CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES OF PAVING FLOOR WITH GOLDEN BRICK IN BUILDINGS IN THE FORBIDDEN CITY

Golden brick belongs to a type of clay brick in Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province. Due to complicated manufacture process, this type of brick owns excellent quality. Many palaces in the Forbidden City have golden brick paving floors. The paving process of the golden brick floor includes cushion layer treatment, elevation of the brick surface determination, the sample rows in orthogonal direction paving, checking the floor, pouring mortar, jointing, repairing the defective locations, buffing the brick surface with water, pouring decoration material and so on. The whole process is strictly demanded, and the floor is paved firmly, durable and lightful, which reflects the exquisite construction skill of the buildings in the Forbidden City.