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Official Journal of the Japan Wood Research Society

Table 1 Plane dimensions of the six hall-style buildings

From: Wind-induced vibration performance of early Chinese hall-style timber buildings

No

Name

Location

Building time (A.D.)

Structure

Ratio of the length to the width

Ratio of the height to the width

1

Main hall of the Baoguo Temple

Ningbo/Zhejiang

1013

Hall style

1.120

0.897

2

Main hall of the Baosheng Temple

Suzhou/Jiangsu

1073

Hall style

1.008

0.775

3

Main hall of the Yanfu Temple

Wuyi/Zhejiang

1317

Hall style

1.012

1.024

4

Main hall of the Tianning Temple

Jinhua/Zhejiang

1318

Hall style

1.000

0.904

5

Main hall of the Zhenru Temple

Shanghai

1320

Hall style

0.969

0.856

6

Main hall of the Xuanyuan Palace

Suzhou/ Jiangsu

1369

Hall style

0.836

0.728