What is the purpose of the doorway at the entrance of a large family in ancient times? Wen Wu has what meaning.

Men dang, is a traditional Han Chinese building doorway opposite and placed in the shape of a pair of stone piers or stone drums (because the drums sound broad and majestic, severe as thunder, people think it can avoid ghosts to promote). Including holding the drum stone and general door pillow stone, in ancient times, different levels of the family when the level of the door is also very strict. Architecture for the "door pillow stone" part, commonly known as the door pier, also known as the door seat, door platform, door drum, holding the drum stone with stone drums, because the drums sound broad and majestic, as severe as thunder, people think it can avoid the ghosts and promote, the people believe that it can avoid the evil spirits, it is widely used by the people on behalf of the stone drums, "when the door! "The Household pairs, is used in traditional Chinese houses, especially the top of the gate of the courtyard, play a decorative door frame components, usually appear in pairs. Door piers are mainly box-shaped and hold the drum-shaped majority, as well as lion-shaped, polygonal columns, water bottle-shaped piers and so on. "Door when", the shape of a round and square points, round for the military, symbolizing the war drums; square for the civil service, shaped as an ink stone. "Household" size and official size is proportional to the size.

Households with a "door" must have a "pair of households", which is an architectural principle of harmony and aesthetics. This, "when the door", "household" is often the same call and said. After the social concept of men and women in the marriage of the measurement of the conditions of the common language.