四合院在中国有相当悠久的历史,根据现有的文物资料分析,早在两千多年前就有四合院形式的建筑出现。元代正式建都北京,大规模规划建设都城时起,四合院就与北京的宫殿、衙署、街区、坊巷和胡同同时出现了。明 Siheyuan has a long history in China. According to the analysis of the existing cultural relics, there are buildings in the form of courtyard buildings as early as two thousand years ago. When the Yuan Dynasty formally built the capital city of Beijing and large-scale planning and construction of the capital city began, the courtyard houses appeared simultaneously with the palaces, government offices, neighborhoods, squares and alleyways of Beijing. Bright