- (simplified Chinese: 无极;
traditional Chinese: 無極; lit. 'without roof/
ridgepole',
meaning 'without limit')
originally referred to infinity. In Neo-Confucian...
- 土 12 S
pagoda トウ tō 1519 搭 手 12 S 1981
board トウ tō 1520 棟 木 12 S 1981
ridgepole トウ、むね、（むな） tō, mune, (muna) 1521 湯 水 12 3 hot
water トウ、ゆ tō, yu 1522 痘...
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Carving from the
ridgepole of a Māori house, ca 1840...
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original construction;
hardwood pegs were used as fasteners.
There is no
ridgepole in the roof.
People lived in this part of the
house until 1918. A large...
- beginning" of all that exists, t'ai chi – in its
original meaning, the "
ridgepole".
Later Indian philosophers devoted much
thought to this idea of a primal...
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windows made
possible by the use of a tall,
angled roof and a
central ridgepole. The
clerestory was used in the ****enistic
architecture of the later...
- instruments. The [Chiwen,
which like swallowing, are
placed on both ends of the
ridgepoles of
roofs (to
swallow all evil influences). The [cháo fēng 嘲風], beasts-like...
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Shibi (鴟尾, shibi) is a ****anese
ornamental tile set on both ends of the
ridgepole that tops a
shingled roof. The
kanji for the word mean "kite" and "tail"...
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Detail from a
ridgepole (tāhūhū) in a Ngāti Awa wharenui.
Believed to
represent one of two ancestors: Tūwharetoa or Kahungunu....
- apil-apil or sayong, the same as the
hornlike protrusions at the ends of the
ridgepole of a house. The
kudyapi was only pla**** by men,
mainly to
accompany their...
