國民革命忠烈祠檐獸 Chinese imperial roof decorations at the National Revolutionary Martyrs’ Shrine / SML.20140211.7D.51754
In traditional Chinese architecture, the roof-figures always form a marching procession (lower right). At the tail of the procession will be an imperial dragon, representing the authority of the state. At the head of the procession will be a man riding a Phoenix.
In between will be mythical beasts, usually an odd number of them. The number of beasts indicate the importance of duties performed within the group of buildings nearby. The maximum number of beasts is nine. Here at entrance hall of the National Revolutionary Martyrs’ Shrine (國民革命忠烈), there are five in total (dragon + 5 + man riding Phoenix).
The best examples of these figures can be found at the Forbidden City in Beijing, which shall be posted later in the stream (taken on a separate trip).
Photographed with the Canon EOS 7D + Canon EF 100-400mm f4.5-5.6L IS USM. Processed in Lightroom 5.
# More Information
+ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_roof_decoration
+ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Revolutionary_Martyrs'_Shrine
國民革命忠烈祠檐獸 Chinese imperial roof decorations at the National Revolutionary Martyrs’ Shrine / SML.20140211.7D.51754
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國民革命忠烈祠檐獸 Chinese imperial roof decorations at the National Revolutionary Martyrs’ Shrine / SML.20140211.7D.51754
In traditional Chinese architecture, the roof-figures always form a marching procession (lower right). At the tail of the procession will be an imperial dragon, representing the authority of the state. At the head of the procession will be a man riding a Phoenix.
In between will be mythical beasts, usually an odd number of them. The number of beasts indicate the importance of duties performed within the group of buildings nearby. The maximum number of beasts is nine. Here at entrance hall of the National Revolutionary Martyrs’ Shrine (國民革命忠烈), there are five in total (dragon + 5 + man riding Phoenix).
The best examples of these figures can be found at the Forbidden City in Beijing, which shall be posted later in the stream (taken on a separate trip).
Photographed with the Canon EOS 7D + Canon EF 100-400mm f4.5-5.6L IS USM. Processed in Lightroom 5.
# More Information
+ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_roof_decoration
+ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Revolutionary_Martyrs'_Shrine
國民革命忠烈祠檐獸 Chinese imperial roof decorations at the National Revolutionary Martyrs’ Shrine / SML.20140211.7D.51754
/ #台灣 #臺灣 #Taiwan #台北 #Taipei #SMLTravel #旅遊 #旅游 #Travel #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #建筑 #建築 #architecture #形 #forms #SMLForms #yellow #decoration #roof