China's strangest village, 800 villagers houses connected together, what's going on?

China's strangest village in Yunnan Luxi County Yongning Township , Chengzi ancient village is composed of ethnic minorities Yi and Han people after the fusion of a unique village, the houses here by the mountains downhill, the earliest time only dozens of families, and then the population is growing, people began to house next to house construction, layer by layer like terraces to the mountains, the roof of the following house is above a courtyard, the layers stacked up in a staggered fashion. The roof of the house below is the courtyard of the house above, and the layers are stacked in a staggered pattern.

Chengzi ancient village has a history of more than 500 years, according to legend, a long time ago, the Yi ancestors are still living in caves, but the caves are prone to collapse after heavy rains, people suffer, and then the Yi people gave birth to a very clever young man, in order to not let the villagers suffer in the ordeal, in the Fenghuang slope on the meditation for three days and nights, and finally came up with a The way, from the mountain cut six hundred and sixty-six chestnut trees, and then pick the clay, with clay to build the house wall, the top of the wall with a wooden stick paved tightly, and then covered with a layer of thick thatch, and then a layer of soil compaction, and finally in a layer of stone tamping solid, it was built into the old earth library house.

With the solid earth house, people no longer need to worry about being attacked by the wind and rain, began to come out from the cave, around the Feifeng slope to build a house, after hundreds of years of development, the construction form of the earth house is also slowly and continuously improved. Later, some Han people came here, and the combination of the local Yi people and the Han people's ideas and culture led to the formation of the modern characteristic Tukou house.

The houses of the whole village are built according to the mountains and follow the trend, and more than 800 houses are closely connected, and one layer by one layer, the houses look like a step by step staircase from a distance, which looks spectacular as well. Because the houses here are all connected and there are no walls, neighbors can walk around freely, deepening the relationship between people, and the people here are becoming more and more simple.

Chengzi Ancient Village's primitive form of ancient architecture also attracts a large number of people to come here to play, but don't go out easily at night, because the houses here look too similar, and if you're not careful, you'll go to the wrong door.