[ **up: [[Architecture]]** ] --- > [!tip] Note: includes potentially NSFW content --- # Courtyards ## Courtyards – China, Ancient ### ‘Rear courtyard’ as an Ancient Chinese euphemism for anal sex [[‘Rear courtyard’ as an ancient Chinese euphemism for anal sex.|’Behind the main dwelling, many houses had a rear courtyard with another dwelling which was often inhabited by the parents of the householder. ‘The Rear Hall’ is a metaphor for the anus, and ‘Flower of the Rear Hall’ means anal intercourse, usually homosexual.’]][^1] [^1]: Wolfram Eberhard, *[[Eberhard. 'A Dictionary of Chinese Symbols', 1986.|A Dictionary of Chinese Symbols: Hidden Symbols in Chinese Life and Thought]]*, (London: Routledge, 1986), s.v. ‘Courtyard’.