Introduce the characteristics of Beijing quadrangles through explanation.

1 Siheyuan is the floorboard of traditional houses, with the main room and the east and west wing rooms surrounding the Intermediate People's Court to form a plane layout. It has the longest history and the widest distribution in China, and it is a typical form of Han folk houses. Its history has been more than 3000 years, and its form has begun to take shape in the Western Zhou Dynasty.

The gate of quadrangles is generally opened in the southeast corner or northwest corner. The north room in the courtyard is the main room, which is built on the masonry abutment and is larger than other houses. It is the living room of the owner. There are east and west wing rooms on both sides of the yard, where the younger generation live. There is a corridor between the main room and the wing room for people to walk and rest. The walls of quadrangles and houses facing the street generally do not open windows, and the environment in the courtyard is closed and quiet.

There are large and small quadrangles in Beijing, but no matter how big or small, they are all made up of quadrangles surrounded by houses on all sides. The simplest quadrangle has only one yard, while the more complicated one has 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.

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Beijing Siheyuan is famous for its unique composition, and it is typical and representative in traditional residential buildings in China. Most of the residential buildings in China are internal courtyard houses, while the residential courtyards in the south are very small, and the surrounding houses are connected as a whole, which is called "a seal".

This kind of residence is suitable for the climate conditions in the south, with ideal ventilation and lighting. The quadrangles in Beijing are spacious and spacious, surrounded by independent houses and connected by cloisters. They are convenient to live in, pleasing to the eye in the yard and suitable for activities.

Although Beijing Siheyuan is a residential building, it contains profound cultural connotations and is the carrier of China traditional culture.

Its construction pays great attention to geomantic omen. From site selection, site selection to determining the specific scale of each building, it must be carried out according to Feng Shui theory. Beijing quadrangles are famous all over the world; In old Beijing, besides the Forbidden City, royal gardens, temples, temples and palaces, a large number of buildings are the homes of countless people.

An Examination of Old News in the Sun quoted a poem from the Yuan Dynasty: "Clouds open and close three thousands of feet, and there are ten thousand pagodas in the fog." This "one million family" house is now called Beijing Siheyuan.

Beijing quadrangle is a veritable quadrangle, spacious and open, with plenty of sunshine and broad vision. Another point is that the cultural connotation of Beijing Siheyuan is rich, which fully embodies the traditional living concept of China. For example, the Northeast Siheyuan (Northeast Rural Siheyuan) conforms to the first two characteristics of Beijing Siheyuan, but it does not have the characteristics of rich cultural connotation.

For example, the single-door quadrangle in Northeast China (in China, the tradition is mostly in the form of double doors) and the practice of setting an "inverted door" behind the hall as a storage room all make people feel that it is a continuation of the poor habits brought by immigrants who "ran to Kanto" in Shandong and other places in the Qing Dynasty. It is precisely because of the above characteristics that people often regard Beijing Siheyuan as a typical representative form of China Siheyuan dwellings.

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Baidu encyclopedia-Beijing quadrangle