The "flying eaves," as they are called, are often accentuated with gold and green enamel tiles, which seem to make them shimmer against a blue sky. Foreign scholars have come up with a number of explanations as to the origin of these eye-catching curves.
人們枯坐室內，只能靜聽冷雨敲窗，卻無法得享古人那種坐看「細雨簷花紛紛落」的雅趣。