Hipped Chinese Roof

Pavilion roof a hip roof on a square structure where all sides join to form a single peak.
Hipped chinese roof. 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. Only the royal family and confucius had the privilege to use such style of roof. The east asian hip and gable roof xiēshān 歇山 in chinese irimoya 入母屋 in japanese paljakjibung 팔작지붕 in korean consists of a hip roof that slopes down on all four sides and integrates a gable on two opposing sides. There were two kinds of hip roof.
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. The hip roof is the most commonly used roof style in north america after the gabled roof. Such roof has five ridges and four sides all in the form of gentle slope. 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.