How good is Chinese courtyard design? Why does it make the world's masters marvel at it?

Chinese architectural art has a long history, the four corners of the eaves up, or fluttering to fly, or standing to float, so that the solidification appears to want to move. The beauty of such, let the whole world for the stunning! Today, from far to near perspective, to share with you the ancient architecture of China, those beautifully constructed ......

To say, what is the most important thing in Chinese architecture, undoubtedly, is that a Chinese door. Ancient saying "house to the portal for the crown belt", the door is a family's spit. "In must be by the, out must be by the", the door is symbolized by the status of the head of household and prestige, the record is history and culture.

As the saying goes, food for the people, to live in peace. The elements of residence is not less than the door, the world is bigger, cultivate the family, is always the same starting point. The delicacy of the door, the threshold of the high and low, in a silent statement of this nation once, on the family relationship is so important.

Guangliangdaemun

Guangliangdaemun, as its name implies, should be more spacious and bright, so it is also known as Guangliangdaemun, a kind of ancient Han architectural mansion door, which is second only to the king's house door in terms of rank and higher than the golden pillar door, and is the form of mansion door adopted by the family of the officials and eunuchs of a considerable rank.

In order to be conspicuous, the gate of this one than the houses on both sides of the larger, have their own walls, roof height, Edward wall protruding, the doorway is wider and more open, there is a higher pedestal, the gate of the ground than the street three or five inches above the ground, out of the quadrangle, there is a condescending situation, and into the quadrangle, there is a sense of step by step.

Golden pillar gate

Golden pillar gate, is the door frame in the gold pillar on the gate. Jinzhu gate is not as deep and solemn as Guangliang gate, but still do not lose the style of the official family, is a form of evolution of Guangliang gate.

Barbarian gate

Barbarian gate is characterized by the doorway than the golden pillar gate is pushed outward a little more, its door frame and door mounted on the position of the gable column. As for the origin of its name, there is a theory that the ancient Manchu people who moved to Beijing for security reasons, deliberately installed the doorway in the outermost gable to avoid giving thieves stealthy conditions for the crime, and therefore named the barbarians door.

Ruyimen

Ruyimen door finger and both sides of the brick wall at the corner, often made in the shape of flowers, in order to symbolize good luck, so named "Ruyimen". The number of Ruyimen is the largest because it is used for general residential use. Because of the large number of Ruyimen, there are many forms of Ruyimen, which can be complicated or simple.

Wall Door

Wall Door, also known as Wall Door, is a door that opens on the wall of a residential compound and is slightly decorated on the wall above or to the left and right of the door. With the wall door in ancient times is the unofficial rich people use, pay attention to the low-profile not leakage of wealth. But there are also more luxurious small doorway.

Draped Flower Door

Draped Flower Door is the door inside the courtyard of the ancient Chinese residential buildings, is a very delicate door in the courtyard, it is the dividing line between the inner house and the outer house (the front yard) and the only channel. Because of its eaves do not fall to the ground, hanging in the eaves, known as pendant columns, under which there is a pendant bead, usually painted in the form of flower petals, so it is called pendant flower door. The whole building occupies the sky but not the ground, which is one of the characteristics of the Draped Flower Gate, so there is a lot of space inside the Draped Flower Gate.

Moon Gate

Moon Gate is the most common round gate in the garden. The round door is built in imitation of the full moon, which is the materialization of the moon worship. It gives a sense of fullness, liveliness and balance. The Chinese love the full moon, which represents completeness or perfection in the whole cycle, so people always associate the full moon with reunion. The full moon in Buddhism is also a symbol of beauty and tranquility. The moon is like water, which is more in line with the poetic sentiment of Chinese people.

Octagonal Gate

The eight corners of the octagonal gate in the Chinese design garden evolved from a combination of round and square. Chinese design garden, "eight ways, S can also be empty door", "in the separation of the main scenic area of the courtyard wall, commonly used simple and large diameter round hole door and octagonal hole door, in order to facilitate the passage", reflecting the combination of practical and aesthetic. Chinese culture advocates "eight", four elephants gossip. "Eight" and "hair" resonates with the meaning of wealth. The number pattern of "eight" implies the meaning of greatness and infinity.