Hornless dragon mouth is a chinese dragon and in chinese mythology is one of the 9 sons of the dragon he is depicted in imperial roof decorations and other ornamental motifs in traditional chinese architecture and art.
Chinese roof ornaments.
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If you know chinese you can search 龙生九子 or go to forbidden city or some historic site they will explain some to you.
Chinese imperial roof decorations or roof charms or roof figures 檐獸 檐兽.
Yán shòu or walking beasts 走獸 走兽.
3 features of chinese roof architecture 1.
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Zǒu shòu or crouching beasts 蹲獸 蹲兽.
Symbols of roof guardian ornaments in china.
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There were various roof styles with functional features a hierarchy of designs and exquisite details.
The name for this dragon is chīwěn 螭吻 which compounds chī 螭.
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Traditional chinese roofs had different forms at different stages of history.
Ancient chinese architecture was designed to be attractive especially the distinctive roofs.
Dūn shòu were statuettes placed along the ridge line of official buildings of the chinese empire only official buildings palaces government buildings and some temples were.
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