After entering the door, screens will be set up, mostly marble and a few jade, to prevent feng shui collision, and carved with bird and beast reliefs.
Beyond the zhaobi is a courtyard, which is an open-air place, mostly square or rectangular, and a few are round and irregular. The left and right sides of the courtyard are mostly servants' residences, with men on the left and women on the right. On the left, there are barns [usually cowsheds or stables], and on the right, there are utility rooms such as kitchens and laundry rooms.
The hall is on the other side of the yard. On the wall facing the hall door, there are usually scrolls or portraits of ancestors. There are tables and chairs under the picture. If you hang a portrait of your ancestors, guests will salute the portrait first as a courtesy. There are six or eight seats on each side of the hall, which means smooth and rich ~
Behind the hall is the owner's residence. In some houses, there is a short corridor behind the hall to separate the hall from the residence, and there are pools or gardens on both sides of the corridor. For the host to entertain in his spare time ~
The owner of a mansion, that is, the residence of the head of the family, is usually in the middle, with wings on both sides. The main room shares the same room with the owner, and the parents and children live very close.
Is that enough? And architectural decoration can't be said, different places are very different, such as the simplest roof, there are as many as nine traditional ones ~