What are the layout and functions of ancient quadrangles and what are their advantages?

1, regular quadrangles, one household and one house, the plane pattern can be large or small. The owner of the house can build it according to the size of the land area and the size of the family. It can be as small as one entrance, as large as three or four entrances, or it can be built two yards wide. For the smallest, the room is13; The first or second hospital has 25 to 40 rooms. The back wall of the wing is a courtyard wall, and the corner is bricked again. This big quadrangle is surrounded by walls from the outside. The wall is very high, and no window is opened to show its privacy. Institutionally, many palaces and temples are also designed and built according to the layout of quadrangles.

2. As soon as the quadrangle enters the quadrangle, it is directly a quadrangle when it enters the street gate, which runs through the central axis. Houses are single-storey, surrounded by inverted houses, main rooms and wing rooms, in which the north room is the main room, the houses in the east and west directions are wing rooms, and the south gate faces north, so it is called inverted houses. The courtyard houses are planted with flowers and trees for viewing.

Siheyuan is divided into front yard and backyard, and the backyard is also called inner yard. The front yard consists of a gatehouse and an inverted building. Hanging flower doors are often used to connect the front and back yards, while moon doors are used in some relatively simple houses. The backyard consists of east and west wing rooms, main room and veranda. Some quadrangles, such as Mao Dun's former residence in Beijing, don't have flower gates to separate the front yard, but add a backyard behind the main house to build a back-built house for women to live in.

What are the advantages of quadrangles?

1, square courtyards with different scales

Courtyards of all sizes, regardless of size, are basically composed of courtyards surrounded by houses on all sides. Simple quadrangles generally have only one yard, while more complicated ones have two or three yards. The deep house compound where rich people live is usually composed of several quadrangles side by side. There is also a partition wall in the middle.

2. Symmetry of center line in appearance rules

The typical characteristics of quadrangles are relatively regular appearance, symmetrical midline and extremely flexible usage. Enlarged is the palace palace, and contracted is the house of ordinary people. The resplendent Forbidden City and ordinary farmers' homes in the suburbs are all quadrangles.

The yard is closed and private.

The general distribution of quadrangles is the gate, 1 courtyard, lobby, No.2 courtyard, bookstore, residence and so on. There are wings on both sides, and each room has a corridor, which is connected by doors. Understanding folk houses on the surface will certainly promote and develop folk house culture.