many s of ancient chinese roof tiles

39aph39 adorn aesthetic ancient angle architectural architecture arcs art asphalt barrier beauty buildings carving chinese contributing craftsmanship create cultural curved decorative design diverse douzi eave elegance embedded fish flair flat floor flooring forms functionality gable gable-end gentle grave headstone hip integrity intersections iron memorial monument myriad offering overlapping pan rainwater rectangular richness rock roof roofline rows s s-shaped sculpture shapes significance slope soil statue structural symbolism tails temple tiles traditional visual wall waterproof wood