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    The document discusses the ornamentation and materials used in traditional Chinese siheyuan courtyard houses. Wealthy families decorated the courtyards with items like copper or iron door knockers designed to repel evil spirits and bring good fortune. Pairs of guardian lions were also common decorative elements, believed to have powerful mythic protection. Other ornate features included drum-shaped bearing stones with intricate patterns that displayed the owner's financial status. Materials used in construction included sun-dried bricks for walls, wood for framing and roof supports, and copper for ornamentation. The Forbidden City in Beijing was the largest and best preserved example of the siheyuan style, in use for over 491 years as the royal palace.

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    The document discusses the ornamentation and materials used in traditional Chinese siheyuan courtyard houses. Wealthy families decorated the courtyards with items like copper or iron door knockers designed to repel evil spirits and bring good fortune. Pairs of guardian lions were also common decorative elements, believed to have powerful mythic protection. Other ornate features included drum-shaped bearing stones with intricate patterns that displayed the owner's financial status. Materials used in construction included sun-dried bricks for walls, wood for framing and roof supports, and copper for ornamentation. The Forbidden City in Beijing was the largest and best preserved example of the siheyuan style, in use for over 491 years as the royal palace.

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    The document discusses the ornamentation and materials used in traditional Chinese siheyuan courtyard houses. Wealthy families decorated the courtyards with items like copper or iron door knockers designed to repel evil spirits and bring good fortune. Pairs of guardian lions were also common decorative elements, believed to have powerful mythic protection. Other ornate features included drum-shaped bearing stones with intricate patterns that displayed the owner's financial status. Materials used in construction included sun-dried bricks for walls, wood for framing and roof supports, and copper for ornamentation. The Forbidden City in Beijing was the largest and best preserved example of the siheyuan style, in use for over 491 years as the royal palace.

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    How They Extended

    Siheyuan ?
    Courtyard
    Extended

    The ornamentation in
    the courtyard shows
    the owner's wealth +
    power.

    ORNAMENTATION

    Ornamentation
    DOOR KNOCKER

    =
    =
    =
    =

    Copper or iron
    Repel Evils
    Mostly beast designed
    Bring good Omen

    GUARDIAN
    LIONS

    reserved for wealthy families


    always presented in pairs
    believed to have powerful +
    mythic
    protection

    Ornamentation
    DRUM-SHAPED BEARING
    STONE
    >> Combine design of
    drum
    and door guarding
    lion
    >> Has embossed
    patterns
    >> Show the financial
    power of
    the house owner
    >> Decoration of

    Ornamentation
    FESTOON
    GATE

    * Door hung with suspended puncheons


    * Have patterns of cloud at the girded end
    * Puncheons are carved and painted

    Ornamentation
    WOODEN
    PARTITION

    ~ Wooden wall in the room


    ~ Mounted with glass or stick with paper
    ~ For decoration
    ~ Act as ventilation wall
    ~ Separate rooms
    ~ Adorned with coloured paintings and
    wood carvings

    Ornamentation
    WALL
    SCREEN
    exquisitely crafted
    warding off evil spirits
    Tile-made roof and
    eaves
    helps in creating
    space and
    maintaining ones
    privacy.

    Ornamentation
    CHINESE
    COUPLET
    - For
    blessing -

    CHINESE
    LANTERN

    Type of Material Used


    Sun-Dried
    Bricks

    used to
    built walls

    Wood
    s

    Coppe
    r

    to frame
    the house
    & roofs
    support

    used to
    made
    ornamentat
    ion

    Type of Material Used


    Pounded
    Earth

    used as
    foundation of
    the house

    Cla
    y

    to make roof
    tiles & wall
    screen
    All the compounds are quiet, beautiful
    & compact that can harmonize with
    nature.

    Largest Siheyuan Complex

    FORBIDDEN
    CITY
    Biggest and best
    preserved
    royal palace
    An exceptional
    ancient
    architecture
    masterpiece
    It used over 491
    years
    (1420 - 1911)

    Modernized Siheyuan

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    http://oldchinabooks.com/YangShen_eBook_Blog/2013/01/10/ch
    inese-courtyard-houses- /
    Practicing ArchitecturePracticing Architecture. (n.d.). Retrieved
    January 20, 2016, from
    http://www.aia.org/practicing/AIAB086563
    Beijing Siheyuan Building. (n.d.). Retrieved January 20, 2016,
    from http://arts.cultural-china.com/en/83Arts7487.html
    Dwelling Compounds (Siheyuan). (n.d.). Retrieved January 20,
    2016, from http://www.beijingholidays.net/dwellingcompounds/index.htm
    China Talk: Siheyuan. (n.d.). Retrieved January 20, 2016, from
    http://china-talk.blogspot.my/2014/05/siheyuan.html
    -- _ _ . (n.d.).
    Retrieved January 20, 2016, from
    http://www.kaiwind.com/wsxs/jzzm/201304/t181247.htm

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