Siheyuan Hanging Flower Gate

Siheyuan hanging flower gate. It is the door inside the ancient Chinese residence building. It is a very elegant door in the courtyard. It is the dividing line and the only passage between the inner house and the outer house (front yard). Because the pillars do not land ground , it hangs under the eaves, called the vertical column, and has a drop bead under it. It is usually painted in the form of a petal, so it is called a hanging flower door.

The hanging flower gate means that the pillars on the door do not fall to the ground, but are hung on the middle pillar. The pillars are engraved with gorgeous wood carvings such as petal lotus leaves. They are most faceup lotus and flower heads. Because the hanging flower gate is located on the central axis of the whole house, and divide the interior and exterior of the building. They are always gorgeous. so the hanging flower gate is the most striking place in the whole house.

The hanging flower Gate is an important building in the Siheyuan. She has become a watershed of the outer courtyard and the inner house with its dignified and gorgeous image. The hanging flower gate is generally in the middle of the north side of the outer courtyard. It is opposite to the middle room of the house facing north and beside the street.

Generally, the hanging flowers are built on the three- or five-story bluestone steps, and the two sides of the hanging flowers gate are polished bricks. The roof is covered by Chinese roof tiles. The hanging flower gate is built on the main axis of the Siheyuan. She is the same as the crossroad path under a roof and the main house in the courtyard. They are all on the north-south main axis and are first displayed in front of the guests. After entering the inner house, the veranda and the crossroad path are separated by the hanging flower gate as the central axis.