What is the function of the pond in front of the quadrangle building?

There is a fire at the city gate, which affects the fish in the pool. Before building all kinds of buildings, we should consider the problem of fire prevention. The function of the pool in front of the quadrangle building is to use the pool water to put out the fire when there is a fire in the quadrangle building. Some will also consider the feng shui problem during construction. The pond in front of the quadrangle building should also have a certain feng shui effect.

Hakkas generally believe that the best orientation for building houses is to have continuous mountains as a barrier in the north, distant mountains near the mountains in the south, low mountains and hills around, and fertile rivers inside, in order to meet the living needs of ethnic groups.

Therefore, the water facing the mountain is the basic principle of site selection. The location of Hakka villages and houses is based on the principle of "facing the mountain and facing the water", which is always called "facing the mountain". In addition, Hakkas also believe that "water is the lifeblood of agriculture", so there are usually streams or ponds in front of quadrangles.

Extended data

Organic combination of fortress style and mansion style in the central plains

Hakka quadrangle building is an organic combination of fortress-style and mansion-style houses in the Central Plains, and its defense can be described as impenetrable, with heavy external walls as the focus of defense. The door frame of the entrance door is made of stone, the door panel is wrapped with hardwood and then with iron sheet, reinforced with thick bars, and there is a fireproof water tank on the door to prevent foreign enemies from attacking the door with fire.

In order to prevent the occurrence of defensive dead angles, watchtowers have been built at the four corners of the front and rear ends of the left and right horizontal houses, which are one or two stories higher than the houses and protrude outward by more than one meter. They are covered with shooting holes, which is convenient for standing guard, monitoring the houses and roofs from above and attacking the enemies who enter the four corner walls.

These observation holes are reasonably arranged, easy to observe, and have almost no dead ends, which can effectively attack invading enemies. The form of the roof is basically a hard mountain outside and a suspended mountain inside. The top floor is the strategic room. Every room is open and connected, and there is also a retaining wall with shooting holes on the outside of the top roof.