What is the residence of Tibetans?

The residence of Tibetans is a bunker.

It is a common residential form in Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in southwest China and parts of Inner Mongolia. According to the Records of the Later Han Dynasty, it existed before the sixth year of Ding Yuan in the Han Dynasty (A.D.11). This is a house built of rubble or mud, which is three or four stories high. Because it looks like a bunker, it is called a bunker. The name of the bunker can be traced back at least to the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty (AD 1736).

The structure of the bunker: most of the bunkers are stone-wood structures with thick external walls and simple and rough styles; The outer wall shrinks upward, and if it is built on a mountain, the inner slope is still vertical. Bunkers are generally divided into upper and lower floors, and the number of rooms is calculated by columns. The bottom floor is a barn and a storage room, and the floor height is low; The second floor is the residential floor, and the large suite, bedroom, kitchen and small room are storage rooms or stairwells. If there is a third floor, it will be used as a lecture hall and terrace. Because it looks like a bunker, it is called a bunker.