How to modernize a traditional house in Chaoshan area (such as Shashanhu. How to modernize the traditional houses in the Chaoshan area (such as Shashanhu and Four Points Gold).

Downhill Tiger, also called "Running Lion", is the most common form of traditional residential architecture in Chaoshan area, and is also the basis of other forms of residential architecture. It adopts a central axis layout and has only one hall and two rooms. The entrance is a patio, which leads directly to the center hall, with a big room on each side of the center hall, and small rooms, commonly known as "reaching out", connecting with the big room on both sides of the patio. The plane of the whole structure is similar to that of a triplex house in the northern part of the country. There are also some simpler structures, such as the "Single Running Lion". This kind of structure is to open the gate sideways, taking away the position of one side of the room, leaving only one side of the room. If it's even simpler, it's a hall that's been converted into a porch.

The roof of the Shimoyama Tiger is a hard mountain roof, which means that it is high at the back and low at the front. This design is both ventilated and easy to drain water, and is designed to adapt to the hot and rainy climate of the Chaoshan region. Wealthier people also use colorful paintings and other crafts with strong Chaoshan characteristics to decorate the courtyard door, which also more fully reflects the unique characteristics of the Chaoshan residential area.

The four-point gold is also one of the basic construction units of traditional Chaoshan houses. It adopts a "well" pattern with a symmetrical center and consists of two rooms with one hall and two rooms facing each other. The four-pointed gold is a hall, commonly known as "foyer", and there is a room on each side of the foyer, which is called "lower room". The second half of the building and the lower part of the tiger is basically the same, but the small rooms on both sides of the patio into a corridor house, the upper and lower halls and rooms connected. The whole plan is similar to a courtyard in the north, which makes people feel stable and quiet.

The four-pointed gold courtyard door, usually built as a doorway, in the door belly, enclosure wall above and the corner of the house are painted with colorful paintings, the top of the doorway and the ridge of the roof is also inlaid with porcelain craftsmanship unique to the Chaoshan region as a decoration. Such gorgeous and colorful facade, specifically reflecting the cultural orientation of the people in the Chaoshan region.