重视阶基是中国建筑外部轮廓的重要特征之一,与之相应的另一重要特征则是庞大的屋顶。二者一以法天,一以法地,有“上有天顶下有地基”之称,加上中间住人,是“天、地、人”三才在中国建筑上的具体象征。大屋顶的习俗随着时代的发展,一直保存到了二十世纪,而对阶基的重视却自从东汉之后便日趋于扁平,仅成一文弱之衬托,非若当年之台榭,居高临下,有雄视山河的态势。到了唐代以后,阶基更是成了一象征性的部件,反倒是日本保存下来不少高阶基的建筑实体。梁思成:《中国建筑史》 Attaching importance to the order is one of the most important features of the external outline of China’s buildings. Another important feature corresponding to it is the huge roof. The two are law-abiding, one-law, there are “under the zenith base”, together with the middle of living, is the “heaven, earth, people,” the three specific symbol of Chinese architecture . With the development of the times, the custom of the big roof has been preserved in the twentieth century. However, the emphasis on the order has gradually become more and more flat since the Eastern Han Dynasty. Mountain and river situation. After the Tang Dynasty, the order was even more symbolic. Instead, Japan preserved many high-end architectural entities. Liang Sicheng: “History of Chinese Architecture”