What does house entrance mean?

Porch is a Chinese word, pinyin is xuánguān, also known as the foyer. It refers to a transition space between the entrance of the building and the main hall. In traditional East Asian architecture, there is the concept of "hidden". The porch is the outside of the house. And the buffer inside the house, so that there is a certain separation between the outside and the inside.

The entrance hall, also known as the foyer, refers to the transition space between the entrance of the building and the main hall. There is a concept of "hiding" in traditional East Asian architecture. The entrance hall is a buffer between the outside and the inside of the house, making the outside and the inside of the house. There is a certain separation in the house.

Originally, the entrance is the place where the Qi in the body first passes when it circulates around the body in the inner alchemy method of alchemy in China and Zen Buddhism (when Bodhidharma introduced Zen Buddhism to China, Instructions translated dhyāna as Xuan, and later translated it as Zen) and other ideological terms. The source is "the entrance to the husband's entrance is the most mysterious and wonderful organ." (Xuanmen's Gate) Later, the word "entrance" refers to the entrance of the building space.

In East Asia, Southeast Asia and other vast regions, there are many cultures that have the custom of taking off shoes at the entrance. In some suburban houses in the southern United States, there is also a space called a MudRoom for taking off coats and shoes.