Why Beijing courtyard houses are the ideal residence for Chinese people

It is very suitable for a family of two or three generations to live in a small quadrangle with a separate courtyard.

Close the door and form a unified whole. Walk out of the room and stand tall against the sky. The corridors and railings are twisted and exposed, while others are hidden. In a courtyard with a round sky and a small square, there is a kind of honest and friendly human touch. The family is arranged in an orderly manner, living in its own room, and living a leisurely and happy life.

Siheyuan is good because of its closeness and valuable because of its openness. It can not only have its own small space, but also enjoy the natural beauty in the courtyard. This is the highest ideal of life for the Chinese people.

The courtyard house in Beijing is a masterpiece and can be called the representative of northern folk residences.

Since the Yuan Dynasty when Beijing was formally established as the capital and the capital was planned and constructed on a large scale, courtyard houses have appeared at the same time as Beijing’s palaces, government offices, neighborhoods, lanes and alleys.

The courtyard building is an ancient and traditional cultural symbol of our country. "Four" refers to the east, west, north, south and four sides, and "he" means they are combined together to form a square shape. This is the basic feature of the courtyard.

Beijing Siheyuan is a type of courtyard building. The so-called courtyard is a courtyard with houses built on all sides, a quadrangle house, and the old Beijing courtyard in the center is the courtyard. This is the courtyard. Each household has one house, and one house has several courtyards.

Siheyuan is a general term for traditional residences with a main house and east and west wings surrounding a central courtyard to form a floor plan. It has the longest history and the widest distribution among Chinese folk houses. It is a typical form of Han folk houses. It has a history of more than three thousand years, and its form began to take shape during the Western Zhou Dynasty. The general distribution of the courtyard is the main entrance, the first entrance, the lobby, the second entrance, the study room, the residence, etc., with wing rooms on both sides. Each room has a corridor and is connected by doors.

Formal courtyard houses have one house per household, and the floor plan can be large or small. The owner of the house can build it according to the size of the land and the number of people in the family. It can be as small as one entrance, as large as three or four entrances, or as wide as two courtyards with a span. The smaller ones have 13 rooms; the ones with one or two courtyards have 25 to 40 rooms. The back wall of the wing room is the courtyard wall, and a brick wall is built at the corner. The large courtyard is surrounded by walls from the outside. The walls are tall and have no windows to show its privacy.