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Residential building information with different characteristics

Characteristics of Chongqing's folk houses;

Chongqing Bayu Cultural Heritage-Diaojiaolou

Chongqing is built on the mountain and surrounded by two rivers. Because of the terrain, all buildings need to be built along the hillside in turn. When it comes to Chongqing people's "houses", we can't help but mention the famous characteristic building-Diaojiaolou.

Because the Yangtze River and Jialing River span the urban area, they have created two rivers and four banks. So on the hillside along the river in Chongqing, there are square wooden buildings supported by several Chinese fir poles everywhere, which is the diaojiao building. Diaojiaolou, as a unique traditional residential form in Chongqing, can be traced back to before the Eastern Han Dynasty. At present, most of the diaojiao buildings in Chongqing were built after the 1930s and 40s. Old Chongqing people will never forget the diaojiao buildings with the characteristics of southwest residential buildings such as Linjiangmen, Shibanpo, Hualong Bridge, Houci Street and Chuandaoguai.

The diaojiao building in Chongqing is very distinctive, just like Li Diaoyuan, a famous scholar in central Sichuan, famously said, "Two ends get lost and wear a heart shop, and three faces the diaojiao building on the river." Facing the mountain and the water, Chongqing Diaojiao Building is unique and the most beautiful place. I remember the diaojiao building in my childhood memory. In the evening, when the sun sets, the golden and soft sunshine is sprinkled on the undulating buildings. With a little light, I can see it from a distance: on the hillside, it is sometimes bright, sometimes dazzling, and sometimes faint, just like a flowing landscape with freehand brushwork and shades; The river is sparkling, like pearls, and groups of flashing lights connect the two banks and water the whole city.

The diaojiao building in Chongqing is the cultural heritage of Bayu. Nowadays, a large area of diaojiao building no longer exists. Diaojiaolou, as a typical residential building in Bayu, a mountain city, has gradually formed a unique culture of Diaojiaolou, which is a beautiful landscape in a bustling city. The renovation of old houses in Shibanpo and the city balcony in Hongyadong all reflect the charm and culture of Chongqing Diaojiao Building. The slats turned into stones, the bamboo walls turned into brick walls, and the cornices carved dragons and painted phoenixes, like a necklace embedded around the neck of a modern city, radiated a string of shining light. These buildings, either attached to the cliff or hanging their feet on the threshold, give people a feeling of "flying over the cliff", just like a museum of humanities and art, which constitutes the unique residential style of Chongqing, a graceful mountain city, and fully demonstrates the wisdom of Chongqing people, so that the unique ancient buildings in Bayu can be reasonably protected, effectively continuing and inheriting history, culture and customs in modern life.

Chongqing shibanpo diaojiao building is a well-preserved diaojiao building group in Chongqing, which has been renovated. Although today's young people can't understand what he means, some old people will feel good to him.