Folk Houses Around the World

The Uyghur compatriots in Xinjiang have created the characteristic "ayiwan", which is a flat-roofed house made of rammed earth and assembled into a courtyard with several units. This kind of rammed-earth building is warm in winter and cool in summer, which can well resist the heat of the daytime and the cold of the evening in the Xinjiang region, and it is also an effective building form summarized by Uyghur compatriots in the struggle with the natural environment. It is also a very effective building form summarized by Uyghur compatriots in their struggle with the natural environment. Uyghur buildings have their own unique characteristics. Uyghur buildings have their own unique style. The houses are square with deep front porches; the interiors are carved with niches and decorated with various patterns. But these houses have a drawback, the old-style houses are mostly earth and wood structure, while the windows are small, even if the Uyghur people will open a window on the roof, ventilation and lighting is still very poor.

Bai people's houses

The Bai people's houses have a unique style. Most of the houses are in the form of three rooms and one wall or four and five patios. They attach great importance to the decorative art of doorway construction and wall, door and window carving and colorful paintings on the mountain walls. Doorway decoration, usually using clay, wood carving, painting, stone carving, marble screen convex brick and brick and other components of the string of corners flying eaves, flower Fang exquisite, overlapping arches, majestic and stable, beautiful and generous, reflecting the architectural talent of the working people of the Bai people and artistic creativity.