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Characteristics of Bai Nationality's Residential Buildings

The characteristics of Bai folk houses are as follows:

In the housing form of Bai people, the dam area is mostly "three long houses", with huts with kitchens, barns and yards, or tile houses with "one front and two ears", "three sides and one wall" and "four entrances and five patios", with bedrooms, kitchens and barns separated. Most of the mountainous areas are straw houses, "flash houses", bamboo baskets or "wooden cribs" with stables upstairs and downstairs, and cooking and sleeping places are often connected.

Bai people advocate white, and the exterior walls of buildings are mainly white. Judging from the basic style of courtyard layout, architectural structure and indoor and outdoor decoration, Bai folk houses have a traditional inheritance from the central plains folk houses. Due to the differences in natural environment and aesthetic taste, Bai folk houses have their own obvious national style and local characteristics.

Secondly, the houses in Beijing quadrangles are mostly one-story bungalows, while the Bai folk houses are basically two-story. The layout and combination forms of Bai folk houses generally include "one vertical and two ears", "two rooms and one ear", "three squares and one wall", "four entrances and five patios", "six entrances and one spring" and "Zouma Jiaolou". In what form,

It is determined by the owner's economic conditions, family size and population. Most of the doors of Bai folk houses are open in the northeast corner, so the doors can't go straight to the yard, so they must be covered with walls, and the word "Fu" is usually written on the walls.

Precautions:

The Bai nationality is the largest ethnic minority in China 15, mainly distributed in Yunnan, Guizhou, Hunan and other provinces, among which the Bai nationality in Yunnan Province has the largest population and mainly lives in Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture of Yunnan Province. In addition, it is also distributed in Sichuan and Chongqing.

Bai nationality has its own national language, and Bai language belongs to Yi branch of Tibeto-Burman language family of Sino-Tibetan language family. Chinese has been widely used by Bai people since ancient times. Bai nationality is unique in art, and its architecture, sculpture and painting art are famous all over the world.

In the process of its formation and development, it interacted with neighboring nationalities and created splendid economy and culture. Bai nationality is a nationality with a high degree of living, with three branches of Jia Min, Lemo and Nama, which are deeply influenced by China culture.