Why are semi-crypt buildings widespread in rural areas in northern China?

Because semi-crypt houses have the advantages of being warm in winter and cool in summer, and being able to resist the invasion of wild animals.

There is a stove kang in the room to cook and keep warm. And at that time, Banpo people had learned to make artificial fires and keep them burning. When building a house, they first dig a round or square hole in the ground, bury columns in the hole, then build a fence along the kang wall with branches and other materials, and some even smear grass mud inside and outside to enhance the firmness, and finally erect a roof on the column and fence.

Extended data:

In banpo village, near Xi, Shaanxi, China, the ruins of primitive farming villages dating back five or six thousand years were discovered. She lived in banpo village, Xi, Shaanxi Province 6000 years ago, and was in the flourishing stage of matriarchal clan commune. Stone grinding tools are widely used.

With the development of primitive agriculture, primitive animal husbandry began, mainly raising pigs and dogs. Can make colorful painted pottery, can use pottery, can build semi-crypt houses and settle down. Mainly engaged in primitive agriculture, the stone tools used are relatively fine grinding stone tools.

In the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, Pengtoushan culture, Daxi culture and Karuo culture in the upper reaches of the Lancang River have all used semi-cellar houses, while in Xinglongwa Culture, Zhaobaogou culture, Hongshan Culture and Xiaoheyan culture in the north of Yanshan Mountain, semi-cellar houses are the main living forms. Semi-crypt houses also have the characteristics of convenient materials and simple structure, and have been used by residents in northern China for a long time.

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