columns and beams of the forbidden city, beijing

aesthetic ancient architecture artwork beam beams beast beijing bracket brick carve center china chinese city color column columns corner curve decoration decorative details door dragon eave emperor figurine forbidden frame framework gable gate glazed golden grand gugong hall horizontal imperial lintel majesty museum ornament painted palace pattern pavilion peking phoenix political preserved prominent purlin realm red ridge roof royal shinning stone structure support tile tiling timber traditional traditonal truss upsweep vertical wood wooden yellow