What are the characteristics of Huxiang folk houses?

Hunan folk houses are mostly composed of two rooms, one bright and one dark. The framework of the house adopts the form of "three rooms and four frames" and "five pillars and eight chess". Flexible use of diaojiaolou, horsehead gables and other techniques to form a changeable body. In the middle is the inner court, which is planted with flowers and trees. The space of the house is high and spacious, which is convenient for ventilation and dehumidification. The roof is covered with blue tiles and the walls are painted with white powder. Its gables are mostly made into "horse-headed walls", which are higher than the roof and step with the slope of the roof. Hunan folk houses have the characteristics of balanced and concise modeling and elegant colors.