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Chinese art

Also known as: kung

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use in Chinese architecture

In Chinese architecture: The Zhou dynasty (1046–256 bce)
…depictions of curved arms (gong) attached near the top of the columns, parallel to the building wall, extending outward and up to help support the beam; however, the block and arms were not yet combined to create traditional Chinese brackets (dougong) or to achieve extension forward from the wall.…
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