The East Asian hip-and-gable roof also known as 'resting hill roof', consists of a hip roof that slopes down on all four sides and integrates a gable on two opposing sides. It is usually constructed w
The Longxing Temple—built in 1052 and located at present-day Zhengding, Hebei Province, China—has a hip-and-gable xieshan-style roof with double eaves.
Xieshan roof with single eaves on Hualin Temple in Fujian, China
Xieshan roof with multiple eaves on the Mahavira Hall of Xiantong Temple on Mount Wutai, Wutai County, Shanxi, China
Xieshan roof with single eaves on the Hall of the Three Pure Ones in Xuanmiao Temple in Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
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Shinto architecture is the architecture of Japanese Shinto shrines.
The composition of a Shinto shrine
Senbon Torii at Fushimi Inari-taisha, Fushimi-ku, Kyoto
Chōzuya at Nikkō Tōshō-gū shrine in Nikkō, Tochigi
The honden at Uda Mikumari Shrine, located in Uda, Nara