
Roof complete
Complete frame · scrub the lift line to inspect a stageDrag to orbit · wheel to zoom
Reading the frame · Assemblies rise in five lifts; reverse lowers them in the opposite order. Hover a member to find its label.

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