Chinese traditional caisson ceilings Caisson, a sunken panel inside a #ceiling, is a type of #dome-shaped ceiling. It is generally used in #buildings such as palaces, altars, temples and opera stages. The ceiling of ordinary houses does not use caisson. In the Ming and Qing dynasties, caissons generally had three layers: The lower layer was a square well, the middle layer an octagonal well, and the upper layer a circular well. The caisson wells were exquisitely carved and painted and were the ke

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