Granite temple gate picture

Arch design structure, roughly from the foundation, columns, architrave, plates and canopy top (arch only) five parts. Basis is an important part of St. Paul's, an arch can stand up, the key is to look at a solid foundation is not solid. Infrastructure including underground and surface facilities in two parts. Ground segment that dock. Stone arch on the column root is generally used Xumizuo, drum stones and squat lion, a height of about more than one height. There is not used to hold drum stone arch stone or lions, such as the Ming Tombs and Qing imperial tombs mausoleum so, use the complete wood clamp rod large stone pier, surrounded by carved dragon clouds, under the carved lion volts or animal, large pier a stone column bases. The underground part of the basis of the footings, footing capitals mainly by stone, brick piers and 荙 蔏 cut the soil, etc., even a few meters depth were among more than ten meters. Because the Church is a kind of helpless freestanding buildings, but also to make it standing majestically, fighting wind and rain, not a permanent dump does not fall, so the foundation must be securely buried. To avoid lightheadedness (especially archway), Ming Lu also ensure there is a certain part of the volume and weight, in order to enhance the stability of the entire archway. So hold drum stone arch of stone lions are high and large. Column arch members play a supportive role. St. Paul on major cross-member, all outfit in the column. It is mainly in two forms namely cylindrical and square columns. Well and there is a round stone arch. Some noble significantly large archway, due to a larger proportion of the general column looks too thin, too easy to break. Therefore, in order to supplement and column on the strength and appearance is more stable, it is attached to a small column on the inside of the column, called "fetters box" on the stone arch, such as the Ming and Qing tombs stone archway, are using this framework. Architrave is the most important part of the structure to reflect on the meaning of St. Paul. Mainly by small Fang, Fang large, flat Fang, other components of the pad. But those who have made St. Paul powerful economic strength and economic strength is not strong and powerful little different, so, create the arch also complex, simple, difficult, easy points. But the simple two column two Fang, such as Hangzhou West Indian community of St. Paul's simple cold. However, more complex arch. Plate that is used in the text engraved on the arch "word version." General common poster on the three workshops, such as the St. Paul Huizhou Tong Group, "charity" stone arch, the room is done on its careful architrave a height of about one meter long with a wide inter-plate, a letter "Commendation confer doctor Yee Tong Feng Yan Yun Syria with the child that Secretary Powell Shufang Yuanwai abalone are" small print note is inscribed on both sides of the text and plates here. Canopy top is mainly on the archway, the northern arch like in the middle of the top Fang carving a "Flame" brand, column headdress cloud version and squat beast, like a Chinese table. Canopy top is wood-framed building archway brackets and a canopy. Here is the most complex component brackets. This is used under the eaves brackets, since the weight of the roof cornice and heritage of functional components, but for the archway, the main decorative role. Brackets are building components of China's most highly decorated in traditional style and meaning in ancient times much use brackets, but also a symbol of power and rank identity of the owner. Therefore, the use of brackets to arch up is an inevitable phenomenon. The construction of a stone arch is the result of a combination of various components installed indispensable. This is exactly the stone arch higher price reasons. It is because of this stone arch structure itself and its characteristic shape, stone arches are widely applied to various areas of society, by the world wide pro-gaze.