The most important features of Shanxi courtyard house

The biggest features of Shanxi courtyard are as follows:

From the appearance, the high walled compound is the obvious feature of Shanxi residence. Shanxi since ancient times, frequent wars, rich merchants and big families pay particular attention to the security of the residence. Defense was emphasized in Shanxi houses, and the high walled compounds showed their alertness to the outside world. For example, the Cao family compound in Taigu, sitting north to south, three sides of the street, the north side of the windowless and doorless 66-meter-long, 17-meter-high wall of masonry, airtight, thick and sturdy, imposing.

Shanxi mansion scale, courtyard in the set of courtyard, the courtyard is mostly east-west narrow, north-south long longitudinal rectangle. Such as Shanxi Qixian Qiaojia compound has 19 courtyards, 313 rooms, the layout in the center axis symmetry based on the "Xi" shape. This layout design is well-conceived, not only in line with the traditional architectural layout concept, but also into the people's aspirations for life and festive folk colors.

Shiheyuan

Shiheyuan, also known as quadrangle house, is a traditional Chinese courtyard building, its pattern is a courtyard with houses on all sides, usually consisting of the main house, the east and west side rooms and inverted houses, from all sides of the courtyard in the middle, so the name of the quadrangle, the "mouth" shape is called a courtyard, the "mouth" shape is called a house, and the "mouth" shape is called a house, and the "mouth" shape is called a house. The "mouth" is known as a courtyard, "day" is known as two courtyards, "eye" is known as three courtyards.

It has a history of more than 3,000 years, and there are various types throughout China, with the Beijing courtyard as the typical one, whose architecture and pattern reflect the traditional Chinese idea of hierarchy of respect and inferiority, as well as the doctrine of yin and yang and five elements.