How to lay the indoor floor of ancient buildings in China?

The most commonly used indoor floors are lime triad and brick floor.

1. Lime concrete

Mix lime, sand and pebbles evenly, and then tamp them. This is the simplest method.

2. Brick land

Bricks can be used to pave the road if the economy permits. Generally speaking, the first step is to lay lime soil (seven inches in virtual paving and five inches in real paving) for general leveling, and then lay bricks with mortar, with different grades according to the types of bricks.

Axe blade brick floor material is commonly used in general houses. It is a rectangular brick with a standard size of 9.5 inches ×4.7 inches × 2 inches, and it is covered with Chinese characters and mat patterns. Square bricks are more delicate than axe-side bricks. Axe-side bricks are one foot two inches square, one foot four inches and one foot seven inches two feet. When paving square bricks, the paving effect will be better if the bricks are processed at one time. After grinding, the bricks are unusually flush, also called fine fair-faced bricks. Processed bricks need finer and more uniform clay materials than unprocessed bricks. Since15th century, Suzhou has often fired high-quality floor tiles.

Extremely extravagant emperors and rulers, in order to boast of their extravagance, specially ordered the working people to burn the most exquisite floor tiles for them, called bricks, 2 feet square, 1.7 feet square. In addition to planing and grinding, wax should be burned, and the light can only be seen after paving.