Ancient people were very particular about Feng Shui. What role did the screens placed by ancient people play?

"Screen", also known as screen door or barrier, refers to the screen between doors and windows. Most of the ancient houses were courtyards of civil buildings, but they were certainly not as solid and dense as the houses with modern reinforced concrete structures. Therefore, in order to keep out the wind, the ancients began to make screens into furniture, and placed screens behind the bed or on both sides of the bed to achieve the effect of keeping out the wind. Han Liuxi's Interpretation of Bed Names says: "Screen, words can keep out the wind." In other words, the screen has the functions of wind protection, shielding and compartment separation.

With the overlapping of dynasties, the development of screens has been promoted, and the types of screens have become more and more extensive. Some screens are made of wood. This kind of wooden screen is very strong and can be used to lean on or hang sundries. For example, in Wei and Jin Dynasties, there was a man named Wang Kun, who was very stingy. He not only hid the wine under the bed, but also hung all the rice, salt and soy sauce at home on the screen beside the bed. Anyone who needs it must get it through his hand.

The use of screens began as early as the early Western Zhou Dynasty, but they were not called screens at that time, but called "houses" or "walls". For example, "Tian Ji": "Wang Da traveled to the divine world, so he opened a case and set up an imperial court." Jia in Tang Dynasty. Shu: "The official fingerboard is a screen decorated with phoenix feathers. This is called the place where the king sits.

Wang Hanchong's Lun Heng Xu Shu was uploaded: "Sit in Nanxiang, sit in the back. Biography of Meng Changjun in Historical Records of the Han Dynasty: "Meng Changjun served as a guest in China, but behind the screen he often served history, remembering that he was a gentleman and speaking as a guest. "It shows that the name" screen "appeared in the Han Dynasty, and made the recorder at that time have the function of separating indoor space and blocking the line of sight.