Hipped Chinese Roof

There were two kinds of hip roof.

Hipped chinese roof.

The hip roof is the most commonly used roof style in north america after the gabled roof. Double eave hip roof double eave hip roofs were in old days exclusively reserved for major buildings in royal palaces such as hall of supreme harmony in beijing forbidden city. A hip roof or a hipped roof is a style of roofing that slopes downwards from all sides to the walls and hence has no vertical sides. Only the royal family and confucius had the privilege to use such style of roof.

Also known as a pyramid roof also known as a pyramid roof mansard roof a type of hip roof where each side includes two different sloping angles with the lower angle much steeper than the upper angle. In classic chinese building code hip roofs were reserved for public buildings of significance such as meeting halls in royal palaces or the chief prayer hall in big temples. Hip roofs 庑殿顶 wǔdiàndǐng or 四阿顶 sìādǐng with all sides sloping were the classiest traditional roof style used for special constructions. This style of roofing became popular in the united states during the 18 th century in the early georgian period.

Hipped roof is of the highest level in traditional chinese architecture.