What is the usual location of the residential orientation in China

Chinese homes are usually oriented north to south.

Because the sun rises in the south-east and sets in the west. In winter, when the sun's altitude angle is small, the doors and windows of a house face south, allowing more oblique sun rays to enter the room, thus increasing the indoor temperature.

Also to avoid the north wind, because China's terrain determines its qi as seasonal. In winter there are cold currents from Siberia, and in summer there are cool breezes from the Pacific, and the winds change direction throughout the year.

Expanded Information

As early as the primitive society, Chinese ancestors built village houses according to the direction of sitting in the north and facing the south, and by the Shang and Zhou Dynasties, measuring the direction was a prior step in choosing the environment. In ancient times, north was yin and south was yang; north of the mountain and south of the water was yin, and south of the mountain and north of the water was yang.

House orientation is an ancient traditional architectural statement, most Chinese houses are built in the form of courtyard, in which the orientation of each house represents the location of the house is good or bad. House sitting direction judgment is to use the following method.

Inside the house, facing the door of the house, this time facing what direction, the house seat is what direction, this is called "to", and the location of the house is called "sit", then sit north to south of the house, is located in the north side of the door towards the south of the house.