Tight as a thread, seamless as a seal, and coupled like yin and yang, sunmao structures have provided sturdy and durable support for Chinese wooden architecture for centuries.
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00:03 Tied as a thread, seamless as a seal,
00:16 and coupled like yin and yang.
00:20 For centuries, Sun Mao structures
00:22 have been providing sturdy and durable supports
00:25 for Chinese wooden architecture.
00:29 Large components of traditional Chinese wooden architecture,
00:33 including columns, beams, purlins, and dou gong,
00:38 are often pieced together using Sun Mao structures.
00:42 The convex Sun and the concave Mao, when interlocked,
00:46 both support and contain the adjoining parts.
00:50 This augments stability, but also adds flexibility
00:54 to the architecture, strong enough to resist earthquakes.
01:01 Craftsmen can make and process the components in advance
01:05 and assemble them quickly on site,
01:08 which is simple and efficient.
01:11 Since the Shang and Zhou dynasties,
01:14 generations of carpenters, with their ingeniousness,
01:18 have produced more than 100 types of Sun Mao structures.
01:22 From such, a whole set of systematic methods
01:25 was devised, from selecting locations and choosing
01:29 materials, to structure, measurements, manufacture,
01:34 and assembly.
01:37 For the craftsmen who have preserved and guarded
01:40 this heritage, and for the generations of people
01:43 who have lived in and among the spaces defined by it
01:47 across China, wood and wooden structures
01:51 have always been an important constituent
01:53 of Chinese architecture.
01:57 Their styles may differ, but they all share the same root.
02:01 Chinese people's love of nature, in pursuit
02:05 of a harmonious coexistence, is also embedded within.
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