Why do houses in Dai villages in Xishuangbanna have legs?

"Gan Lan Style" is actually a building name, commonly known as "high-legged house". From ancient times to now, high-rise residence has always been a very common residential form in tropical and subtropical regions with humid climate and abundant rainfall.

This kind of building may be popular in tropical and subtropical areas for a long time, mainly because it is suitable for the local geographical environment and conducive to people's survival, especially in the vast rural areas and underdeveloped areas.

High-legged houses are characterized by being not afraid of water, ventilation and moisture-proof, which can not only make people moisture-proof, but also be beneficial to health, and can also avoid the harm of snakes, leeches and even wild animals. The general high-rise residence is not a multi-storey building, but is divided into two floors.

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In modern Southeast Asia, grid housing is still popular to meet the demand of humidity and rain. Dai folk houses are divided into three types: dry fence buildings, ground buildings and earth palm houses. Gan Lan-style buildings are mainly distributed in Xishuangbanna and Ruili, Dehong Prefecture, covering the dam.

Dry rail residence is made of bamboo, wood is used as residence frame, and bamboo is used as purlin, purlin, floor, wall, ladder, fence and so on. The connection of each part is tied with tenons and bamboo strips, which is a single building. Each house has its own courtyard and each house has a path.

The roof is lined with grass or hung with tiles, and the dry fence building in Ruili reflects a high level.