What are the natural conditions and cultural characteristics of Huizhou folk houses?

The structure of Huizhou residential buildings is mostly in the form of multiple courtyards (the small ones are mostly in the form of three courtyards). Generally, they sit in the north facing south, facing the mountains and facing the water, and stress the value of geomantic omen. The layout is symmetrically arranged with the central axis.

Structural mode of hall-style Huizhou architecture. Also called back to the hall. The main hall is located at the back of the main hall, which is closely connected with the main hall and is a transitional building for the main hall to enter the inner room. Most of them are wooden floors, and three rooms are opposite the hall. People enter through the doors on both sides of the front screen of the hall. One hall and two rooms. The hall is smaller than the formal three rooms and has patio lighting.

Gatehouse:

Huizhou architecture format. The doors of Huizhou buildings are all equipped with gatehouses (the smaller ones are called door covers), which are mainly used to prevent rainwater from splashing on the doors along the walls. Generally, the door covers of farmers' homes are relatively simple. At a distance from the upper part of the door frame, the eaves and feet protruding outward are made of water mill bricks, covered with tiles and carved with some simple decorations.

The gatehouse of the rich family is very particular, and there are many brick carvings or stone carvings. On the fifth floor of the Jinshi Gate Building in Yansi Town, Huizhou District, there are three four-pillar buildings, which are built in imitation of the Ming Dynasty memorial archway. The gate building is carved with bluestone tiles and double lions hitting the ball horizontally.

Vivid image, exquisite knife work, huge drum stones on both sides of the column body, elegant and luxurious. In the gatehouse of a residential building in Yuliang Town, Shexian County, there is a brick carving "Hundred Pictures" between two horizontal purlins. Hundreds of urchins carved on the screen have different shapes, full of charm and lifelike. The gatehouse is the facade of the house and a symbol of the owner's status.