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- Bureau des Avocats Internationaux (BAI)
- Haitian Revolution
- Cité Soleil
- United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti
- Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Economy of Haiti
- Thousand Buddha Mountain - Jinan
- Yungang Grottoes - Datong
- Dunhuang
- Longmen Grottoes
- Mogao Caves
- Bingling Temple
- Hanging Temple
- North Binyang Cave
- Middle Binyang Cave
- South Binyang Cave
- Category:Great Rift Valley
- Relief Sattelite image Altay mountains and Tian Shan
- Tarim Basin in the 3rd century A.D.
- Stupa at the top of the Middle Peak of Wutai Shan, Shanxi province, China.
- Caravan on the Silk Road - 1380
The zaojing (Chinese: 藻井; pinyin: zǎojǐng) is an elaborately ornamented wooden ceiling in traditional Chinese architecture. Constructed without nails, the layered pieces of the ceiling are held together by interlocking bracket sets (dougong). The zaojing resembles an intricately carved or painted dome, coffer, cupola, or sunken ceiling.[1][2] The zaojing has been found in tombs of the Han Dynasty dating the use of this architectural feature back at least 2,000 years.[3]
The zaojing is bordered by a round, square, or polygon frame with its brackets projecting inward and upward from its base. Deeply recessed panels shaped like a well (square at the base with a rounded top) are fitted into the ceiling's wooden framework. The center panel is often decorated with water lilies or other water plants. The name, zaojing, is a combination of zǎo (aquatic plants) and jǐng (well).[4] The relationship of the name to water stems from the ancient fear that wooden buildings would be destroyed by fire and that water from the zaojing would prevent or quell the fire's flames.[2]