What are the characteristics of Hakka dwellings and Dai main buildings?

1, Hakka main building: advocating the circle, which is considered as a symbol of auspiciousness, happiness and peace. Houses surrounded by tulou are arranged according to the Eight Diagrams (①), and there is a firewall between the hexagrams, which is unified; Houses are arranged in orange petals, and the layout is even.

2. Daijia Bamboo House: There are bamboo fences around the bamboo house. There are all kinds of flowers, trees and fruit trees in the fence. It can be described as "the village is full of trees and the garden is full of flowers". There is a large open space under the bamboo building as a yard. Each bamboo building is square, divided into two floors, with people living upstairs and livestock and firewood piled downstairs. This bamboo building is supported by 20 to 24 columns. The beams in the house pass through the columns, and some beams are engraved with patterns.

Seven or eight feet from the ground floor or bamboo wall, the floor is divided into two floors. In the past, the roof was covered with thatched straw rows or sawdust, but in recent years, it has mostly been changed to tile roofs.

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The daily use of Dai bamboo house;

The plane of the bamboo building is square, and there is no wall at the bottom, which is used for raising livestock and stacking sundries. There is a hall and bedroom upstairs, and there is a fire pit in the hall, which is a place to make tea and reunite with family. There is an open front porch and balcony outside. The front porch is the place where the host works, eats, rests and receives guests during the day. It is bright and airy. The terrace is the place where the owner washes clothes, dries clothes, dries crops and stores water tanks. This corridor is an indispensable part of bamboo architecture.

Such a bamboo building can prevent moisture, heat and ventilation, avoid insects and animals, and avoid floods. Because the rainfall here is concentrated every year, floods often occur, the downstairs is overhead, the walls are bamboo strips, and there are many gaps, so it is very conducive to the passage of floods.