What is the plane structure of Shui folk houses?

From the point of view of plane combination, the living floor of Shui folk houses is nothing more than five basic single elements, namely stairs, hall, bedroom, corridor and living room.

Stairs are not only a means of communication between the upper and lower floors, but also a sign of the entrance of residential buildings. The entrance hall accounts for the largest proportion of the plane area and is the center of residential buildings. Directly connected by stairs is the only way to the bedroom and living room. There is a memorial tablet for ancestors to worship in the hall, and there has always been an altar at the memorial tablet. There is usually a short corridor at the entrance to the hall. One end of the corridor connects the stairs, and the other end generally leads to the terrace. There is a door on the front porch and a door on the main hall, about one meter high, which is used to raise poultry. The hall is the main place for holding activities, such as beating bronze drums at the end of the festival. The bedroom is on one side of the hall, where family members sleep, and outsiders are generally not allowed to enter. The living room is on the other side of the hall, with a fire pit and a guest bed. It is a place for dining and sleeping. There is a small room behind the shrine, which is usually used as a bedroom. Balcony is usually attached to the house, as high as the floor where you live. It is used to dry food and cool clothes.

The third floor is generally used as a warehouse for storing grain. If the house doesn't have a third floor, the grain is stored on the second floor.

Toilets are arranged in front of the house and behind the house, independently set up and not linked with the housing.

Mulou: It is said that it originated from the "dwelling place" of the ancient Yue people and the "dry fence" of the common people. Most of them are six lines, five columns and five blanks. The building is made of local materials, with Chinese fir and pine as raw materials, all connected by chisels and tenons, without nails. The roof is tiled, usually two or three floors, and the lower floor is the kitchen, pigsty, farm tools and firewood for grinding. The third floor is used as a warehouse for storing grain. Some have wing houses on both sides or back of wooden buildings.

Diaojiaolou: In places with steep terrain or facing water and ditches, in order to adapt to the terrain and expand the living area, one side of the house is often extended into the air, so that it can be hung behind or on one side of the main house, and multiple columns are installed below it.

Shanpi House: The building is a "dry fence" type, with 3-5 rooms wide and 2-3 floors high. The whole house was built without a nail, which was very solid. Cover the roof with Chinese fir bark

Ang: a "dry fence" house, mostly made of Chinese fir and pine, with no nails on the balcony and a roof covered with tiles, Chinese fir bark or thatch; Livestock live on the lower floor and people live on the upper floor. Most high-rise houses have five rooms. In addition, the bungalow where the aquarium lives is also called "Ang". There are usually three rooms, a hall in the middle and bedrooms on both sides.

Straw house: the house frame consists of columns, beams, purlins and rafters, and the top is covered with grass.