Most houses in China pay attention to sitting facing south. Why is the situation in Australia the opposite?

We in China always pay attention to geomantic omen when designing houses, and the most basic geomantic omen is that the house faces south. Take the old quadrangle in Beijing as an example. The first room facing south is the north room, the opposite room is called the inverted room, and the east and west sides are called the east and west wing rooms. Ancient people were superstitious that such a house design would help promote family wealth and accumulate happiness for the family. In fact, despite this superstition, it is reasonable for China people to design a house facing south, because China is in the northern hemisphere, and a house facing south is conducive to indoor lighting, which can avoid many problems.

If a friend has been to Australia, he will find that the houses in Australia face the opposite direction to those in China, and both face south. Why is this?

In fact, the reason is very simple. Contrary to China, Australia is in the southern hemisphere, and the sun's rays no longer shine from south to north, but from north to south. So the houses in Australia face north from the perspective of lighting. But at the same time, the housing design in Australia is different from that in China, not only because of cultural differences, but also because of Australia's good environmental protection and excellent air quality. After noon, the sun is extremely hot and the ultraviolet radiation is very strong, so most Australians will not arrange their first room in the northern half.

There may be many people who envy the life of Australians, but there is nothing to envy. Because of the special climate, it is very cold for Australians to live in a bedroom facing south in winter, and it is too hot to live in a bedroom facing north in summer, so the house in China will be more comfortable to live in.