Why should the courtyard stay?

It should be said that the Siheyuan was the ideal residence for Chinese people in the past. At present, the Siheyuan cannot meet the needs of modern urban development. But we must also see that as the mainstream living place for Chinese people for hundreds of years, courtyards have many aspects, such as living concepts, structures, Feng Shui, etc. that are worthy of reference for modern urban development.

Introduce the advantages of courtyard houses.

First of all, naturally speaking, a courtyard house belongs to a courtyard house. The courtyard in a courtyard house is surrounded by a closed and open air, which can create a good internal microclimate and reduce the impact of bad external climate. On the one hand, it can effectively provide shade and coolness in summer, and it can also provide good lighting, warmth, and resistance to wind and sand in winter. The open-air and transparent courtyard serves as both an air inlet and an air outlet, providing smooth ventilation through natural wind pressure. In addition, the courtyard facilitates drainage and rainwater collection.

At the same time, from the perspective of social ideology at the time, China and other construction societies lasted for more than two thousand years and formed a strict set of social behavioral norms. The courtyard house has tight defense, inward stability, and orderly The characteristics are highly consistent with this set of specifications, so they have been continuously strengthened over the years, forming a unique Chinese-style courtyard residential system.

Siheyuan is a historical building with cultural value. It has witnessed the development of old Beijing and is a cultural relic. Although the development of modern cities has been restricted in the development of modern cities, it has almost been demolished. But if a city has no spiritual soul, it can be regarded as a second-rate city at best. And these souls are the cultural atmosphere that slowly settles in a city. You can look at Paris, France. It is also an old city. The houses are still the same as they were hundreds of years ago, and the houses have not changed much. However, it is still a famous historical city, and there is an endless stream of people visiting it every year. On the other hand, if we in Beijing demolish this and that, none of them are our own. Is this still China? 5,000 years of cultural accumulation disappeared in an instant. They are all high-rise buildings, all the same. It is true that high-rise buildings solve urban development problems, but at the same time we lose the essence of ourselves. I am not saying that we should sacrifice our living conditions for the sake of cultural relics. We need a dynamic balance. We must not only live comfortably, but also live in our own cultural accumulation. This is the most harmonious way for a city to develop.