Dougong or known as Corbel Brackets

Corbel Brackets were very popular and helpful in the Zhou period. These  were innovative eaves supports at the top of columns on a building. They would become typical features of traditional Chinese buildings. Dougong are supports on the top of buildings. They make a house very strong and improved the tops of the building. The people in China put corbel brackets on there buildings so they didn't have to keep replacing the buildings. Corbel brackets have been used since the Zhou.