Siheyuan ( courtyard houses ) in Beijing
This is a very popular resident in China, but more often in Beijing. The name literally means a courtyard house, a house surrounded by four walls, called quadrilateral. In China’s history, the building siheyuan basissysteem the building of houses, palaces, temples and overheidsgebouwen. There are three types siheyuan – small medium and large houses on binnenplaatsen. For small and simple siheyuan, the main gate is open to the south, the main halls for northern grandparents are on the south, the corner rooms for the children, the rooms and halls from west to east, his sons or daughters of rooms in the hoofdingang to the north used as the living room or study. For medium and large courtyard houses, there are more than a meter, two, three or more meters with very salt for a number of high officials or wealthy businessmen. The layout of a typical back yard is actually a living showcase for traditional morality China. Why such a provision? Well, the four buildings in a garden to get different amounts of sunlight. Room get the most Northern, then using the living room and bedroom for parents, usually the owner siheyuan. The rooms, east and west receive less, and used as rooms for youth or guest. The rooms of the south, opposite the rooms of the owner, receives less sunlight, and is usually served as a local service personnel or surveys. The north, east and west rooms are connected by steps in the place of decoration. These steps are used as shelter from the sun during the day and offer a cool shade and have a good view of the square at night. Behind the rooms in the north, there is often a separate building for unmarried daughters. In ancient China, the unmarried girls are not directly in public view, and then live in the palace most secret house courtyanrd. What’s more, a Sheyuan a scientific, human-centered position. The wall in a building north-west is generally higher than the other walls of the building interior is also a break from the cold wind blowing from the northwest in winter. The eaves curve helps the flow of rainwater collected in the curve instead of dropped direcctly. The ridge of the roof is a shade enough space to heat in the summer to escape.