Eight classic elements in the design of ancient buildings in China?

Symbol 1: Horsehead wall is an important feature of Huizhou's landmark ancient buildings. It plays a role in cutting off the fire source, so the horse head wall icon is also called the accumulation wall.

Sign 2: Enclosed courtyards and courtyards have been the main architectural forms in China for thousands of years. Enclosure is not only a physical protection, but also a thing to establish the relationship between people, form an independent and complete local space, and feel a sense of security and belonging.

Symbol 3: The hollowed-out flower windows and scarlet doors will give people a feeling of depression. Therefore, carved windows are often hollowed out on the wall, and the pattern is often the plum blossom icon of magpie, which symbolizes the good news of the cold spring. It is not only a yearning for the wife and children at home, but also a blessing to the outside family.

Sign 4: Wood carving, stone carving and brick carving are the "three sculptures" of ancient Huizhou architecture. Huizhou woodcarving, stone carving and brick carving are good at dealing with the true colors of raw materials, which can not only be dissolved in the whole building, but also be as fresh and elegant as ink painting, especially woodcarving, which is the icing on the cake for antique buildings.

Symbol 5: sloping roof. In China, the sloping roof is almost synonymous with traditional architecture, and occupies a decisive position in traditional architecture. Traditional sloping roof modeling design will make palaces, temples and other palace buildings have a unique rhythm of vigorous, straight, lofty, flying and elegant, and will also make residential buildings feel cordial, natural and warm.

Sign 6: cornice, a unique architectural structure in China, is a special treatment and creation of eaves in ancient buildings in China. It is often used at the corner of the roof of pavilions, terraces, buildings, pavilions, palaces and temples.

Sign 7: The planning and layout of quadrangle buildings is characterized by the symmetrical arrangement of north and south longitudinal axes, and the courtyard is closed and independent. Form a social network system with family courtyard as the center, neighborhood as the trunk line and community area as the plane, and at the same time form a living environment that conforms to people's psychology and maintains the harmonious relationship between traditional culture and neighborhood.

Symbol 8: blue brick, tile or white wall. "White wall and black tile" is white wall and black tile, which is used to describe a house. In terms of architectural color, the blue bricks, white walls and tiles of the houses in the south of the Yangtze River have formed an ancient and elegant style. The blue tiles on the roof, the blue bricks on the exterior wall, the roof, eaves, bucket walls, Guanyin bucket ridges or horsehead walls, white tiles and courtyards form a patchwork rhythm and profound architectural group style.