Jiadi traditional dwellings

The house is a harbor where many people live, and more people just spend their lives for a house of their own. However, the houses in the city are far less economical than some characteristic houses, and the folk houses of ethnic minorities are even more distinctive.

The appearance characteristics of Naxi folk houses are: the outer wall can't reach the top, the upper part of the back wall is separated by wooden boards, and the gables at both ends are separated from the peak by "sparrow terrace", which makes the peaches hanging under the eaves look deep. A long fishboard hangs from the top of the mountain. The wall slopes slightly from bottom to top, and the roof extends softly. Make the building structure light and elegant.

Naxi folk houses are a mixed structure system of soil, stone, brick and wood with wood structure as the skeleton and wood structure as the main body. Due to the diversity of structures, houses have different shapes and rich contents. Every frame has its name, and the house composed of various frames is named after the frame. Classification, characteristics and functions of wood structures.

As far as architectural design, architectural style and art are concerned, the Naxi folk houses in Dayan ancient city are the most distinctive. The ancient city is located on Lijiang Dam, with Xiangshan and Jinghong Mountains in the north and Lion Mountain in the west, and the east and west sides are cheerful and vast. In the city, Yuquan water flowing from the foot of Xiangshan flows from the northwest of the ancient city to the foot of Yulong Bridge, which is divided into three tributaries: Xihe River, Zhonghe River and Donghe River, and then divided into numerous tributaries, which flow through the streets of the ancient city.

Taking advantage of this favorable natural condition, the streets of the ancient city are neatly and freely arranged into an informal grid, with the main street near the river, the alleys near the canal, the roads extending with the bend of the canal, and the houses being combined according to the height of the terrain. Among these houses, the houses facing the street are mostly paved, or the owners manage some small commodities themselves or sublet them to others.

For a long time, the Naxi people have formed a fine tradition of advocating nature and culture, and being good at learning and absorbing advanced cultures of other nationalities. This tradition has had a great influence on the art of residential architecture. The structure of Naxi folk houses has a certain relationship with the surrounding geographical environment and folk customs. Specific performance in the following two aspects:

1, flexibility

Naxi custom: When brothers grow up, especially in rural areas, in order to facilitate farming activities, brothers should set up a new family. Generally, older brothers have to build new houses and move the allocated houses. Because the wooden frame has the flexibility of folding and installation, it can be disassembled in turn according to the number of components in the initial assembly and reassembled from site A to site B.

2. Adaptability

Old Town of Lijiang is a famous cultural city, which is characterized by mountains and rivers, changeable terrain, slopes and rivers, and curved terrain. Therefore, residential buildings are organized into informal and freely distributed streets, which gather in the central square of the ancient city-"Sifang Street", forming the whole of the ancient city. The ancient city has the beauty of both a mountain city and a water town, and the building has completely maintained its unique local style, reflecting the adaptability of Naxi traditional houses to complex landforms.