Wooden Archway: Entirely Mortise and Tenon

An upward-looking detail of an all-wood paifang structure. All components are wood: circular-section upright pillars, horizontal lintels, layers of projecting dougong brackets, rafters, and the wooden base layer of the roof, joined together by mortise and tenon joints, with no nails or metal components visible. At the junction of pillars and lintels, the exposed cross-section of the tenons can be seen. The dougong brackets are densely arranged in multiple projecting layers, with regular gaps between each bracket, fully exposing the structural logic. The wooden structure's surface has thick painted decoration in green-blue and vermilion, outlined with gold lines, but in some areas, the paint has peeled off, revealing the underlying wood grain and ground layer. The eaves are deep, casting heavy shadows below. Avoid: using metal components and bolts, depicting dougong as decorative panels, eliminating exposed tenons and structure, depicting the painted decoration as brand new and complete.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一座全木構造的牌樓仰視細部。所有的構件都是木材:圓形斷面的立柱、橫向的額枋、層層出挑的斗栱、椽子與屋面的木基層,彼此以榫卯接合,看不見任何釘子與金屬構件。柱與額枋的交接處可以看見榫頭穿出的斷面。斗栱是密集的多層出挑,每一朵之間留有規律的間隙,結構的邏輯完全外露。木構表面有厚重的彩畫,顏色是青綠與朱紅,金線勾邊,但部分區域的彩畫已經剝落露出底下的木紋與地仗層。屋簷深遠,在下方投出濃重的陰影。避免:使用金屬構件與螺栓、把斗栱畫成裝飾性的板材、消除榫頭與結構的外露、把彩畫畫成全新完整。