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Chinese tile-ends/WadangsPhotos and their arrangement © 2013 Chuck LaChiusa
"A Wadang (tile-end) is a particular piece of tile that is placed over the last tile in each line of tiles on the traditional Chinese roof." - Cultural China (online December 2013)
See also: Japanese end tiles
Examples from China:
- Left illustration above: Small Wild Goose Pagoda entrance gate
- Right illustration above: Leopard design - Shaanxi History Museum, Xi'an, China
- Shanghai, Old Town Yu Gardens, China
- Summer Palace, Beijing
- Temple of Heaven, Beijing
