Bailong Village retains the only century-old Korean-style wooden tile house in China. What are its architectural features?

Yanbian Prefecture, Jilin Province is the only Korean autonomous prefecture in China, and it is also the largest Korean gathering place in China. At first, most people living in this land were Manchu. During the Qing dynasty, Manchu people migrated to all parts of the country in large numbers, which made many areas in Northeast China desolate. Korean began to cross Tumen River to live in the northeast of China, and became one of the ethnic minorities in China today. Tumen City, Yanbian, which is just across the Tumen River from the Korean people, is the earliest area where the Korean people moved in.

In Bailong Village, 20 kilometers away from Tumen City, there is a century-old tribe, which consists of thirteen houses with distinctive Korean architectural characteristics, the oldest of which has a history of 130 years. This 13 house was bought by the current owner, Jin Jingnan, at the price of 500 yuan per house more than ten years ago. Now, it is really cheap.

This old house was first built by Korean businessman Park Rugen in 1887 and completed in 1890, which took three years. After its completion, Park Rugen and his family lived here for more than 50 years. After liberation, Park Rugen's family moved to Japan and their house was vacant. During the land reform period, the local government allocated five villagers to live in, and now the descendants of the original owner live in South Korea. More than a decade ago, most of the villagers in Bailong Village worked in Korea, which made these old houses look empty. Fortunately, Jin Jingnan bought them for protection, otherwise the old house that has been uninhabited for a long time may have been destroyed.

This old house is a pure civil tile structure, and there were no nails when it was built. The tools used are all original big spears, small spears and axes. The wood used is high-quality logs from Changbai Mountain, which are transported here by rafts and transported to Xi 'an over there by tiles. According to textual research, this is the only existing century-old Korean-style wooden tile house in China.

It represents the architectural style of the Korean nation from the Ming and Qing Dynasties to the Republic of China. Because most of the houses in China's traditional dynasties were thatched houses, and only a few were of shingle structure. The common feature of these houses is that most of them are earth walls, which are easily damaged by rain. Especially with the acceleration of China's modernization process, most Koreans have moved into "Sinicized" buildings or iron-covered brick houses, and the old Korean houses with wooden tiles have basically disappeared. Therefore, it is not easy for this century-old house to be completely preserved, which is of far-reaching significance to the study of ancient Korean architecture in China.

The interior presents the original ecological characteristics of Korean folk houses, flat kang, taking off shoes and sitting on kang. There is a fire path at the bottom of the kang, which is connected with the underground pit. This pit is not only well burned, but also sanitary, which can provide indoor heating in winter.

Around the old house, there are dozens of other old houses with different styles and different uses. After purchasing these houses in succession, Jin Jingnan built a "century-old tribe" through protective renovation for tourists to visit and stay.

The century-old tribe integrates folk food, traditional farming life, folk performances and entertainment, showing the unique historical culture and folk customs of Yanbian Korean people.

Several old Koreans are playing traditional musical instruments. Chaozhou people's musical instruments are mainly long drums, yuan drums, pipe flutes and piccolo, which are very pleasing to the ear.

While playing, two old men in white sang songs praising the party in Korean. Although they don't quite understand, they can still understand the meaning of some words.