Complete collection of hall details

The hall is a ceremonial space in the traditional houses in China, which is generally designed in the middle of the house, also known as the "living room". Because it is usually open, some areas are also called "bright rooms" (bedrooms are called "dark rooms").

The main hall is used to worship ancestors, worship heaven and earth, celebrate weddings, funerals and birthdays and ward off evil spirits.

In modern houses, the foyer is different from the living room.

Chinese name: main hall of a building, mbth: phonetic notation: ㄤˊㄨ Part of speech: noun pinyin: táng wū Interpretation: main hall? Basic explanation, architectural style, function, stone warehouse, basic explanation generally refers to the meaning of the main house, which is widely used. Representative houses in Qiandongnan Prefecture of Guizhou, such as: "What are you doing in the house?" "When was your room built?" "Jin Shu Yi Chuan Chun Yu Zhi": "When the family got together, the five rooms in the hall collapsed." [Tang] Gu Shi's "Second place after seeing off the mountain people": "In front of my house, I look up at the big Maodian." Ba Jin's Autumn Three: "As soon as her sedan chair arrived at the door of the hall, Chin and Shuhua sisters, as well as Qixia and Cuihuan stood there to meet her." The room in the middle of the main room is generally larger than the wing rooms on both sides. But in modern rural areas, the middle room is designed to be as big as the rooms on both sides, which is more beautiful. In some areas, ancestral halls and other public places are also called halls. For this meaning, there is no relevant literature record, which needs further study. The architectural style is in the middle of the courtyard of the house, facing south, so it is also called the first room, opposite to the wing. The halls in old-fashioned family ancestral temple are bigger and more imposing than the wing rooms, and are generally designed as single rooms, with 3 or 5 rooms being the most common. Animal models (bricks or ceramics) symbolizing auspiciousness or fierceness should also be placed on the roof, such as unicorn and stone lion. There can be no wing in the courtyard, but there must be a hall. New residential buildings are very different from traditional halls, and are generally referred to as "living room" or "hall". There are also some antique buildings that still use the hall pattern. There are no classical halls in modern new buildings, which are divided into living room, living room, dining room, porch and so on according to the living function. The function hall is generally a place where families live and meet guests. Ordinary people also double as restaurants. In the past, there was a permanent shrine and ancestral shrine in the middle of the hall. Nave's paintings are often hung on the wall, and Nave has couplets on both sides. Therefore, the hall is also a place for family sacrifices and major ceremonies. There are many houses in a big yard, which are called "Jin". In addition to the inner court, every hall you enter is connected back and forth, which is called "wearing a hall". Shi Cang "Shi Cang", commonly known as Lane, is a residential style in Shanghai. Houses are generally two-story buildings with brick and wood structure, which were built in 1970s of 19, and each hall is an independent living unit. There is an open-air small courtyard called patio, which is about 10 square meter. The patio is the living room, about 15-20 square meters. A room of 10- 15 square meters behind the living room is called the back living room. There are two rectangular rooms about 25 square meters on the left and right of the living room, which are called East Wing and West Wing respectively. There is a kitchen behind the wing, which opens the back door and communicates with the living room at the back. Take the escalator upstairs at the end of the corridor in the back lounge. There is a small room on the top of the kitchen, about 10 square meter, commonly known as the pavilion. The main room upstairs is the guest room building, also called the front building. The structure and area of the wings on both sides are the same as that of the ground floor. Further up, there is an open-air terrace. Shikumen dwellings in Shanghai have a deep brand of the times.