Where is the guest seat in the ancient courtyard? What is the function?
The drawing room in ancient China was called a main room. In the courtyard of the house, the position is in the middle, facing south, so it is also called the first house, opposite to the wing.
The hall is the living space of the old Han folk houses, which is generally designed in the middle of the houses, also known as the "sitting room". Because it is usually open, some areas are also called "bright rooms" (bedrooms are called "dark rooms").
A hall is generally a place for family living and meeting guests. Ordinary people also double as restaurants.
In the past, there was a permanent shrine and ancestral shrine in the middle of the hall. Nave's paintings are often hung on the walls, and nave has couplets on both sides. Therefore, the hall is also a place to hold family sacrifices and major ceremonies. There are multiple houses in a larger courtyard, which is called "Jin". In addition to the inner court, every hall that enters is connected back and forth, which is called "wearing a hall".
A hall is bigger and grander than a wing, and it is usually designed as an odd number of rooms, with 3 or 5 rooms being the most common. On the roof, animal models (brick or ceramic) symbolizing auspiciousness or fierceness, such as Kirin and stone lion, should also be placed.
a courtyard can have no wing, but it must have a hall.
New-style residential buildings are quite different from traditional halls, and are generally called "living room" or "hall" for short. There are also some antique buildings that still use the hall pattern.
Modern new buildings have no classical halls, and they are living room, living room, dining room, porch and so on according to their living functions.