What is Jiangnan architecture?

Jiangnan architecture is an important part of Han traditional residential architecture. Jiangsu and Zhejiang water towns pay attention to the front street and back river. However, regardless of the Han nationality in the south or the north, the traditional folk houses are characterized by facing south and paying attention to internal lighting. Wood beam bearing, brick, stone, soil wall; Focusing on the main hall, he is good at carving beams and painting buildings, decorating roofs and cornices.

The overall layout of buildings in the south of the Yangtze River is roughly the same as that of quadrangles in the north, but the layout is generally compact and the courtyard covers a small area to adapt to the characteristics of high population density and less cultivated land.

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