How has Confucianism influenced traditional houses?

Confucianism has had a certain impact on the traditional architecture of China and Asian countries, in terms of the structure, layout, and shape of the house, historically. Its influence is mainly manifested in the following aspects:

1, the structure of the house, the general construction of most of the four beams and eight pillars of the structural form, enclosure for the masonry. Its three-dimensional side of the formation of folk four flat and stable "benevolent" meaning, Zhuang family can not be set up in the middle of the house with columns, because there is "another" said not benevolent. This point and the modern building of free and easy, the unevenness of the formation of a stark contrast, and this is not just the material and technological advances in the natural reform.

2, the layout of the house: Confucianism "benevolence" is the main idea of a "and" word, that is, "the middle way". So the traditional building is generally a courtyard, and the main room is higher than the compartment, the main room parents live, the son lives in the compartment. This is to reflect the "loyalty and filial piety" and "honor" pattern. In addition, the traditional architecture is generally symmetrical center, three rooms with a door, there is a side door to be covered with a compartment. It is about balance and fairness. And different people's doors can not be opposite, so that the "offense" and "injustice".

3, the shape of the decorative aspects: is almost all houses have "play head", also known as "brush head" has carved brick, which is not only ornamental beautiful, mainly to block the rain, especially to carve on the "Fu", "Fu", "Fu", "Fu", "Fu", "Fu", "Fu", "Fu", "Fu", "Fu", "Fu", "Fu", "Fu", "Fu", "Fu" and "Fu". ", "Luk" two words to show a "wisdom" idea, but the housekeeper "brush head" is a dragon head, to show authority. And then there is the compound behind the gate must be screen wall, also called "shadow was" wall, highlighting a "gift" word, so that people enter the door polite - enter the door first call hello, but also to treat people with courtesy! --The word "courtesy" is emphasized. There is also the word "wait", which means "later". This is the first time that a person has been in a position to do so, and it is the first time that a person has been in a position to do so.

4, as for the traditional temples and rituals of the "altar" platform, basically not the embodiment of Confucianism, because Confucianism is not believe in ghosts and gods,