What is the layout of ancient houses in China?

hall: the living and activity space of old-style houses, which is generally designed in the middle of houses, is also called "sitting room". Because it is usually open, some areas are also called "bright rooms" (bedrooms are called "dark rooms"), and there is also a flower room: the living room outside the hall in old-style houses.

Ancient residential construction attached great importance to the geomantic theory of the Five Elements. Especially toilets and kitchens also contain water and fire.

Toilet: It must be built at the angle between the north room and the east room, that is, the southeast. The reason also comes from the five elements theory. The north belongs to water, the east belongs to wood, the south belongs to fire, and the west belongs to gold. According to the principle that the five elements coexist, it is "aquatic wood".

kitchen: built at the angle between the east room and the south room, it takes the principle of "wood fire", the east belongs to wood, and the south belongs to fire. In ancient times, there was no natural gas or liquefied gas for cooking, so firewood could only be used, and the south room was mostly where people lived, so the kitchen was built at the angle between the east room and the south room.

as for the bathroom, a well-paid family will have a room dedicated to bathing, and it should not be far from the bedroom, or even a room identical to the bedroom will be screened off. The poor people will take a bath in the river and rarely wash it. Women are in the bedroom at home. The environment is better with wooden barrels, and almost the wooden basin+towel is slightly washed on the basis of wiping.

As for the last question, it's really hard to answer. If you want to say that you are poor, even the kitchen, bathroom, bedroom and living room are barely available. When it comes to rich families, of course, there are basic things like study, garden and warehouse.