Chapter 85 Courtyard

Beijing quadrangle courtyard is a kind of courtyard building. The so-called courtyard is a courtyard with houses on all sides. The center is the courtyard. This is the courtyard.

Rich people are rich and can build three or four courtyards, which are also connected back and forth. Plant flowers, fruits and trees in the courtyard for viewing.

The large courtyard is surrounded by walls from the outside, all of which are made of tall walls without opening windows, showing a kind of defense.

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

In the day, the flowers and trees in the yard are very beautiful. At night, the flowers are fragrant and the air is fresh. At night, the family members sit in the yard to enjoy the cool, rest, chat, drink tea, and the whole family is happy. The family is in the yard. No matter what they do, outsiders can't see it

The most representative residential building in the Qing Dynasty was the palace-style mansion. This is the large and medium-sized quadrangle courtyard where bureaucrats, landlords and rich businessmen live. It can also be said that the Qing Dynasty was the peak of the development of Beijing quadrangle courtyard.

Since the late Qing Dynasty, China has gradually become a semi-feudal and semi-colonial society, and the development of Beijing Siheyuan has also begun to decline.

The Japanese invasion of China has caused great changes in Chinese society. The economic situation of the citizens is getting worse and worse. Many residents who used to live in a single-door house are no longer able to raise more houses, so they have to rent out the extra houses to subsidize their livelihood with rent.

There are fewer and fewer residents' houses, and there are more and more tenants in the courtyard. The single-family quadrangle courtyard has begun to become a multi-family mixed-occupied courtyard, and the residential nature of the quadrangle courtyard has changed.

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, there have been fundamental changes in the use of traditional quadrangle courtyards in Beijing.

Due to the change of ownership, many royal palaces and houses left over from the Qing Dynasty have changed from private property to public property. They are no longer occupied by the former nobles, but have become public housing such as state organs, schools, hospitals, factories, kindergartens, clubs, etc.

The change of the use function has created a difficult contradiction between the building itself and the needs of the user. The final result is not that people obey the building, but the building is transformed by people.

Those courtyards that are still used for residential use are no longer exclusively occupied and have become "large miscellaneous courtyards" for multiple households. These changes in use make it difficult for the quadrangle courtyard to maintain the depth, peace, elegance and warmth of the past. The quadrangle courtyard has been divided, transformed and divided into a common phenomenon.

After coming out of the Forbidden City, Ye Tianhe and Yu Qingya walked to the east city for only seven or eight minutes, which was a quadrangle courtyard complex.

In the Qing Dynasty, it belonged to the Midtown, which was usually inhabited by dignitaries and dignitaries. Ye Tian was really a little surprised. How could his grandfather, whom he had never met, have a yard here?

Walking in the alley surrounded by high-walled courtyards, Ye Tian felt that it was much more meaningful than in the Forbidden City.

Moreover, Ye Tian found that the construction of the quadrangle courtyard pays great attention to feng shui. From the selection and positioning of the land to the determination of the specific scale of each building, it is in line with the feng shui of the Bagua School in the north.

At the entrance of the alley, from time to time, you can see some old Beijing sitting under a big tree playing cards and playing chess. When the neighbors walk by, Ye Tian feels warm.

Ye Tian and Yu Qingya, a pair of handsome men and women, walked in the alley, which seemed a little dazzling. However, over the years, the relevant departments have begun to plan Hutong culture and courtyard tourism, and the people living here did not show any special place.

"No. XXX, East X Four Hutongs." Coming to the door of a house, Ye Tian stopped and stared at the signs hanging on both sides of the door of the house in surprise.

"Street office?" Looking at the sign hanging by the door with black words on a white background, Ye Tian was a little dumbfounded. Then he looked up at the house number. That's right, that's where Dad said.

"Ye Tian, are you right?" Yu Qingya also asked aside.

Ye Tian confirmed the house number again, shook his head and said, "Yes, it's here, but... how did it become a street office?"

"Hey, what's wrong with you two?"

Just as Ye Tian wanted to go in and inquire, a man in his early thirties with a boss's bag came out of the door.

"Well, it's okay. We are students of Huaqing. We are interested in quadrangle courtyards. Come here to have a look..."

Ye Tian knows that this quadrangle courtyard lived with his grandfather's family 20 years ago, and now it has become a street office. There must be some stories in the middle.

"It turned out to be a top student in Huaqing. What's the matter? Do you want to go in and have a look?" Hearing that it was a college student in Huaqing, the man was a little enthusiastic, and the foot that had already stepped out of the door was also taken back.

"Ha ha, I think about it, but I don't know if it's convenient? What's your name, big brother?

Ye Tian smiled shyly, churn out a bag of Hongta Mountain from his bag, awkwardly tore open the package, and handed one to the man.

Ye Tian doesn't smoke. This cigarette was stuffed in Xu Zhennan's bag in the morning. According to Xu Zhennan, if you go out, you should smoke before talking, and everything will be easy to do.

"Hey, you boy will come, unlike ordinary college students..."

Seeing Ye Tian's behavior, the man laughed, took the cigarette and said, "I'm the director here. My name is Ma Ping. Well, you're from Beijing, right? Why are you still interested in this old yard?

As a well-maintained quadrangle courtyard, there are usually many people who want to go in and have a look, but old Beijing is not interested in this. Ma Ping heard that Ye Tian's accent should be from Beijing, so he thought it was a little strange.

"Director Ma, is my girlfriend from Beijing? She wants to go in and have a look..."

Ye Tian's words made Yu Qingya blush and stared at Ye Tian angrily, but in the eyes of Director Ma, there were two young people flirting.

"Si, there are not many people this weekend. Let me show you..." Ma Ping nodded and agreed.

"Who is your girlfriend? What a thick-skinned..." After Ye Tian, Yu Qingya whispered.

Ye Tian leaned over his body and said in Qingya's ear, "Ah? So you're not. Well, I'll go back to Director Ma to explain that you're not my girlfriend..."

"How dare you!"

Being blown into Ye Tian's ears by the breath from Ye Tian's mouth, Yu Qingya only felt a numbness in half of her body, but her heart was as sweet as eating honey.

This is a quadrangle courtyard, 3 squares and 2 ears, 3 east and west wing rooms each. There is a corridor to shelter from the wind and rain in front of the room, and the ground is paved with green bricks. The courtyard wall that originally divided the front and back courtyard has been opened up, which looks quite open.

Looking at the place where his father has lived since he was a child, Ye Tian was a little excited, but he still had a careless expression on his face, "Director Ma, if this house was put in the past, it might be the residence of the minister, but now it is a country, right?"

"No, the property right of this house is still private. Aunt Ye rented it to the street, and she is also the old director here..."

Director Ma obviously had no precautions against Ye Tian, and a few words let Ye Tian know the information he wanted to know.

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