The traditional houses in Malaysia are mostly wooden structures, and its natural geographical reasons are analyzed.

The housing of early Malaysians was closely related to the sea and rivers. For the convenience of fishing, drinking water and transportation, we built a house at the seaside and became a home. The fishing village was built on the water. The so-called streets are just small bridges connected.

In the capital Kuala Lumpur, there are towering skyscrapers and rows of modern buildings everywhere, but in rural or suburban areas, Malaysians like to live in traditional floating buildings.

The so-called Malay folk houses here mainly refer to the traditional folk houses of Malays (including the aborigines of Sabah and Sarawak), not to the living style of Chinese, Indians or colonized European Asians.

In order to adapt to the environment and meet the needs of survival, the early Malays gradually created various Malay houses with different styles and unique traditional styles. Most of the whole building is made of local materials, made of wood, bamboo and leaves. Traditional Malay dwellings, or placed in quiet Woods, build single-story wooden houses, or build villages together; Or build houses by the sea or by the river, and some fishing villages are built on the water. The so-called streets are connected by some small bridges; Among the aborigines in northern Malaysia, people who put rafts at the source of the river often live on large rafts and build a bamboo house; In the port city of Malaysia, there are many people on board, who have lived on board all their lives.

The biggest feature of Malaysian folk houses is that the builders attach great importance to ventilation and heat resistance of the houses. Windows are extremely wide, and some use roofs and walls to leave them slightly to keep the room cool and ventilated. In order to prevent moisture and tropical snakes and insects, the whole structure of the house is built on columns off the ground, and a rectangular balcony is set in front of the house. A ladder that can be removed at any time is the only way to go upstairs and enter the door.