The ancient ritual system in mainland China was strict, and there were clear regulations on the scale, structure, and scope of use of buildings.
The temple structure is composed of three horizontal layers superimposed from bottom to top.
If the hall type structure is superimposed with column nets and paving layers, it becomes, such as the Guanyin Pavilion of Dule Temple and the wooden tower of Yingxian County.
Hall-type structure: The hall-type level is not so high, and the materials used are relatively small. However, as a hybrid overall architecture, it is more overall stable than the palace style. It is characterized by:
The interior adopts the practice of thorough construction, that is, the roof beam frame is completely exposed, which is suitable for secondary buildings such as gatehouses and halls, and can also be used as the main hall.
Yuwu: Most of them only use beams and columns to lap, do not use bucket arches, or only use a single bucket for a simple bucket arch, in the French style called this practice for columns and beams, single bucket only for the column head is to use only a bucket and a substitute wood to combine the column, beam, and mortem, and other specifications are lower than the hall type. There are many surplus houses in the "Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival" for reference.
In the "Code of Engineering Practice" of the Ministry of Qing Industry, buildings are divided into two types.
; Large-style buildings are mainly used in palaces, altars, temples, etc., and there are generally more rooms, and there are up to 11 special cases. You can use a variety of exit methods such as front and rear porches and surrounding porches. Generally, the corner back can be used, you can use a variety of roofs such as the palace, the rest of the mountain, the hanging mountain, the hard mountain, the tip of the roof, the roof is glazed tiles and kissing beasts, the pedestal is high, that is, the pedestal of the "large-style building" is higher, and the pedestal of the Sumeru seat can be used, and other buildings can not be used.
Small-style buildings are mostly used in residential gardens or ancillary buildings, generally only three to five rooms, only do the front and back porches, not the surrounding porches. Limited to single-eaves hanging hills, hard hills and roll sheds. The roof does not use glazed tiles and kissing beasts.