Ceiling Drape: A Frame Hanging from the Ceiling

A floor-standing screen (luodizhao) between two rooms. It is a fixed wooden structure: on each side, there is a narrow, tall grille panel extending from the ceiling to the floor, about sixty centimeters wide; above, a horizontal grille panel connects the two sides, forming a U-shaped frame, with a completely open passage in the center. The grille pattern is composed of fine wooden lattice strips, forming a swastika or 'step-by-step brocade' pattern, transparent and allowing views through. The luodizhao itself has no door panels; it merely changes the relationship between the two spaces from completely open to framed and layered. The wood is dark hardwood, with fine lattice strips. Through it, one can see the furniture and light of the other room. Avoid: adding door panels to make it a closable door, making the grille an opaque solid panel, making the floor-standing parts on both sides too wide and obstructing the passage, using thick frame materials.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

兩個房間之間的落地罩。它是一組固定的木構件:兩側各有一片從天花一路落到地面的窄長格心,寬度約六十公分;上方有一道橫向的格心把兩側連起來,因此構成一個ㄇ字形的框,中央是完整開放的通道。格心是細木櫺條組成的萬字或步步錦圖案,通透可以看穿。落地罩本身沒有門扇,只是把兩個空間之間的關係從完全開放改為有框的、有層次的。木料是深色硬木,櫺條細。透過它可以看見另一個房間的家具與光線。避免:加入門扇讓它變成可關閉的門、把格心做成不透光的實板、讓兩側落地的部分過寬擋住通道、使用粗壯的框料。