Why should there be an entrance hall in the living room?

1. The entrance hall, also called the foyer, refers to the transition space between the entrance of the building and the main hall. It is a buffer between the outside and the inside of the house, so that there is a certain separation between the outside and the inside.

2. The entrance hall in traditional Chinese buildings often has a screen or a middle door (a screen door located in the middle of the room behind the door) to separate the entrance and the hall. Some houses will place chairs at the entrance hall. For some houses with an independent building as the main entrance, the location inside the entrance gate is the entrance hall.

3. Entrance and Shoes

In Japan, the Korean Peninsula, ancient China, and Vietnam, it is almost necessary to take off your shoes as soon as you enter the entrance. Also, in East Asia, Southeast Asia and other vast regions, there are many cultures that have the custom of taking off shoes at the entrance.

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Etymology

Originally, xuanguan refers to the inner alchemy method of Chinese Taoism (alchemy), when the qi in the body circulates around the whole body. The terminology used by thought in Buddhism (where Bodhidharma first introduced Zen Buddhism to China), and Zen Buddhism (when Bodhidharma introduced Zen Buddhism to China, he instructed to translate dhyāna as xuan, and later changed it to Zen), the source of the terminology is "the mysterious entrance is the most mysterious and wonderful mechanism." "(Xuanmen's Gate). Later, the term "porch" was used to refer to the space at the entrance of a building. ?

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