What do you mean by sitting facing south?

Sitting facing south means that the house is located on the north side, the back of the house faces north and the door is open on the south side.

Housing facing south is one of the architectural principles of traditional geomantic theory. According to the theory of Yizhan, the south is lush with vegetation and abundant yang, and it is the supreme position to be king in the south. The ancients liked to sit in houses facing south, which was also related to the fact that most houses in ancient China were built in the form of quadrangles, in which the orientation of each house represented the position of the house.

As early as the primitive society, the ancestors of China built village houses facing south. In the Shang and Zhou Dynasties, the direction of measurement was the first step in choosing the environment. The poem Gongliu says: The scenery is just a hill, and its yin and yang are in harmony. Later, Chao, a politician in the Han Dynasty, suggested that when choosing a city site, it is necessary to "combine the yin and yang, taste its water spring and judge its suitability, which is the boundary between architecture and fields." In ancient times, it was cloudy in the north and sunny in the south.

Residential sitting orientation is the saying of ancient traditional architecture. Most houses in China are built in the form of quadrangles, and the orientation of each house represents the position of the house. The following methods are used to judge the orientation of the house.

The advantages of extending data to the south are as follows:

1, good lighting

"House Classics" says that indoor lighting is better where the windows face south, southeast or southwest. Because China is located in the northern hemisphere of the earth and the eastern part of Eurasia, most of the land is located in the north of the Tropic of Cancer (north latitude), and the sunshine comes from the south all the year round, so the house facing south is convenient for sunbathing.

2. Good ventilation

Sitting facing south will make the air in the room fully circulate.

Step 3 avoid the north wind

And sitting facing south is not only for lighting, but also to avoid the north wind. The topography of China determines that its climate is monsoon climate. There is a cold current in northwest Asia in winter and a monsoon in the Pacific Ocean in summer, and the direction of the monsoon is changeable all year round.