What does the west building mean?
It can be understood as an ancient land of lovesickness.
The main characters corresponding to the west are those who look forward to lang, miss longing for love, sad maid, and beautiful concubine who is sad about the passing of youth. The west building has become a woman's residence, with a clear gender orientation and a subtle aesthetic temperament.
West Building, West Window, West Chamber, West Palace, West Pavilion, West Pavilion, etc. have always been the sights in ancient poetry, and as a series of sad and beautiful images expressing lovesickness and sadness, they have become the buildings where the ancients entrusted their feelings.
Extended information
The word "West Building" was first seen in the poems of the Six Dynasties: Bao Zhao, a poet of the Southern Dynasties and the Song Dynasty, wrote "Playing in the West Gate of the Moon City": "Starting from the southwest building, it is as fine as a jade hook. At the end, I reflected in the northeast, and Juanjuan was like a moth eyebrow. "
Vernacular translation: The newborn moon bud, as seen in the southwest building, is petite and slender, like a helmet hook, and the moonlight sinks at night, and the corner is shining. On the northeast steps, the waning moon is also charming, just like a girl's moth eyebrow.
The view that the West Building is full of moons originated from ancient astronomy in China, which divided the stars in the sky into five palaces, namely "East, West, North and South". The ancients who looked up at the celestial phenomena and looked down at geography consciously corresponded to the layout and distribution of home rooms. If the south was respected, the house where the elders lived was the north house. "The sun goes to the west and rises in the east."
Because the east is sunny, big and expensive, the house in the east is where the children and grandchildren live. For example, "East Palace" has become synonymous with the prince, and "East Bed" has become another name for the son-in-law. The west is cloudy, which is the second.
People's Network-Chengdu and "West Building" in Poetry and Prose