Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - Traditional culture - In an ancient house, as soon as you enter the gate, you will see a big wall. People should go from both sides. . What's that wall called?

In an ancient house, as soon as you enter the gate, you will see a big wall. People should go from both sides. . What's that wall called?

Looking at the wall: southerners call it looking at the wall, northerners call it the shadow wall, and in ancient times it was called "Xiaoqiang", so there is a saying that "disaster begins with Xiaoqiang". In the past, people thought that ghosts frequented their houses. If it is the soul of one's ancestors, it is allowed to go home, but if it is a lonely ghost who sneaked into the home, it will bring disaster to himself. If there is a mirror, ghosts will be scared away when they see their own shadows. Of course, watching the wall also has its function, that is, blocking the line of sight of outsiders, even if the door is open, outsiders can't see the house. Showing the wall can also set off the atmosphere and increase the momentum of the house.

There is usually a wall behind the first outer door of ancient houses in China, so you can't see the inside of the house directly. The first door is called "Xuan" and that wall is called "Zhaobi". Entrance/zhaobi is a unique architectural cultural form in China. It is the embodiment of China people's implicit protection of home in architectural form.

Ways to change Feng Shui:

3. Repair the house: If the orientation of the main entrance of the original house is changed, the size of doors and windows is changed, and the layout inside the house is changed, so that it meets the requirements of the "Feng Shui Theory" of eight houses and five houses. For the house facing the avenue or street, the parapet can be built to cover it. The parapet can be built outside the door or inside the door. Its purpose is to ward off wind and evil spirits.