Hard top
Hard roof, that is, hard mountain roof, is China, Vietnam, a traditional architectural roof style. In the lowest level, lower than the veranda, the top of the mountain, hanging hilltop. According to the provisions of the Qing Dynasty, the six officials of the following officials and civilians residential hall can only use the top of the hill or hard top. The palace wall in the two veranda hall also have a hard hilltop. Hard hilltop is the slope of the two ridge of the five ridge slope, by a ridge and four vertical ridge composition. And hanging hilltop is different, the biggest feature of the hard mountain is the two sides of the gable to purlin all enveloped, because of its eaves not gable, named hard mountain. Hard Hill appeared late, in the Song Dynasty "to create a French" no record. May be with the Ming and Qing period extensive use of masonry to build houses, hard top was able to use a lot. Compared with the top of the hill, the hard top is conducive to wind and fire, and hanging hilltop is conducive to rain, so the northern and southern coastal houses more hard mountain, the south of the civil structure of the inland use of hanging mountains. Qing Dynasty with the hard mountain technology mature, gable shape began to diversify, known as the closure of the wall, the South has appeared around the obvious features of the gable, such as Wu's Guanyin pocket, Hunan cat back, Guangdong Of the ear ear wall, Chaoshan five rows of gable and so on. ...