The leisurely life of rebirth

Fang Monan and the others crossed the threshold into the courtyard, walked around the screen wall, and quickly glanced at the low bungalows in the courtyard.

Fengzhi's home was a typical courtyard in the small alleys in the inner city of Yanjing. The single-family courtyards that still exist today can only be enjoyed by the powerful and wealthy wealthy people or government agencies and institutions.

Since then, ordinary people have lived in these courtyards with several or even dozens of households, which are called large courtyards.

In the early morning, the courtyard was noisy and lively. There were noisy footsteps and voices in the courtyard: there were people carrying bicycles out of the big threshold, down the steps, pedaling their bicycles to work, and there was a strong smell in the air.

The local vegetables are fragrant. Some are washing clothes at the faucet. The faucet and water pipes are wrapped in thick tattered clothes to prevent freezing. Some are pouring face wash under the big banyan tree in the yard, and some are pouring urinals into the iron grate sewer.

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The rope was hung with freshly washed clothes, which soon became solid with the cold.

The courtyard building is an ancient and traditional cultural symbol of our country. The "four" means east, west, north, south, and "he" are combined together to form a square shape. This is the basic feature of the courtyard.[

The courtyard in Yanjing is a type of courtyard building. The so-called courtyard is a courtyard with houses built on all sides. A courtyard house has a courtyard in the center. This is the courtyard.

Rich people can show off their extravagance by building courtyards with three and four entrances, which are connected from front to back. Flowers and fruit trees can be planted in the courtyard for viewing.

The whole family is in the courtyard. The people living in the courtyard are very comfortable. The door is closed at night and it is very quiet. It is suitable for a family-centered reunion life.

During the day, the flowers, plants and trees in the courtyard are very beautiful. At night, the flowers are fragrant and the air is fresh. At night, the family sits in the courtyard to enjoy the shade, rest, chat, drink tea, and have fun as a family. No matter what the family does in the courtyard, no outsiders can see it.

, privacy is very good. This is in line with the habits of Chinese people.

The most representative residential building in the Qing Dynasty is the palace-style house. This is the large and medium-sized courtyard house where bureaucrats, landlords, and wealthy businessmen live. The courtyard has two, three or even multiple floors, which is grand and luxurious. It can also be said that the Qing Dynasty was the development of the courtyard house in the capital.

's peak period.

Since the late Qing Dynasty, Huaxia has gradually declined. The development of courtyard houses has also begun to gradually decline.

The Japanese imperialist invasion of China brought about great changes in Chinese society. Due to inflation and rising prices, the economic situation of citizens went from bad to worse. Many residents who originally lived in detached houses were no longer able to afford more houses. They had to rent out their excess houses.

Use rent to supplement your living expenses.

There are fewer and fewer houses for residents, and there are more and more tenants in the courtyards. The single-family courtyards have begun to turn into large courtyards with mixed households, and the living nature of the courtyards has changed.

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, due to changes in ownership, many royal palaces and residences left over from the Qing Dynasty were converted from private property to public property. They were no longer occupied by the nobility of the past, but instead became public properties such as state agencies, schools, hospitals, factories, kindergartens, clubs, etc.

Changes in housing and use functions have created intractable conflicts between the building itself and the needs of users. The final result is not that people obey the building, but that the building is transformed by people.

Those courtyards that are still used for residential purposes are no longer exclusively occupied and have become "large courtyards" where multiple families live. These changes in use have made it difficult for the courtyards to maintain their former depth, tranquility, elegance and warmth. The courtyards have been divided.

Transformation and partition became common phenomena.

Starting from the end of the Qing Dynasty, the courtyard gradually became the main place where Beijing residents lived. From a large perspective, the period from the end of the Qing Dynasty to the end of the Anti-Japanese War should be a period of rapid decline of the entire capital city, with changes in political power, wars, and the plundering style of the Japanese.

rule and the southward shift of the national political, economic and cultural center, etc., are all the reasons for the decline of the capital city.

From a small perspective, the general decrease in the living standards of the citizen class, the exodus of a large number of elites, and the civilianization of the aristocracy are the direct causes of this situation. Of course, there are still neat and exquisite houses, but they are becoming more and more popular.

By the 1940s and 1950s, detached houses were already a minority in an alley.

Fang Monan was really lucky to be able to buy a complete courtyard house in the 1980s.

Siheyuan is a major feature of the imperial city's architecture. Siheyuan is spread throughout the city. Its porches with carved beams and painted columns and winding and quiet courtyards add elegance to the city. If you observe carefully, you will find that the typical layout of a courtyard is:

: The main house faces south, with the main door opening in the southeast corner. If you ask the elderly living in courtyard houses, they will tell you that this kind of building layout is called "Kanzhai Xunmen", which is related to Feng Shui. In feudal society, the site for building a house was chosen.

This layout is generally followed, and some people still follow this architectural pattern when building houses.

Feng Zhi led Fang Monan and the others to what was supposed to be the east wing. In the past, the east and west wings were the homes of descendants, usually three rooms. The east wing was considered the most prestigious, and the west wing was the humble.

"Mom, I'm back." Feng Zhi shouted softly.

Aunt Feng opened the thick door curtain and took a look: "Xiao Zhi, why are you back so early today? Come in quickly, it's cold outside!"

The door curtain was patched and patchy, and you could see the hard black cotton inside. Judging from how worn the cotton was, I guess he was older than Feng Zhi.

"Xiao Zhi, who are these two!" Only then did Aunt Feng see the two people behind her son, especially the tall and cold man.[

"Mom! This is..." Feng Zhi wanted to say he was the leader, but He Junyao suddenly said, "I am Feng Zhi's comrade, and my surname is He."

"Hello! I'm Fang Monan."

"Come in, come in, Xiaozhi's comrade." Aunt Feng greeted warmly.

A middle-aged chubby aunt in the south wall house heard the commotion and brought out a plate: "Xiao Zhi! Are you off the night shift? Do you want to eat scallion pancakes? Your Aunt Hua just baked it, and it's delicious! There's still some left.

Order your favorite fried pancakes!"

"Aunt Hua, have you eaten?" Feng Zhi greeted with a smile.

"Ah! You have a guest at your house." Aunt Hua then saw the two people beside Feng Zhi.

"Yes! Xiaozhi's comrade." Aunt Feng said with a smile.

Feng Zhi rolled up a piece of scallion pancake from the plate handed over by Aunt Hua. "That's enough." Aunt Hua chewed the scallion pancake, her lips were smeared, and muttered: "Take them all, you

If you don’t have a guest at home, your mother doesn’t make many pancakes. Besides, I can’t eat any more.”

Aunt Hua looked at He Junyao and the others and said, "Xiao Zhi is a comrade in arms! Don't dislike him!"

"No!" Fang Monan smiled and shook his head.

"Thank you, Aunt Hua." Feng Zhi took the plate. He would not be so serious outside in the cold weather. He would just make up for it when he comes back.

As soon as Feng Zhi and the others entered the house, Aunt Feng came up to them holding hot towels.

"Wipe it, oh look, your face is stained, wipe it well... warm it up."

Feng Zhi felt the hot towel on his face. It was so warm that the whole pores were stretched. It felt so comfortable!

"Mom... um... um, I'll wipe it myself... my comrades are still here!" Feng Zhi quickly took the towel from Aunt Feng's hand.

"Mom, you greet my comrades first. I'll go in and change clothes first." Feng Zhi opened the door curtain on the right and entered the inner room.

Aunt Feng poured two cups of tea from the low stool next to the briquette stove and placed them on the coffee table. She also took a shallow white porcelain plate with melon seeds, peanuts and persimmons on it and placed it on the coffee table.

"Barley Tea, you just have to make do with it!" Aunt Feng said a little embarrassed.

"Barley tea is a good thing!" Fang Monan said with a smile, "Drinking barley tea can not only whet your appetite, but also aid digestion and help lose weight."

Fang Monan picked up the tea cup. The tea soup was dark brown. The barley must have been crushed. It smelled like coffee and tea. He took a big sip and said, "Hmm! It feels good."

Aunt Feng looked at the two of them dressing up, and she knew from a glance that their family was well off, so this barley tea was really afraid of neglecting them. Watching the two of them drink it, Aunt Feng was not only happy, but also saw that they were honest people.

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"You guys wait here for a moment, I'll go in and hurry you up!" As she said this, Aunt Feng opened the curtain and entered the inner room.[

"Mom, why did you come in? I asked you to greet my comrades!" Feng Zhi said quickly when he saw his mother coming in.

"I'm not here to see if you've changed your clothes. We can't keep people waiting for you!" After saying this, Aunt Feng began to help her son get dressed.

Feng Zhi and his son went in, and He Junyao and the others were the only ones left in the outside room. The layout of the room had not changed much, and the furnishings were very simple. Opposite the main entrance was a raglan table with mortise-and-tenon heads against the wall, and in front of the case was an Eight Immortals table.

There is a black and white TV. Next to the TV is a teapot and teacup with a broken corner. There are four armchairs and two small coffee tables in the room.

There is a briquette stove in the middle of the room, and the chimney leads from the door to the outside. There is a small pot on it, in which fragrant rice porridge is cooked. Heating and cooking can be done at the same time. No wonder the room is warm.

It's not cold at all.

These four armchairs are ancient Ming-style armchairs. They are simple and simple, without any decoration, paying attention to the beauty of the material, making full use of the wood itself and texture without covering it up, and making use of the unique material beauty of the intrinsic texture and color.

The armchair is the most classic piece of furniture in the Ming Dynasty. The armchair in the Ming Dynasty has a simple and elegant shape, simple and smooth lines, and the production skills have reached a state of perfection. "The sky is round and the earth is round" is a typical cosmology in Chinese culture. Not only the architecture is influenced by it, but also integrated into it.

Come to the design of furniture.

The arm chair is a combination of square and round shapes, with a circle at the top and a circle at the bottom. Circle is the main melody. Circle is harmony and symbolizes happiness. Square is stability, tranquility and far-reaching. The arm chair perfectly embodies this concept. From an aesthetic perspective, the arm chair of the Ming Dynasty

The beautiful shape and lines are similar to the art of calligraphy, and it also has the technique of Chinese splash-ink freehand painting. The visual effect produced by abstract beauty is in line with the aesthetic point of view of modern people.

The slope formed by the armrests and backrests of the armchair, the curvature of the armchair, and the height of the seat. The combination of these three dimensions and the coordinated proportions create a perfect artistic imagination space.

"Hmm! This armchair is made of authentic huanghuali wood from the Ming Dynasty. It's an old thing and a good thing!" Fang Monan rubbed the armrests of the armchair. The color was yellow, the material was fine, the texture was soft, and the fragrance was oozing. He leaned forward and leaned forward.

He crossed the coffee table and whispered, "Tell him not to sell it as scrap." (To be continued...)

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