Which direction does the traditional building face to the left of the gate of the compound?

According to the characteristics of traditional buildings in China, the left-hand side facing the entrance of the compound is the west.

The traditional quadrangle building in China is characterized by sitting north facing south and facing the entrance of the courtyard, that is, facing north first, then facing south with the back, with the left hand facing west and the right hand facing east.

In the house, facing the door, the direction you face at this time is the direction where the house is. This is called "Xiang" and the location of the house is called "Sit". Then the house facing south is the house facing north and south.

On the left hand side of the courtyard entrance is a western source:

As early as the primitive society, the ancestors of the Han nationality built village houses in the direction of facing south, and most of the houses discovered by archaeology faced south. In the Shang and Zhou Dynasties, the direction of measurement was the first step in choosing the environment. According to the poem Gongliu, the scenery at that time was a mountain, and yin and yang were harmonious.

Chao, a politician in the Han Dynasty, suggested that when choosing a city site, it is necessary to "combine the yin and yang, taste its water spring and judge its suitability, which is the boundary between architecture and fields." In other words, the north is cloudy, the south is yang, the north is cloudy, and the south is yang.

Because China is located in the northern hemisphere of the earth and the eastern part of Eurasia, most of the land is located in the north of the Tropic of Cancer (north latitude), and the sunshine comes from the south all the year round, so the house facing south is convenient for sunbathing.

The ancients liked to sit in houses facing south, which was also related to the fact that most houses in ancient China were built in the form of quadrangles. The orientation of each house represents the position of the house, which is naturally a symbol of status.