Amazing Chinese eaves tiles

Updated: 2008-05-06 09:10

By Liu Rong (Chinaculture.org)

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From the Wei Dynasty (220-265), this eaves tile has adopted the patterns of lotus and monster. The cross-arranged characters read: riches and honor forever.

In the Tang Dynasty, eaves tiles became simply ornamental. This kind of lotus tile was most common, and inscriptive tiles vanished.

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