What do traditional houses in China pay attention to?

Traditional folk houses in China pay attention to reflecting their wishes, beliefs and aesthetic concepts into the decoration, patterns, colors and styles of houses.

Houses are distributed all over the country. Due to the differences in national historical traditions, living customs, humanistic conditions and aesthetic concepts, as well as the differences in natural conditions and geographical environment, the plane layout, structural methods, modeling and detailed features of residential buildings are also different, which are simple and natural, but also have their own characteristics.

Especially in folk houses, people of all ethnic groups often reflect their wishes, beliefs, aesthetic concepts, and their most desired and favorite things into the decoration, patterns, colors and styles of folk houses through realistic or symbolic means.

Such as cranes, deer, bats, magpies, plums, bamboos, lilies, Ganoderma lucidum, Wan Ziwen, Han palindromes, Yunnan Bai lotus, Dai elephant, peacock and betel nut. In this way, the folk houses of all ethnic groups in various regions present rich and colorful national characteristics.

The mainstream of traditional houses in China is regular houses, with Beijing quadrangles arranged symmetrically as typical representatives. Beijing quadrangles are divided into front and rear rooms, and the main house system in the middle is the most respected. It is a place to hold family etiquette and receive distinguished guests. Each house faces the courtyard and is connected by a balcony.

The wooden frame courtyard style of traditional houses in China;

The most important form of traditional houses in China is numerous and widely distributed, which is used by most people of Han, Manchu, Bai and other ethnic minorities. This kind of residence is dominated by wooden frame houses, with a main hall or main room on the north-south main axis, and an east-west wing opposite to the main room.

Siheyuan is composed of this vertical and hatchback style, commonly known as "Siheyuan" and "Sanheyuan". The elders live in the main room, the younger generation lives in the wing, the women live in the inner court, and the visitors and footmen live in the outer court. This distribution conforms to the etiquette requirements of China feudal society to distinguish between generations, generations and inside and outside.

This residential form is spread all over the towns and villages in China, but it has its own characteristics due to the different natural conditions and lifestyles in different regions. Among them, quadrangles are represented by Beijing quadrangles, forming a unique architectural style.