What is the typical living form of Yi folk houses? What are the characteristics?

Their typical residential form is an earthen palm house. In this kind of building, the roof is made of wood, covered with firewood and then covered with mud. The roof is almost flat. The lower wall is made of wood, and the outside is painted with brick walls and putty. The interior space is divided into two parts, the front door enters and there are two wings on both sides. Generally, there is a kitchen in the east, a utility room in the west, and a hall with lighting holes for reading in the middle. Behind is the main room, usually three bedrooms, a hall, bedrooms on both sides and floors in the middle. More food or other things suitable for drying are put upstairs, and upstairs you can go out to the roof of the previous floor to dry things.