bofoomenCourtyard by main building, things around the room in the middle courtyard layout of the traditional form of residential collectively. In the residential areas in China's oldest and most widely distributed, is typical of the Han nationality in the form of residential areas. Three thousand years of its history, the Western Zhou Dynasty, had already begun to take shape in the form. Shanxi, Shaanxi, Beijing, Hebei, the most representative of the courtyard.

The courtyard in the southeast corner to open the door to the general or the north-west corner, the hospital is the main building of Beifang, the main building with masonry structure built on the platform, than other large-scale housing, the owner of the house is the living room. The yard has things on both sides of the room, is the younger generation have a place to live. In the main building between the rooms and corridors built, for people to walk and rest. Wall Street and the courtyard houses are generally not external windows, homes closed and quiet environment.

The courtyard door for the general distribution of the first into the hospital lobby, the second hospitalization, the House, such as residential, are on both sides of the room, there is room corridor, the door Geshan connected. Large courtyard known as the habit of "rich family" and set up housing for the 5 South 5 North, 7 North South 7, 9 or even 11 large main building, is generally double courtyard, a number that is linked to the courtyard to the depth and Cheng. Many courtyards, front yard, back yard, the Eastern Hospital, West Center, is home-hospital, Kuayuan, the study hospital, the hospital room Wai, Ma, a forward, binary, three ... ... and so on. Chao Shou hospital are connected throughout the verandah, a great area.