dāngǒng 單栱

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Terms

  • dangong (Pinyin without tones)1
  • 單栱 (Traditional Chinese)
  • 单栱 (Simplified Chinese)
  • dāngǒng (Pinyin)2
  • tan-kung (Wade-Giles)3
  • single arms (lit. ATTCAT 2023) (English)

Note

    Literally “single bracket arms,” dangong are individual bracket arms placed parallel to the building plane that support squared beams (fang 方), as opposed to other bracket arms (compare to chonggong 重栱). They can also be described as "linggong 令栱" in reference to their position and/or measurement (Li 2009, 4.3a-b). The practice of using only single bracket arms is called “dangongzao 單栱造.” As a historic architectural term, we have only found dangong in Yingzao fashi 營造法式 (1103) and Siling lu 思陵錄 (Zhou 1848, 173.11b). 4

    單栱指平行於屋身方向的單層栱，其上承枋/方。斗栱僅用單層橫栱的做法稱單栱造，所用橫栱採取令栱的形式(李 2009, 卷4.3a, 卷9)。與單栱相對的概念是重栱。作爲建築術語，在曆史文獻中已知僅見於《營造法式》(1103) 及《思陵錄》（周 1848, 173.11b）。4

Related concepts

    重栱 chónggǒng

    單栱造 dāngǒngzào

    令栱 lìnggǒng

    泥道栱 nídàogǒng

Works Cited

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  • 1 GUO. 2002. A Visual Dictionary of Chinese ArchitectureLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record; FU. 2017. Traditional Chinese Architecture: Twelve EssaysLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 2 陳. 2010. 《營造法式》辭解, 341.Link to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 3 LIANG. 1984. A Pictorial History of Chinese Architecture: A Study of the Development of Its Structural System and the Evolution of Its TypesLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 4 李. 2009. 營造法式 (1103; 故宫藏抄本), 4.3a.Link to Zotero Bibliographic Record; 周. 1848. 思陵錄, 173.11b.Link to Zotero Bibliographic Record

Broad Match: bracketing

How to Cite This Entry

ZHUGE Jing 諸葛淨 et al., “ 單栱 dāngǒng” in Architectura Sinica last modified July 2, 2024, https://architecturasinica.org/keyword/k000256.

Bibliography:

ZHUGE Jing 諸葛淨 et al., “ 單栱 dāngǒng.” In Architectura Sinica, edited by Tracy Miller. Entry published July 1, 2022. https://architecturasinica.org/keyword/k000256.

About this Entry

Entry Title: 單栱 dāngǒng

Authorial and Editorial Responsibility:

  • Tracy Miller, editor, Architectura Sinica
  • ZHUGE Jing 諸葛净, associate editor, Architectural Terminology
  • ZHUGE Jing 諸葛淨 and LIU Lin 劉琳, entry contributors, “ 單栱 dāngǒng”

Additional Credit:

  • Website coordination: Yuh-Fen Benda
  • Peer review: ATTCAT 2023
  • English proofreading: Aurelia Campbell Tracy Miller
  • Chinese proofreading: ZHUGE Jing 諸葛净 ZUO Lala 左拉拉
  • Preliminary research and revision: LIU Lin 劉琳
  • Data entry: LI Zhixian 李知賢 YAN Yiyang 嚴一洋

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