Hypothesis on the Evolutionary Path of Japanese Torii Originating from Chinese Huabiao

With the passage of time and wars burning across the land of China, direct documentary evidence is currently lacking; however, from the perspective of the history of East Asian architectural culture, morphology evolution, and functional transformation, we can still infer a historical evolutionary path: 'Chinese Huabiao → Korean Hongsalmun (홍살문) → Japanese Torii'.