Floral-Pendant Gates

    In ancient China, people often used the words "Stay Indoors All The Time" to describe the ancient ladies of a family. The gate is naturally the main gate; Which door is the "door"? In fact, the "two doors" refer to the floral-pendant gates in the courtyard.

    The hanging flower gate is the door inside the courtyard of ancient Chinese residential buildings, and is a very exquisite door in the quadrangles. It is the boundary and the only passage between the inner house and the outer house (the front yard). Because its eaves column does not fall to the ground and hangs under the eaves, it is called a vertical column, and there is a hanging bead under it, usually painted in the form of petals, so it is called a floral-pendant gate.

    The floral-pendant gate deepens the eaves with hanging lotus columns and does not occupy the ground, which is in line with the functional requirements of the second door. Women need a certain space to greet, salute and say good-bye here. If two eaves columns fall to the ground, the activity ground in front of the door will be greatly limited. The ground will be much more spacious if the hanging lotus columns do not fall to the ground.

    In the ancient times, the level of the house portal can directly reflect the grade and status of the owner of the house, the financial resources of the owner, the reproduction of the family, the level of cultural literacy, and even the hobbies and personality of the owner. Because of this, the construction and decoration of the floral-pendant gate, as the door of the inner house, are very exquisite.

     In "A Dream of Red Mansions", Daiyu described how to enter the main room through the pendant door when she entered the mansion. The screen door of the floral-pendant gate can only be opened when the ceremony is held on a festive day or the guests are at the door. Floral-pendant gate is very attractive from any angle of the outer and inner courtyard.