If the hall is imperial without a south wall, then where can we hit the south wall?

It is often said that you will never look back until you hit the south wall, so where is the south wall?

This article introduces the hall walls and screen walls of ancient buildings.

The hall is located in front of the living room. There are walls on the east, north and west sides. The east wall is called Dongxu and the west wall is called Xixu. The south facing court is wide open, with two pillars in between, called the East Coupling and the West Coupon.

The hall has no south wall, so it is alert, so it is also called "grand hall". Later, it was extended to mean grand and majestic, and it is also used as "stately" to describe grandeur or to describe undisguised and open actions 2.

There is no south wall in the church, so where can we hit the south wall?

The south wall refers to the shadow wall 3, also known as the Zhaobi, or Xiaoqiang in ancient times. It is a wall used to block the view in traditional architecture 4.

The screen wall has the function of blocking the sight of outsiders. Even if the door is open, outsiders cannot see inside the house, which can also enhance the atmosphere and increase the momentum of the house 6.

Depending on the location and plane form, there are mountain screen walls, one-character screen walls, eight-character screen walls and mountain-skimming screen walls 5 .

The screen wall can be located inside the gate or outside the gate. The former is called the inner screen wall and the latter is called the outer screen wall.

It is a metaphor for someone who is stubborn in behavior and unable to listen to different opinions.

It is a metaphor for internal chaos.

The words come from "The Analects of Confucius: Ji Family": I fear that the worries of Ji and Sun will not be in Zhuan Yu, but within Xiao Qiang.

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