How much do you know about quadrangles, a model of traditional houses in China?

Siheyuan, also known as Siheyuan, is a traditional quadrangle-style building in China. Its pattern is a quadrangle with houses on all sides, which usually consists of a main room, an east-west wing and an inverted room. The courtyard is surrounded in the middle from all sides, hence the name quadrangle. Since Beijing officially established its capital in the Ming Dynasty and planned to build the capital on a large scale, quadrangles and palaces, offices, blocks, alleys and hutongs in Beijing have appeared at the same time. ?

Siheyuan is a residential form in northern China, mainly in Beijing. From the point of view of ancient residence theory, it is the most suitable? The hub of yin and yang, the orbital mode of human relations? Model. Liu Xi in the Han Dynasty? House? :? House, choose also, choose auspicious place, camp also. ? Siheyuan, where people stand because of houses, houses exist because of people, and people and houses help each other and feel the world, is the highest realm of China's ancient architectural spirit.

Simply put, this is based on ancient times? Where is the sky round? The theory of. "Zhouyi? Tell the story of divination: For heaven, for circle, for king, for father. ? Kun is the earth, the mother and the square. ? Round? , symbolizing the ever-changing things in the sky; ? Fang? It symbolizes that everything on the ground has its own shape. In understanding the structure of the universe, what first appeared in ancient China? Where is the sky round? Go ahead. This is related to the scope and level that people could see with the naked eye at that time.

The quadrangles in Beijing are all embodied in the form of folk houses? Quartet? Typical concept. Since there are four directions, in a yard, of course, houses should be built on all sides, so that a yard naturally forms in the middle. According to the theory of five elements, the earth is in the middle, so the quadrangle is the earth, which is located in the center of the whole hospital. So-called? Place? That is to say, a square land has four sides and four corners, which coincide with the ground (east, south, west and north) and four corners (southeast, northwest, northeast and southwest) respectively. The four sides and four corners of the quadrilateral are all arranged, forming the overall harmony.

From the cultural background, this is closely related to the thought of Zhouyi. ? The sage listens to the world from the south and governs the world from the Ming Dynasty. ? ("Zhouyi? Say ") so-called? Meiji? , that is? Treat the sun? . This formed a unique ancient China? Facing the southern culture? Even the orientation on the map is south to north, and Zuo Dong is in the west, because it faces south and is drawn by overlooking geography. As for the buildings, most of them face south.

Beijing Siheyuan is the carrier of China traditional culture and the crystallization of ancient people's wisdom in China. Although it is a residential building, it contains profound cultural connotation. The decoration, sculpture and painting of quadrangles reflect folk customs and traditional culture everywhere, which is people's yearning and pursuit for happiness and a better life.