The history of resting on the top of the double-eaved mountain

Xieding Mountain appeared later than Di Ding Dian, and its style was first seen in Hanque stone carvings. Xieding Mountain can also be seen in the funerary wares of the Han Dynasty and the murals of the Northern Dynasties grottoes. The earliest existing mountain-leaning building is the hall of Nanchan Temple in the Tang Dynasty in Wutai Mountain.

In the Song and Yuan Dynasties, Xieding Mountain became very popular, and the halls of some buildings began to be changed into double eaves and rested on the back of the mountain. In the Ming Dynasty, the double-eaves-resting mountain was more widely used in temple architecture, surpassing the single-eaves-resting mountain and becoming the highest-grade architectural style after the double-eaves-resting harem.