Chinese Temple & Palace Architecture

Exploring "Dou Gong" brackets
with Richard Wiborg

Table of Contents

BRACKET MODELS:

1.  Song Intermediate Bracket - Large model
2. Song Intermediate Bracket - Small model
3. Dulesi Shanmen - Song Corner Bracket - Large model
4. Dulesi Shanmen - Gate Model
5. Qing Intermediate Bracket - Small model
6.  Qing Small Corner Bracket Parts and Assembly
7. Master Zhao's models
8. Tsinghua University Model
9. Qing 5 Tier Corner Bracket -Assemble Tiers
10. Qing 5 Tier Corner Bracket -Parts
11. Qing 5 Tier Corner Bracket -Cutout
12. Dulesi Shanmen Corner Bracket- Parts
13. Dulesi Shanmen Corner Bracket - Sketchup Drawings
    

WORKSHOPS:

1. 2010 Timber Framers Guild Workshop - Coeur d' Alene
2. 2010 JVA Workshop - Oakland
   
3. 2012 Timber Framers Guild  Workshop- Asilomar
4. 2012 Berkeley Workshop
5. 2010 Richmond Workshop

PEOPLE, WORKSITES & TOOLS

1. Mr. Ma Bingjian
2. Professor Wang Guixiang
3. Master Zhao Guangzi
4. NOVA people 2016
5. Carpenters
6. Painters
7. Roofers
8. Forbidden City Construction Sites
9. Other Construction Sites
10. Construction Failures
11. Chinese Tools
12. Masons
    

TEMPLES AND PALACES

1. Liuhe Pagoda  六和塔
   
2. Shaoxing Yingtian Pagoda 绍兴塔
3. Shuanglinsi 平遥双林寺
4. Zhenguosi 平遥镇国寺 963AD
5. Qiaojiadayuan
6. Taimiao -Beijing 太庙Emperor's Ancestral Hall -exteriors
7. Taimiao interior
8. Taimiao locale
9. Golden Gate Park Pavilion-久金山金门共圆
10. Chengde -Tibetan Temples
11. Zijincheng -Forbidden City Imperial Palace 北京紫禁城
12. Dulesi Guanyinge 薊縣独乐寺 观音阁
13. Dulesi Shanmen 薊縣独乐寺 山门
14. Jinci Taiyuan 太原晉祠
15. Foguangsi 五台佛光寺
16. Nanchansi  五台 南禅寺
17. Datong 大同New 2010
18. Huayensi -Datong 大同華嚴寺
19. Lubanmiao -Patron Saint of Carpenters  薊縣鲁班秒
20. Yonghegong - Beijing －北京雍和宫
21. Fogongta -Yingxian Muta -Wooden Pagoda－應縣佛宫寺應縣木塔
    
22. Forbidden City Big
    
23. Forbidden City Small
    
24. Forbidden City Details
    

HISTORIC BRACKETS

1. Foguangsi
   
2. Dulesi Guanyinge
3. Dulesi Shanmen Gate
4.  Shuanglin Temple
5. Zhengguosi
6. Jinci Temple
7. Shaoxing Pagoda
8. Nanchansi
9. Japan
10. Tokyo Temple
11. Forbidden City
12. Muta

VIDEOS:

 Temple of Solitary Joy gate corner bracket.

 

 

Sketchup Animation of Dulesi Shanmen Corner Bracket Tiers being assembled in layers. 

 

 

Sketchup Animation of Dulesi Shanmen Corner Bracket.

 

 

PBS NOVA Documentary, "Secrets of the Forbidden City"
PBS preview appears at left.
Full length film available to PBS subscribers only.

 

 

UK CHANNEL 4 Short Video of Earthquake Test

 

Chinese Architecture - Temple Assembly with Brackets

 

 Bracket Joinery at Kezuroukai Conference, Oakland - 2017 - J. Patrick Li

RESOURCES

Articles by Richard Wiborg (click to view):
Ten Centuries of Chinese Timber Framing

Chinese Dou Gong Brackets

Resources
An Introduction to Mr. Ma (Ma Bingjian), by Richard Wiborg


A Brief History of Chinese Wooden Architecture, by Ma Bingjian

Bibliography
Chinese Architecture Bibliography

Contact
Richard Wiborg
rswiborg@aol.com