Abstract
The history and development of traditional Chinese architecture goes back thousands of years. Still, the beauty of architectural forms amazes the imagination with the complexity of their designs, elegance, variety of decoration and materials from which they are made. The paper focuses on the decorating of roof-ridges, which have a special design. The type of adornments directly depended on the type of roof-ridges. The ornate statues of dragons, a celestial being and ten mythical ridge beasts are placed on the roof-ridges of the palace halls. They were meant to display the power of the imperial family and represent all kinds of magic things. Although the original purpose of these decorative elements was practical, under the influence of folk beliefs it also became symbolic. As a result, they have formed a special and unique aesthetics of roof adornments.
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