A shadow puppet play in Shanxi province depicts a scene from Journey to the West. CHINA DAILY Classical woodwork They learned what makes this extension possible is the unique ancient Chinese structuring component called dougong. Later, at Taiyuan Tourism College, the students had the opportunity to learn how to make dougong brackets themselves and how these ancient structural components can …
Tight as a thread, seamless as a seal, and coupled like yin and yang. For centuries,sunmao structures have been providing sturdy and durable supports for Chinese wooden architecture. Large components of traditional Chinese wooden architecture, including columns, beams, purlins and dougong, are often pieced together using sunmao structures. Craftsmen can make and process the components in advance and assemble them …
