Brackets
Brackets are small parts at the top of columnsclick to enlarge. The use of brackets for the weight of the eaves can be traced back to the Zhou Dynasty. The function had died out and they are merely for decorations nowadays. click to enlarge

Not everybody in ancient China could have brackets at home. Only ancestral halls, temples or palaces had brackets while folk houses did not have such a privilege.

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