páishāngōudī 排山勾滴

Note

The term paishan goudi 排山勾滴 combines the words paishan, referring to the practice of aligning rooftiles (pai 排) along the slope of the gable end (shanmian 山面, lit. “mountain (peak)” “side”), and goudi, which refers to the goutou 勾頭 and dishui 滴水 capping tiles. In placing more emphasis on practice of paishan, it is also called “capping the gable-end tiles” (lingdang paisha 鈴鐺排山; lit. aligning bell clappers along the gable end) (Liu 2015, 193; Wang 1995, 31).3

Scholars have determined that goudi 勾滴 generally refers to dishui 滴水 (“drip tiles”), i.e. the tiles located at the lowest part of the roof with a “ruyi” 如意 or multi-lip 重唇-shape at the end of the plate tile (Liu 1932, 168; Liang and Liu 1933, 160; Bao et al. 1934, 12-13; Liu 1935, 165). However, in the compound term paishan goudi, goudi should be understood as a combination of the abbreviated names of goutou and dishui (Liang 1982, 37, 78; Liu 1932, 168; Wang 1995, 31).4

“排山勾滴”是“排山”和“勾滴”組合而成的瓦屋面術語，主要見於清代官刊文獻。“排山”指順山面排列而上的做法，“勾滴”指勾頭和滴水。在更強調排山這種做法時，又稱“鈴鐺排山” (劉 1993，193；王 1995，31)。3

關於“勾滴”，根據文獻和學者的研究，一般指“滴水”，即位於隴溝最下端，且瓦端有如意形或重唇形下垂的瓪瓦（劉 1932，168；梁 1933，160；鮑等 1934，12–13；劉 1935，165）；但在“排山勾滴”的語義下，“勾滴”應作複合詞，是“勾頭”和“滴水”的通稱（梁 1981，37、78；劉 1932，168；王 1995, 31）。4

Related concepts

verges

出際 chūjì

瓪瓦 bǎnwǎ

滴水 dīshuǐ

Broad Match: roofing tiles