Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - Traditional customs - The windows or carvings are usually what are the things, what is the meaning, the table in the center of the hall is usually what are the things, what is the meaning.

The windows or carvings are usually what are the things, what is the meaning, the table in the center of the hall is usually what are the things, what is the meaning.

Strict hierarchy in ancient times

What kind of people with what kind of building and how high the steps, these are strict restrictions

Ordinary people's home windows and doors are mostly carved with flowers, birds, fishes and insects as the object of carving, and sometimes some people will be engraved with a number of characters on behalf of the course of the development of the family, and there are also engraved with some of the bats and so on, on behalf of the blessed and so on

If Ordinary people should not appear in the home carving, such as dragon and phoenix carving God, was found to be arrested after the prison drop

Talking about the hall furniture, we first have to mention is the center of the hall.

The hall said in the Tang. Because of the Tang and Song dynasties in the political affairs hall in the province, for the prime minister to deal with political affairs, the middle of the hall because the prime minister in the province of the office and the name, and then with the prime minister for the middle of the hall.

The prime minister's office, naturally, is a prominent location. Developed later, the middle hall became the most honorable position in the hall.

In China's traditional house building, the location of the hall is very important, it is the face of a family, but also a symbol of the owner's identity and dignity.

In the traditional furniture layout, the hall layout is also the most elaborate and strict.

The furniture in the hall, generally by the four immortal table or eight immortal table, armchairs or tai shi chairs in pairs, plus a long case and flower racks and other combinations of furniture, in the traditional furniture, this is the only set of combination of furniture.

The functions of the center hall are generally divided into three categories: meeting guests, performing rituals and Buddha Hall.

In some movies and TV dramas, we can see some of the hall in the center, usually placed a set of furniture in the middle of the hall.

The hall furniture is the most unique of all the traditional furniture, and as the most important set of furniture in the living room, it reflects the traditional Chinese rituals.

Unlike the study, which is private and closed, the hall is an important and unique place for the master to meet guests and for the family to perform rituals.

The relationship between master and guest, superiority and inferiority, superiority and superiority, and the relationship between the eldest and the youngest is emphasized in the meeting of guests and the performance of rituals, and this relationship strictly conveys the Chinese ethic of filial piety, fraternal duty, loyalty and righteousness.

In accordance with traditional custom, armchair or tai shi chair seating order to the right master, left guest or left for the top, right for the bottom of the order, whether elders or bureaucrats are appropriate to "order" to be seated, which is called sitting with sitting "phase".

The phase, both form and connotation.

It is worth mentioning here, even if the master of the family in the position of respect, not when the ceremony, usually only on the right side of the seat, one is to show humility, the second is a false position, so on, the center of the seat is not often used at the same time.

When the hall is also used as a Buddha Hall, there is a Buddha niche in the center of the warped head case, or set up the three stars of blessing and longevity, or enshrine the deceased relatives of the tablets, the case is configured with incense burners, wax cuttings, flowers, and other five offerings for blessings and remembrances.