In ancient times, why was there a wall when entering the door?

The wall that enters the door, known as the Zhaobi in ancient times, is the momentum of the family, symbolizing the façade, and its workmanship highlights the wealth, and can also play a certain aesthetic role.

This wall is called the Shine Wall or the Yingmen Wall. At first, it was to show wealth, and the walls of large families were beautifully made. It also plays a beautiful role, and later feng shui said that the courtyard needs to be hidden, and the courtyard needs to be avoided outside. That is to say, things in the home are not allowed to be peeped into, and it also plays a role in protecting privacy.

This is not an ordinary wall, it is called a shadow wall, and the main reason for building such a wall is to protect the privacy of the owner, so that others can not see the inside of the house from the door, and it is also a status symbol.

In order not to let people see the contents of the house as soon as they enter the door, this wall can give the room more privacy.

There is this wall when entering the door, mainly to block this position at the door, in many people think that there will be air leakage in this position at the door, which means that it is not very good, so the larger households will install this one.

It is mainly used to block the wind or block the path of ghosts, and it is also to block the sight of some people and protect the people who live there.

This wall is important for large households, not only to prevent things in the house from being seen by outsiders, but also to block the interference of what is happening outside in the home.

This is called the shadow wall, the ancients because of this wall, the cart could not push the gate, so the master will not break the wealth, very auspicious, there is a great benefit, and they are all built.

It is called a set of walls set up inside or outside the gate of a group of building courtyards, which faces the gate and acts as a barrier. Whether it is inside the door or outside the door, it is to face the people who enter and exit the door, so the wall is also called the shadow wall or the wall.

Zhaobi is a necessary means of treatment for the courtyard house, a traditional residential form of the Han nationality in China. Feng Shui pays attention to qi conduction, and the qi cannot go straight to the hall or bedroom, otherwise it will be unlucky. The way to avoid air rush is to place a wall in front of the front door of the house.

In order to keep"Breathless"This wall cannot be closed, so the architectural form of Zhaobi is formed.

The wall has the effect of blocking the wind and blocking the line of sight, and if the wall is decorated, it will cause the effect of the scene.

This is also called the Shadow Wall.

The shadow wall is not only built in the house.

The shadow wall can be located inside the gate or outside the gate, the former is called the inner shadow wall, and the latter is called the outer shadow wall. The shadow wall located outside the gate is facing the door of the house, or independent of the wall of the opposite house, or leaning on the wall of the opposite house, mainly used to cover the opposite house and the untidy corner eaves, so that the people who go out through the gate have a neat, beautiful and pleasant feeling.

The shadow wall wall is also called Xiao wall in ancient times, and it is also called the light wall in some places, which is a wall standing between the gate and the courtyard. The shadow wall of the big family will also be carved with lines, carved patterns, and some will be written with auspicious words such as fortune and treasure, so what is the function of this wall standing in front of the courtyard? When did it become popular?

The folk believe that this wall can block the evil spirit, cut off the path of ghosts, and bless the safety of the family. There is also a saying that the ancients paid attention to opening the courtyard door to facilitate air circulation, but the open courtyard door will attract passers-by to stop, not only leaking private life but also causing some scheming people to worry, so the wall between the gate and the courtyard is very good to play a blocking role, in addition to the exquisite decoration of the shadow wall wall can also better reflect the owner's taste.

In addition, there is a small story about the origin of the shadow wall, saying that there is a young man named Ren He, who is still a descendant of Lu Ban, and the skill of building a house is also very good, after his father died, he ran this craft alone to make money to support his mother.

But because his mother is old, he basically takes over the work within a radius of 100 miles, so that it is convenient to take care of, but after a long time, his fame is still rumored to go out, one day, a big family named Lu Junyi came to ask him to build a house, and on the day of construction, the owner of the house asked him what is particular about food? Ren He said that it was good to cook at home, and he just hoped that it would be completed as soon as possible so that he could rush back to take care of his old mother.

After Ren He arrived at Lu Junyi's house, he began to design drawings, plan the layout, and then began to build the foundation, working day and night, and within a few days, the courtyard walls were half a person high. Lu Junyi was also very happy to see that the progress was so fast, so he added a chicken to Ren He as a reward every day.

However, Ren He found that there were no chicken legs in the chicken he ate every time, he felt a little unhappy, and felt that the master was stingy, and a few days before the completion of the house, he built a small cart under the courtyard wall, which meant to push away the master's treasure.

But until the day he left, Lu Junyi not only paid a lot of extra money, but also brought a vat of pickled chicken thighs and asked Ren He to take them back to his mother. In order to make up for his cautious eye, Ren He started to build a beautiful wall between the gate of Lu Junyi's house and the courtyard, saying that this is called the shadow wall, which can be used to collect treasures for money, and others cannot see the courtyard.

Later, after many dignitaries visited Lu Junyi's new house, they were full of praise, especially the shadow wall, so the shadow wall appeared in the doors of many large families.