What are the architectural forms of the garden gate?

The most common archway doors are found almost all over the world. Rich in modeling, beautifully decorated and colorful, it has become one of the buildings with China national style. This kind of portal evolved from the huabiao column, and a beam is horizontally placed at the upper ends of the two huabiao columns, which is the archway. Then install the door between the pillars of the archway, and it becomes the archway door with uncomplicated structure.

Zhaimen is also widely used in royal gardens, private gardens and famous mountain temples. Its ever-changing shapes and various forms are actually unique and have their own advantages.

The weeping door is a common door in the royal gardens in northern China. Its shapes are rich and varied, painted and decorated, and elegant. The "Moon Invitation Gate" in the promenade of the Summer Palace in Beijing is a typical example.

Setting the entrance and exit on the wall door of the courtyard wall is also a distinctive and commonly used door head in gardens, temples and other buildings. Its exquisite and changeable style adapted to local conditions is deeply loved by people. In addition to various geometric figures such as circles, squares and angles, they also have many physical shapes, such as gourd, begonia, fresh peaches, maple leaves, ancient bottles and the moon.

The doors in China's classical gardens and scenic spots are neither made in heaven nor ingenious. They are the fruits of ancestors' labor and creation, and also the crystallization of wisdom and talent. They are wonderful flowers in China's architectural gardens, and they are also the pearls in the history of world architecture.