试论北京四合院的建筑特色

Architecture Particular Style of Quadrangle Dwellings in Beijing

旧时的北京 ,除了紫禁城、皇家苑圃、寺观庙坛及王府衙署外 ,大量的建筑 ,便是那数不清的百姓家宅———四合院。北京四合院是中国北方四合式民居建筑的代表 ,在住宅方位确定、院落布局、建筑工艺、庭院美化、油饰彩绘等方面都体现出独特的建筑风格。

In ancient Beijing,except Forbidden City,royal parks,temples,shrines,and mansions,almost all architectures were Quandrangle Dwellings of common people.The Quadrangle Dwellings of Beijing,which showed its particular architectural style in orientation,overall arrangement,architectural technique,prettification,are the representative of common quadrangle dwellings in North China.