courtyard

A deep alley is actually connected by both sides of wall. What is inside the wall? Beijing is the traditional residence "courtyard". Just as its name implies, siheyun is all around the southeast northwest builds a house, eventually encircle out a yard. In addition to the wall of the court gate, no Windows or channel associated with alley, closed the door, is a silent, closed planet.

The house sits in that ZhengFang, thing on both sides for wing, sit in the north of the day said. Who lives which one room also have rules: ZhengFang tall, daylighting, ventilated good, is parents dwelling places; and The younger generation children live gallery; Day do more sitting room or study. Siheyun is generally is orientated north and south, in the southeast corner of the court is open, and don't open at center. Beijing Tours This design is said to be gossip orientation, the so-called "bank curtilage xun door" "candy" for the north, in the five elements in the water, the house built in water level, can avoid fire: "all", that is, the southeast, in "five elements" for the wind, in and out of the well, the door open here figure a giovanni cobolli gigli.

Now, as Beijing population boom, old siheyun has gradually replace for tall buildings. In the second also preserve the two pieces of siheyun area and the unique some siheyuan, there is a chance might as well to explore the, the experience of living old from Beijing.