Fifteen lectures on traditional architecture in China

Five Characteristic Residential Buildings in China:

1, Hakka dragon. Weilonglou is the most typical, mature and personalized residential building of Hakka people.

2. Beijing Siheyuan. Beijing's quadrangles, together with Beijing Hutong, have now become the representatives of Beijing's traditional culture and folk customs, and become one of Beijing's city business cards.

3. Cave dwellings in Shaanxi. Shaanxi cave dwelling is a unique form of Han people's residence on the Loess Plateau in northern China, which is divided into earth cave dwelling, stone cave dwelling, brick cave dwelling, earth cave dwelling, Liurafter Liubazi cave dwelling and joint cave dwelling.

4. Guangxi's "leverage". This kind of building is suitable for people who live in rainy and humid places. Now it is mainly popular in remote areas where Zhuang people live in compact communities, including central and western Guangxi, southeastern Yunnan, southwestern Guizhou and northern Vietnam.

5. "One Seal" in Yunnan. The surrounding houses are two floors, with patios in the middle, high walls outside the houses and few open windows. The whole appearance is square and tidy, like a seal, so it is commonly known as "a seal".

Extended data

China has a vast territory and abundant resources since ancient times, and its architectural art has a long history. Different regions and nationalities have different architectural artistic styles, but their traditional buildings have the same characteristics in group layout, space, structure, building materials, decorative arts and so on, which are different from those in the west and are world-renowned. There are many types of ancient buildings in China, including palaces, temples, pagodas, houses and garden buildings.