What are the differences between north and south of China's architectural culture?

The residential courtyards in the south of China are very small, and the surrounding houses are connected as a whole. In the south of China, bucket structures are often used instead of beams.

The column is directly supported, the outer wall is thin, or the bamboo plastering wall is painted white. The roof structure is also thinner than the houses in the north. Slate is often laid at the bottom of the wall, and the indoor ground is also covered with slate to prevent it from being damp. The interior of the hall is freely separated by traditional covers, screen doors and other different purposes. Only a small amount of exquisite carvings were added to the beam frame, painted and not painted. The wooden structure outside the house is brown, black, dark green and other colors, which are in harmony with the white walls and gray tiles. Elegant colors, combined with the surrounding natural environment, form a picturesque water town. In the south, the gable of the house is horsehead-shaped, and the buildings in the south are mostly white walls and tiles with elegant colors. South China is rich in water resources, and water flows through the front and back of the house. Water is also a kind of scenery. Rich people like houses connected with gardens, and gardens are gardens. Southern gardens can create a fairyland without a large space. Among them, there are no more than verandahs and leaky windows, but they can create scenery, borrow scenery and other famous places.

Northern architecture

Compared with the southern region, the climate in the northern region of China is relatively cold, the land is relatively loose, the terrain is flatter, and the building materials.

The materials are relatively simple, mostly folk materials, and the humanities and folk customs are relatively simple and simple. It is the comprehensive influence of natural customs, cultural customs, building materials and other factors that make the residential buildings in northern China generally emphasize sunshine, showing simple architectural characteristics, while the group layout shows a generally neat and square pattern. The northern region can be divided into North China Plain and Loess Plateau, with different architectural layouts and styles.

-Excerpted from Baidu Library.