Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Objects Facet
3. Components (hierarchy name)
4. components (objects parts)
5. [components by specific context]
6. architectural elements
7. [structural elements and components for structural elements]
8. structural elements
9. [spanning and projecting structural elements]
10. brackets (structural elements)

Anotations

Scope note:

Angled timber member used in corbel bracket sets and placed perpendicular to the building plane. Can be descending (下昂 xia'ang), where the tip extends downward through the bracket set to the exterior of the building; or ascending (上昂 shang'ang), where it extends from the building plane upward, usually to support the interior building frame. Level timbers placed perpendicular to the building plane include huagong 華栱 and shuatou 耍頭. From the Song and Jin dynasties (10th-13th centuries), we see buildings where 華栱 huagong were made to look like xiaang 下昂 and shuatou 耍頭. These are sometimes called pretend ang (假昂 jia'ang), and slanted bracket arm-shaped shuatou (angxing shuatou 昂形耍頭).