Architectural Characteristics of Guangfu Folk Houses

The Pearl River Delta area of Guangdong occupies a very important position in the historical development of China, and the greatest reference value for the study of local culture is reflected in the architecture. It is said that architecture condenses time, and also expresses the background and culture of the era of the year to the fullest. Here we will take a look at the architectural features of Guangfu Folk Houses

Architectural features of Guangfu Folk Houses

Guangfu Folk Houses, usually refers to the architecture of the Greater Pearl River Delta region and the western part of Guangdong Province. The wok house is a typical example of Guangfu houses, with a large "wok ear" feature, named after the two wok ear-like windbreaks built on both sides of the house. The rest are Xiguan houses, oyster shell houses, riding buildings, watchtowers, Lingnan gardens and other buildings.

Lingnan hot climate, wind and rain often come, ventilation and shade requirements are Lingnan building **** the same characteristics. One is based on natural conditions (including geographic conditions and climatic characteristics, etc., reflecting the moisture-proof, sun-proof, fire prevention, good ventilation performance and other functional characteristics. The second is to absorb the essence of Western architecture, reflecting the style of eclecticism. Guangfu early residential architecture, more obviously influenced by the architectural model of the Jiangnan region, the bureaucratic landlord class is often four or five generations of people living together, the establishment of a closed building complex.

Building Materials

Initially, the walling materials include concrete, pebbles, oyster shells, bricks, etc., and after the Qing Dynasty, they were mostly made of bricks, stone pillars and slabs, and the outer walls were decorated with bird and flower and human figures The end of the Qing Dynasty, under the environmental conditions of Guangzhou's dense Xiguan residential area, a unique style of Xiguan Dajia residential area was formed. Compact internal layout, flexible intervals, the front facade of the door to the "three pieces of head" (foot door, trips together and the door, water-worn brick walls, granite wall footing, etc. constitute its appearance. In recent times by the influence of Western culture, in the overseas Chinese townships appeared exotic style towers, villa-style residence in the city, are the first to open the South of the architectural trend.

Types of buildings

The ancestral hall is the spiritual core of Guangfu villages, at the same time, there is a pond in front of the village is the same feature of all villages ****, planting a large banyan tree by the pond is also customary, and the open space under the banyan tree is thought to be the second only to the ancestral hall is an important place for the dissemination of folk culture. Meeting the requirements of ventilation and shade is a ****same feature of Lingnan architecture, as well as rural architecture in Guangfu.

Generally speaking, the general materials of the building are granite (called hemp stone and red sandstone by the Guangzhou people (that is, the stone used in the Museum of the Tomb of the King of the South Vietnamese, the two kinds of stone are red and green respectively, which is what the common people often refer to as the green brick and the red brick. There is a feng shui pond in front of the village, and a big ancestral hall is arranged at the front of the central axis, which becomes the composition center of the whole village. The neat and smooth lanes play the roles of transportation, ventilation and fire prevention.

The pot-eared walls rise and fall one after another, forming a spectacular feature of Guangfu houses. Lingnan gardens are unique and can be visited or lived in, seeking quiet observation in flow, lightness in simplicity, and elegance in complexity. In Wuyi overseas Chinese townships, the production of multi-storey Lushu-style houses and towers building, in the plane unfolding of the traditional villages in particular, its diversity of Western architectural style and decorative themes overflowing with a strong exotic flavor, and has become one of the wonders of China's vernacular architecture.