Is ganlan building a traditional architectural form in the south?

Yes, a pillar building refers to a building built on wood (bamboo, etc.). The frame under the column above the ground is mainly distributed in the south of the Yangtze River basin and Southeast Asia, and there are similar buildings in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, northern Heilongjiang Province, Siberia, Japan and other places. The formation of such buildings in these areas is directly related to the local geographical environment.

It is wet and rainy in the south, and the dry fence building is mainly used to prevent moisture, especially for some granaries that store grain.

Introduction:

Gan Lan-style architecture, that is, Gan Lan's nest residence, is the architectural style of ancient people, especially Baiyue tribe in the south, that is, houses built on wooden (bamboo) column underframes above the ground. The earliest balustrade building discovered by archaeology is Hemudu balustrade building, which was popular in Baiyue tribal residential area in the south in ancient times.

This kind of building is mainly made of bamboo and wood, and it is mainly a two-story building. The lower floor is full of animals and sundries, and people live on the upper floor. Dry-column buildings can resist earthquakes and so on. There are also names such as Gan Lan, Gan Lan, Gaolan, Glen and Glen in China's ancient history books, all of which are translated from Guyue phonetics. In addition, the lattice houses and nest houses mentioned in general literature generally refer to dry-column buildings.