Architectural Diversity of Khamba Folk Houses

Since the Ganzi Tibetan area was historically the "ethnic corridor" in western China, coupled with the influence of complex geological and geographic environments, as well as the mode of production, it is characterized by a wide variety of forms in residential architecture. The diversity of the dwellings in Khamba is mainly reflected in the following aspects: because of the coexistence of farming, semi-agricultural and semi-pastoralism, and pastoralism in Ganzi Prefecture, there is a situation in which fixed and movable buildings coexist. In the pastoral areas, the herdsmen adapt to the special production and life style of "living by water and grass". Residence building is used with its special production, the way of life can be set up at any time and unloading of the activities of the tent building. This tent and other ethnic areas of China's nomadic tent significant difference is reflected in the textile used as a protective body of raw materials from the Tibetan Plateau unique yak hair, so most of the tent's color is black; the shape of the outside is also relatively random, there are square, there are also buttoned clamshell-shaped. Buckle set the clam shell-shaped yak hair tents with activities in the pastoral areas of the Kangba building features.