Baiyu Palace, main hall 白玉宮正殿
edition published: 2018-03-21-04:00
language: en; zh-latn-pinyin; zh-Hant; zh-Hans; zh-latn-wadegile
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main hall; 正殿; 正殿; zhèngdiàn; Cheng-tien; Baiyugong zhengdian; 白玉宫正殿; 白玉宫正殿; Zhengdian
identifier: https://architecturasinica.org/place/000128
Date: 1212
Dynasty: Jin 1115 - 1234
The main hall (正殿) of Baiyu Palace is built on a 0.8 m high stone podium. The hall has a front façade of 3 bays wide and depth of 4 rafters. It has a single eaves hip-gable roof, with a roof frame composed of a three-rafter beam facing an anterior single-rafter tie beam joined into to the eaves, with three columns in cross-section. The column tops support four-layer bracket sets with a single cantilever, and there are single intercolumnar bracket sets. The original doors and windows are no longer extant.
location: 35.65815 113.2410667
location: [35˚ 39.489' 113˚ 14.464']
Type: palatial hall, dian, 殿, 殿
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II:513; 23-C10