What are the main types of ancient dwellings in China?

The ancient dwellings in China can be roughly divided into five types: the first one is divided according to the roof style, including grass roof, mud roof, lime roof, brick roof and tile roof; The second is based on the construction method, including wood structure, brick structure, earth house, brick-wood mixed house and masonry mixed house; The third category is based on its type, including well dry type, dry diaphragm type, dome type, round earth building type, cave type, ceiling type, binding type, dry paving type, adobe masonry type, cave type, in addition to courtyard type (three-courtyard type, quadrangle type) and row combination type; Fourth, ethnic groups, including Manchu, Hui, Uygur, Bai, Dai, Korean, Oroqen, Mongolian, Benglong, Tibetan and Kazak ... The fifth is based on geographical conditions. There are Hainan folk houses, Guangdong folk houses, Hunan folk houses, Sichuan folk houses, Guangxi folk houses, Guizhou folk houses, Qiandong folk houses, Dong Zhe folk houses, Zhoushan folk houses, Haijiang fishing boat folk houses, Jiangxi folk houses, Anhui folk houses, Mindong folk houses and Quanzhou folk houses. Ganzhou dwellings, Hubei dwellings, western Sichuan dwellings, Lhasa dwellings, Yunnan Gejiu dwellings, Jianchuan dwellings, Dali dwellings, Haidong dwellings, Gannan dwellings, Ganxi dwellings, Tibetan Lamaism and Lama dwellings, Inner Mongolia Lamaism Lama dwellings, Shanxi dwellings, Shaanxi dwellings, southern Shaanxi dwellings, western Hubei dwellings, southeastern Shanxi dwellings, Pingyao Taigu dwellings, Hebei dwellings, Shandong dwellings, western Henan dwellings, Shanxi dwellings.

China folk houses are the foundation of ancient architecture in China, and their contents are extremely rich. Its connotation includes Qian Qian's thousands of design techniques, design ideas, construction methods, decoration methods, architectural artistic features, basic knowledge of architecture and problems in architectural theory. To study the ancient architecture in China, we should first study the ancient dwellings, which are the source of design and an inexhaustible architectural treasure house.