Good use of color is one of the outstanding features of ancient Chinese architecture, the building's color and the owner's identity have any connection?

In ancient China, color was not only related to social hierarchy, but also combined with the concepts of yin and yang, the five elements, and the concept of "heaven, earth, and man".

In ancient China, the highest level of architectural color was yellow, followed by red, green and blue. The roof with yellow glazed tiles is only for royal buildings. In the ancient feudal society with strict hierarchy in China, the colorful glazed tiles did not only represent beauty, but also a symbol of kingship, class and status. Therefore, the color of glazed tiles used on different buildings had strict regulations.

Yellow glazed tiles can only be used on the roofs of royal palaces or royal temples, and other buildings such as government offices and royal palaces are not allowed to lay yellow glazed tiles on their roofs.

Green glazed tiles, second only to yellow, more in the city gates or the Prince's residence, religious temples and other major buildings of the roof usually also choose green glazed tiles.

Green glazed tiles are similar to the color of the sky, representing the color of the sky, and are used in solemn ceremonial buildings.

Black glazed tiles, generally used for low-grade officials and rich and noble families, special places will also be used.

In China's ancient architectural hierarchy, in addition to the color of the building, but also in the size of the building, roof ornaments, foundation, treadway, surface width, the number of rooms, arches, paintings and decorations, colors, even including the bright columns, the number of doorways and doors, and so on, there are strict regulations! What status of people, live in what kind of house, that is the "rules", mess with it can not, once the "overstep" charge is not small, it is not a joke!