I don't know if you found it.
Some dwellings. Especially the kind of traditional courtyard houses.
For example, the royal palace and the like.
When you enter the door, you will find a wall.
What is this wall for?
In fact, it is an important element of traditional Chinese architecture.
It's calledShadow Wall
What is a shadow wall?
The shadow wall, also known as the Zhaobi and the Xiao wall in ancient times, is a wall used to block the view in traditional Chinese architecture, and is generally located outside or inside the gate of a group of buildings. The former is called the outer shadow wall, and the latter is called the inner shadow wall, which is usually made of bricks, and is composed of three parts: seat, body, and top.
The shadow wall outside the gate is mostly located outside the door of the government, temple, and mansion, which has the function of marking the location of the gate and prompting passers-by to avoid. The shadow wall inside the gate is to block people's view and prevent everyone from seeing the courtyard at a glance, so as to keep the interior of the building hidden and quiet.
According to the function of the inner and outer shadow walls, they were called "hidden" and "avoided" respectively in ancient times, and they were collectively called "hidden", and later gradually evolved into "shadow walls". Because the shadow wall will be photographed with the people who enter and exit the gate, it is also called "photowall".
The central area of the wall is called the center of the shadow wall, which is usually made of square bricks placed at an angle of 45 degrees, and the simple shadow wall may not have any decoration, but it must also grind the bricks to the joints very neatly, and the luxurious shadow wall is usually decorated with brick carvings with many auspicious patterns.
The brick carvings on the shadow wall wall mainly have the ** and four corners of the central area, and there are also mixed and beaded in the place where it intersects with the roof. The center brick is carved with a central flower, a fork in the shadow wall, and a brick plaque with the word Fushou or a brick carving with auspicious connotations.
Shadow wall form
1. One-word shadow wall.
The shadow wall looks down on the plane into a single slender strip. Some one-word shadow walls are too long and will appear too monotonous, so they are divided horizontally into three sections, with the middle long and the two ends short, forming a master and two slaves.
2. Eight-character shadow wall.
On the basis of the one-word shadow wall, the two are folded inward to form an eight-character enclosure.
3. Skimming the mountain shadow wall.
It is located on both sides of the gate, and the gate notch is at an angle of 120 degrees or 135 degrees, and the plane is in the shape of a figure-of-eight, which is called "the shadow wall of the mountain" or "the shadow wall of the anti-eight-character wall". When making this kind of mountain shadow wall, the gate should be set back 2 to 4 meters inward, creating a small space in front of the door, which can be used as a buffer place to enter and exit the gate.
4. Mountain shadow wall.
The shadow wall of the mountain. On the gable of the wing room, a small wall cap is directly built and the shape of the shadow wall is made, so that the shadow wall and the gable are integrated.
Shadow wall material
1. Glazed shadow wall.
The glazed shadow wall is mainly used in the palace and temple buildings, and the most representative is the Nine Dragon Wall of the Forbidden City and Beihai.
2. Brick carved shadow wall.
The brick carved shadow wall, a large number of folk buildings, is the most important form of traditional Chinese shadow wall. Some of the Sumeru seats of the shadow walls are carved from stone, but they are extremely rare.
3. Stone shadow wall.
The Iron Shadow Wall that was moved to Beihai Park is completely carved from stone, and it rarely appears among the people.
4. Brick or adobe shadow wall.
Brick and tile structure or adobe structure, the wall body is completely covered with hemp gray, plain surface colored, and some are also carved with brick patterns or words, and this kind of shadow wall is not a few.
Shadow wall function
1. Practical functions.
Blocking the view of outsiders, even if the door is open, outsiders cannot see inside the house. The shadow wall can also set off the atmosphere and increase the momentum of the residence.
2. Feng Shui function.
In Feng Shui, the shadow wall can not only "drive away ghosts" and make the courtyard wide and deep, but also buffer the air flow, block evil qi, and condense wealth and popularity.
Decorative features
As far as the gate is concerned, the shadow wall increases the momentum of the gate;As far as the shadow wall inside the door is concerned, it creates a harmonious, tranquil and quiet environment. Its constituent elements include not only the shadow wall itself, but also the green background, the screen door of the red bucket square, and the potted flowers, lotus roots or fish tanks in front of the shadow wall. As soon as visitors enter the door, the first thing that catches their eyes is the simple and smooth shadow wall, lush flowers and plants, and the visual experience is naturally very beautiful.
Of course, in addition to the shadow wall, "wall" can be seen everywhere in the idiom, the woe Xiao wall, the partition wall has ears, the east wall is demolished to make up the west wall, the red apricot is out of the wall, and the dog jumps off the wall in a hurry. Why do so many things happen at the head of the wall or under the wall?
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