Bamboo building is the traditional residence of that ethnic group in China

Bamboo House is the traditional residence of the Dai ethnic group in China.

Bamboo buildings are traditional dwellings built and lived in by the Dai people, mainly in the western and southwestern regions of Yunnan Province. The shape of the Dai family bamboo building is a dry-rail type of building, and its roof is in the shape of "herringbone". The Xishuangbanna region has a tropical monsoon climate with heavy rainfall, and the "herringbone" roof is easy to drain, which won't cause water to accumulate. General Daijia bamboo buildings for the top and bottom of the two-storey high-footed building, high feet is to prevent the ground moisture, bamboo buildings on the ground floor generally do not live, is the place to raise poultry.

Today, the Dai area in western Yunnan, more earth wall houses, the main room is generally partitioned into three, the center is the living room, two sides are bedrooms, which is affected by the Han Chinese, has been a non-traditional Dai housing; Dai area in southern Yunnan is completely bamboo buildings and wooden frames, living upstairs, downstairs, put the miscellaneous goods, style similar to a large tent. Noble residence, more precious wood, style is still like a bamboo building, only slightly taller, not thatched and changed to use tile to cover the top.

Bamboo Building legend:

According to legend, far away from ancient times, the Dai family has a young man called Paya Sangmuti, he wanted to give the Dai people to build a house, so that they are no longer perched in the wild, he tried several times, have failed. One day when it was raining heavily, he saw a dog lying on the ground, and the rain was so heavy that it ran down the dense dog hair, and he was so inspired that he built a sloping hut.

Then the phoenix flew in and kept signaling to him to build the roof in the shape of a herringbone, and then signaled to Paya Sangmuti in a tall, independent position to build the house as a two-story stilted house with two floors above and below. Paya in accordance with the will of the phoenix finally for the Dai people built a beautiful bamboo building.

All the beams, pillars, walls and accessories of the bamboo building are made of bamboo, and each part of the bamboo building has a different meaning. Walking into the bamboo building is like walking into the history and culture of the Dai family, and the master of the Dai family will tell you its meaning one by one. The top pillar of the bamboo building is called the "falling pillar", which is the most sacred pillar in the bamboo building and cannot be leaned on and stacked at will, and it is a symbol of blessing the bamboo building from disasters.

People often get leaves to put underneath the pillar when repairing a new building, which is said to be stronger. In addition to the roof pillars, there are also pillars representing men and women. The thicker pillars in the middle of the building represent men, while the shorter pillars on the side represent women, and the ridge symbolizes the tail of the phoenix and the corners of the house symbolize the wings of the heron.