Characteristics of Southern and Northern Dwellings in China

The residential courtyards in the south of China are very small, and the surrounding houses are connected as a whole. Houses in the south mostly adopt bucket structure, and the combination of houses is more flexible. In the south, the gable of the house is shaped like a horse's head. There are many pink walls and tiles in the building, and the color is elegant. The south is rich in water resources, and the water flows through the front and back of the house, which is also a kind of scenery. Rich people like houses connected with gardens, and gardens are gardens. Southern gardens can create a fairyland without a large space.

Most of the walls of northern dwellings are simple and clumsy, and the proportion is moderate. The sun can shine into the room in the morning, and the main room is warm in winter and cool in summer. Courtyard is a place for outdoor activities. China's characteristic folk houses: Beijing quadrangle, caves in the northwest loess plateau, ancient folk houses in Anhui, Hakka earth buildings in Fujian and Guangdong, Mongolian yurts.

1, there are four distinct seasons in the north, with long winter and summer and short spring and autumn. Direct sunlight in summer makes the house warm in winter and cool in summer. 2. The thickness of the wall in the north is also for the sake of being warm in winter and cool in summer. Cold air can't enter in winter, and hot air can't go out. 3. China is flooded in the south and dry in the north, and humid in the south.

China's folk houses are an important type of traditional architecture in China and an important part of the folk house architecture system in ancient China. There are two systems of traditional architecture in China, official architecture and folk architecture. Official buildings such as palaces, temples, tombs, temples and mansions, and folk buildings such as houses, gardens, ancestral temples and halls.

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As one of the contents of traditional architecture, folk houses have obvious local characteristics and strong national characteristics because of their wide distribution and large number, and are closely related to the life and production of all ethnic groups. It summarizes its excellent characteristics and experience from the historical practice of the nation, and it is also used for reference and application in today's architectural creation. ?

The characteristics of folk houses mainly refer to the characteristics that reflect the most essential and representative things in ethnic areas in historical practice, especially those closely related to the life, production methods, customs and aesthetic concepts of all ethnic groups.

Ethnic experience mainly refers to the experience of how to meet the needs of life and production and fight against the natural environment under the social conditions at that time, such as the combination of topography and local experience, adapting to the climate, using local materials and adapting to the environment. This is the experience of teaching students in accordance with local conditions and aptitude.