Glossary · Y
Yingshan
Also called ying shan, flush gable
The flush (“hard”) gable roof: a two-slope roof stopped by brick gable walls that rise to the roof surface, typical of northern Chinese houses.
Rules that use the word
The roof declares the rank. Give the hipped roof (wudian) to the highest halls, the hip-and-gable (xieshan) to the next, and the gabled roofs, overhanging (xuanshan) and flush (yingshan), to lesser buildings and houses; double the eaves for the very highest.
Where it appears in the book
In the chapters China, Japan and Korea.
Nearby in the glossary
Wudian · Xieshan · Xuanshan · Yashti · Yosemune · Zakomara · Zellige · Zhi