In ancient times, the gatehouse generally showed the identity of the owner of the family, and it was a sign of the location and wealth of the family. The officials and merchants lived in the South half of the Hutong, and the door was in the northwest of the main house. The gatehouse was small, but it was very beautiful. Xiao Junmei's style, small courtyard, large house, belonged to the noble and rich.

不管門樓在胡同中的北部或南部，部足在吉的方位，因為門樓方位的選擇影響納福避邪，所是每家每戶特別關心的大事。而王府是公產，沒有角樓，進出都是屋宇甬道。

No matter whether the gatehouse is in the north or south of the Hutong, the location of the gatehouse is in the auspicious position, because the choice of the location of the gatehouse affects the acceptance of happiness and the avoidance of evil, which is a major concern of every family. And the palace is public property, there is no turret, in and out are buildings corridor.

再說現代，雖然人們的家世觀念沒有從前那么激烈了，可是咱們依舊沒有扔掉對門樓的喜歡，門樓依舊是財富的象征，只不過門口的制作資料咱們大都會運用防腐木，在圈內，防腐木門樓的制作仍是比較火爆的。

In addition, in modern times, although people's family concept is not as fierce as before, we still don't like the gatehouse. The gatehouse is still a symbol of wealth, but we mostly use antiseptic wood for the production materials of the gate. In the circle, the production of antiseptic wood gatehouse is still popular.

防腐木門樓是都帶一戶人家貧富的標志。雅園防腐木門樓頂部有挑檐式建筑，門楣上有雙面磚雕，一般刻有“紫氣東來”、“竹苞松茂”的匾額。斗框邊飾有花卉和蝙蝠、蝴蝶等圖畫。新碶大街石高塘林家大宅的雅園防腐木門樓就閃現了這一特征。

The antiseptic wooden gate building is a sign that every family is rich or poor. There are overhanging eaves on the top of the wooden gate building in Yayuan. There are double-sided brick carvings on the lintel. Generally, there are plaques with "Ziqi Donglai" and "zhubao Songmao". There are flowers, bats, butterflies and other pictures on the edge of the bucket frame. The elegant garden anticorrosive wooden gate building of Lin's mansion in shigaotang, Xinqi Street shows this feature.

有的匾額還閃現出該房祖先根在何處。如大碶\大街老賀村被稱為“花墻門”的一清代建筑，其門楣上有“鑒湖遺風”的磚刻，可見賀姓的根在紹興。有些豪門大宅在大門左右各放一對石獅子或一對石鼓。石獅子、石鼓不只具有裝修美，且有驅祟保安之意。

Some plaques also flashed the ancestral roots of the house. For example, a Qing Dynasty building called "flower wall gate" in Laohe village of Daqi street has a brick inscription of "Jianhu legacy" on its lintel, which shows that the root of the he surname is Shaoxing. Some big houses put a pair of stone lions or a pair of stone drums on the left and right of the gate. Stone lion and stone drum not only have the beauty of decoration, but also have the meaning of security.

門樓，防腐木門樓是一家一戶的總甬道(后門，旁門不是首要通道)，又是主人的“門面，直接反映主人的社會方位、職業和經濟水平。門樓的凹凸大小、磚瓦村質，彩繪文字、和左鄰右臺聯系都有規則，應與身份相符。比如大官吏大都居住在胡同的北半部，門樓在主房的東南，選用廣亮門或金柱門。

The gate tower and the antiseptic wooden gate tower are the main passageway of each family (the back door and the side door are not the primary passageway), and also the "Facade" of the owner, which directly reflects the social position, occupation and economic level of the owner. The concave and convex size of the gatehouse, the quality of the brick and tile village, the painted text, and the connection with the left and right platforms all have rules, which should be consistent with the identity. For example, most of the officials lived in the northern half of the Hutong, and the gatehouse was in the southeast of the main room. Guangliang gate or Jinzhu gate was selected.