Researchers have studied variations in the lotus-pattern tile ends used in the roof of the Ximing Temple, Xi'an, and found that they indicate that two separate production systems were involved in the ...

Hundreds of roof tiles came crashing down from a historic drum tower in China's Anhui province on Monday (May 19), a year after extensive repairs. In videos circulating online, hundreds of roof tiles ...

Visitors to a centuries-old tourist site in eastern China were sent scrambling after hundreds of roof tiles came loose and cascaded more than two stories to the ground. The Fengyang Drum Tower—built ...

Videos circulating on social media show part of the roof crumbling before its tiles slid off, sending up a large cloud of dust. BEIJING: A 650-year-old drum tower in eastern China that just underwent ...

Researchers from Kanazawa University and the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences cast light on the production of roof tiles during the Tang dynasty through a study of variations in lotus-pattern tile ...