The patio in the ancestral hall in the mountains of Dongjiang Lake.

When people in the mountains hear the word "well", they usually think of wells where springs gush, but patios are just the opposite. It is a well that connects with the sky and flows into the ground. According to the Five Elements, there are wells in fire, water and soil in Jin Mu, which are called wells in different places.

It's an old house. There must be a Tianmen, a skylight and a patio. So where are these triple days? Tianmen refers to the hole above the patio, which rose in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. The earliest curtain boards were built at dark and opened at dawn. Commonly known as opening heaven or opening eyes. Few ancient towns in Jiangxi still inherit this custom, but few local people know this operation. In addition, there is a four-corner column of Tianmen, the tile is wider than Tianmen, and Tianshui flows into the patio from the Tianmen cover. Skylight refers to the place where the roof of each building is covered with exposed tiles, which is convenient for attic lighting. As the saying goes, when the skylight is opened, it cannot be opened. If you open it, it will leak, just like in reality. Patio refers to the place where Tianshui meets, in a hall. It not only has size, elegance and feng shui, but also has a saying.

The length-width ratio of the patio is 2: 1, the width-depth ratio of the patio is 1: 1, and the ratio of the width of ditching on all sides to the height of the middle pad is 1: 1, which is almost proportional. As for the size of the patio, it is generally determined according to the width of the screen beams and columns, and the bottom is low on the left and high on the right for running water. The center of the patio is turtle-back-shaped or turtle-belly-shaped. Goose eggs are piled on the protruding part of turtle-back-shaped, and six or eight stone slabs with the same size are arranged in turtle-belly-shaped, all belonging to Xuanwu, which is in charge of water. The running water in the patio does not flow to outsiders, and there is usually a special underground reservoir. Educated people will raise beetles in sewers to clear sewers. People in the Jianghu have four walls, three walls, a yard, two walls around it, and no walls. The courtyard is clean, and the older generation has a saying: damage to the main disease, too deep debate, tree planting disaster, stone people are not prosperous, bonsai has no children; Both sides of the patio correspond to the atrium, which can neither be in front nor behind. The patio is the center of the hall, how long is the back hall and how wide is the front hall. The layout takes the center point as the coordinate core, and the front is empty with the proportion of the director. Wall, courtyard and wall are rooted in Mount Tai and Shi Gan Dang; There are gates around the courtyard, and Mount Tai Shi Gandang stands at the foot of the left courtyard. The gate is listed on the courtyard wall. Generally, there are two screens in the hall to separate the patio. Many patios were observed at the scene. There is a kind of patio, which is as big as Tianmen. The center of the patio is flat, forming a circular ditch. This patio receives dripping water directly against the ditch, and all the heavy rain falls in the center of the well. The patio is covered with moss because of too much water, and the sun-resistant hall is gloomy, which makes it easy to get sick and difficult to live for a long time.

The most representative buildings in the ancient dwellings of Dongjiang Lake are all in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, with a history of about 500 years. Influenced by the architectural style of Jiangxi School in Ming Dynasty, the courtyard was found as the architectural center. Horsehead wall, cockscomb bucket, magpie tail, imitating Huizhou Hexin firewall; Most of the ancient houses were built between green mountains and green waters, and were born in Jieyu (now Yu Xia), the largest ancient Ming village near Dongjiang Lake. Unfortunately, it became the Water Dragon Palace in the last century. Want to know more about the local patio structure. There are still some buildings in this city, such as Liu Hua Bay, Heitanlong, Xingtang, Liaoyuan Bay, Nakata, Akita, Aotou and Xianghuashu, which are worth visiting.

When I was a child, I saw many old houses before I immigrated to the Jianghu. One autumn, I saw a small animal basking in the sun in the yard. I didn't know what it was at that time. It was novel. I saw that he hadn't stirred for a long time, with a golden neck, a brown shell and black and white eyes. I asked the old people that it was sacred, but fortunately I didn't catch him naughty. According to the old people, he will release a gas in the waterway to lure small insects to wrap their stomachs, if it is not the size of a palm; I have seen the god of "the tortoise and snake lock the river" and the Xuanwu of the snakehead turtle. If you see him again, please give him my regards.