影壁,是立于传统建筑大门里或者大门外的一堵装饰性墙壁。由于出入大门的人们都会与这堵墙壁打上一个照面,因此影壁又称“照壁”;又因为它曾经是古代天子、诸侯宫室的“肃敬”之墙,也曾被称为“萧墙”。作为附属建筑,中国传统建筑中的影壁出现早、分布广、式样多,成为普通民居、皇家宫苑、庙宇道观等传统建筑的重要构件。 The shadow wall is a decorative wall that stands in the gate of a traditional building or outside the main entrance. Because the people entering and exiting the gate will make a face to face with this wall, the wall is also called “back wall”; because it was once the wall of the ancient emperors and palaces, it was also known as “Shocking wall.” As an annex building, the shadow wall in traditional Chinese architecture appears early, widely distributed, and has many styles. It has become an important component of traditional buildings such as ordinary houses, royal palaces, and temples and Taoist temples.