On the structural elements features of ancestral temple in Huizhou

Abstract

Huizhou ancestral temple is an agglomeration of Huizhou architectural culture, which has distinct local characteristics and times characteristics. This article from the Huizhou ancestral temple of the main structural members, Including: beam, column, dougong, roof and so on; By means of comparison, enumeration and statistics, the characteristics of structural members of Huizhou ancestral temples are analyzed. This paper summarizes the evolution of structural column from shuttle-shaped column to straight column in Huizhou ancestral temple; Changes in the ratio of length to width of benincasa hispida-shaped beam; The internal structure of the building adopts a combination of round ridge roofs and miter roofs; tiaowo (one form of dougong) and other structural characteristics of Huizhou ancestral temple.